Tag Archives: heroes

August Interview: Delvin Cunningham the Mercenary Prince

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

If you had the choice of any occupation, what would you actually like to be? . Something relaxing and low stress.  Maybe one of the griffin riders in Gaia, but that’s still going along a warrior’s path.  Something that isn’t … Continue reading →

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Switching Focus from Story to Character

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

(The image has nothing to do with this.  After 20 minutes of searching, I picked a random thing in the Yahoo image search that made me smirk.) I’m not sure where the change happened with Legends of Windemere.  Not with … Continue reading →

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Methods in the Madness?

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

There are some villains that are very close to being heroes or simply consider themselves heroes.  A good example is Venom who used lethal methods to get to Spider-Man, who he considered a bad guy.  Eventually, he went the anti-hero … Continue reading →

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Powerful Characters with Restrained Personas

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m not going to get into spoilers and share one of the few Legends of Windemere things that I’ve kept off my blog.  The topic here is characters who are high-powered, but don’t use them to the fullest due to … Continue reading →

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Coming in with a Reputation

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I’ve been doing some thinking about heroes and their reputations.  Mostly how I work with them in my books.  I’ve always found it interesting when a character considers the long term affect of their adventures.  Even if they don’t think … Continue reading →

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Questions, Questions, So Few Questions

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

First off, this is going to be Sticky Posted for a few days or the whole week.  All new posts will appear below it.  So I’m still active, but this is going to help me keep blogging in August. I … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Put on Your Hero Pants!

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Pretty sure the title explains it all.  The questions today deal with being a hero, a protagonist, a good (ish) guy, the one that people are supposed to root for, etc.  If you want to connect it to the world … Continue reading →

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Death’s Revolving Door Depot

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Welcome to Death’s Revolving Door Depot where we have all of your character death needs.  We carry everything from permanent death packages to temporary death packages to our ‘I Swear This Will Stick’ package.  A few companies that wish to … Continue reading →

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We Want Flawed Heroes! Except for the types that we don’t want

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I may have touched on this before, but I’m not sure if it was a post or comments.  I’ve been pondering the flaws in heroes and people’s reactions to this.  Not just the reactions, but the demand for heroes to … Continue reading →

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#Fantasy Heroes & #Superheroes: All In the Setting and Goals

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

(This comes from a March question that took me a while to think about.  Sorry for the delay.) It took me a while to find a good picture for this post and that search also lead me to a realization. … Continue reading →

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