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The Strange Before the Storm

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I’ve mentioned a few times that Merchant of Nevra Coil (COMING IN AUGUST!) has a strange storyline for our heroes.  I’ve called it silly, but that’s not right.  It definitely has a different feel after the heaviness of The Compass … Continue reading →

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Book #Review: Plundering the #Romance Novel by Ionia Martin . . . Wait . . . What!?

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I . . . Yeah . . . Not really sure how to do this.  Seriously, how do you review a book like this?  Every page had me stopping to mutter ‘Wait. What!?’ because the author would do something that … Continue reading →

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Ye Olde Bookstore: Mind the Dust

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Try the place next door if you’re looking for coffee.  Oh, you wanted a book.  Kind of young, so I wonder if you know what a book is.  No, it isn’t the stuff they put into your brain these days.  … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Why Did We Listen to You?

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I admit that doing teasers from The Merchant of Nevra Coil is tough because I don’t want to reveal one of the big things just yet.  I might do it in next week’s Tuesday thing since I’ll be getting opinions … Continue reading →

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Test Scene for the New Idea: 4th Wall Poking?

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

This is just a quick scene being written off the top of my head for that idea I mentioned last Thursday.  I’ll probably change it and flush it out when I get to the actual writing.  Basically, the United States … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: What Happened?

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m going to try to stick to Merchant of Nevra Coil teasers until the book comes out.  Again, I’m hoping for August, but we’ll see what happens.  As usual, I’ll ramble here for a bit and put a picture before … 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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Dos and Don’ts of Fantasy Adventuring

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

(The picture was picked because I found it so weird and bizarre.  I truly have no idea what’s going on there with the body types.  Just plain strange and almost nightmarish.) With the release of Ichabod Brooks & the City … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘Quest for the Holy Something or Other’ by Kylie Betzner

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

This is really a 4.5 rating. The story dragged a bit in the middle, but it was a lot of fun how everything tied into each other at the end. I was really surprised that there was a lot of … Continue reading →

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Steps to an Outline

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

A few weeks back somebody asked me to write about how I create outlines.  I sincerely apologize for forgetting who asked this and which post the comment was on.  I searched, but couldn’t find it.  (I sense a post-publishing edit … Continue reading →

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