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Teaser Tuesday: Should There Always Be Racism in Fantasy?

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

This is an excerpt from one of the World parts in Do I Need to Use a Dragon?  I would even say it could be one of the topics that gets the biggest reaction.  Though, I can’t say I’m surprised.

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Teaser Tuesday: Bad Luck?

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Here we have a piece from The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks.  Short stories are definitely harder to get excerpts from unless you want to spoil the whole thing.  Enjoy!

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Revisit: Religion . . . in Fantasy

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Originally posted on March 6, 2013 . . . Well, it was definitely something.  A true precursor to when I started to real story-crafting posts.  Looking at how I was posting multiple times a day with poems, random stuff, book … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: The Scrumptious Siren Tavern

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

The Scrumptious Siren is probably one of my favorite settings.  I’ve made plenty of cities, dungeons, wildernesses, ruins, and more, but this place was always fun.  Chastity Sullivan always brought a positive energy to a scene, so I had her … Continue reading →

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Revisit: Windemere: The Silent Character

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Published on January 13, 2013, this feels like another post where things that now feel obvious just dawn on me.  I would eventually go on to talk a few times about the setting being as much of a character as … Continue reading →

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Revisit: Runaway Characters

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

First posted on January 9, 2013, I like how it was creating goblin society and dryad breeding practices that stirred this topic.  Not Kira Grasdon constantly forcing me to reevaluate her path or Queen Trinity shifting further away from true … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Enemies to the End

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a scene from The Compass Key.  It’s one of my favorites because it stems from a crazy point of the original game.  I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to capture the emotions of Luke Callindor … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: The Debut of the Baron

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a big scene from Allure of the Gypsies because it’s where Baron Arthuru Kernaghan makes his debut.  Having a main villain trapped in one spot for the entire series was tough, but I think I made it work.  Peppering … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: A Meeting Between Immortals

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

There really isn’t much to say about this one.  It’s an encounter I’ve been wanting to do since the first book.  In War of Nytefall: Savagery, we finally get to see a familiar face from Legends of Windemere make their presence known.

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Teaser Tuesday: Abandoned Ship

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(A fun excerpt from Prodigy of Rainbow Tower.  Nice to put something with Fritz Warrenberg on the blog.) Luke smiles before vaulting over the railing to the deck below. He sees that Nimby and Fritz are already waiting on the escape … Continue reading →

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