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Really, Stiletto? Bad dog!

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

Something about Stiletto (Luke Callindor’s dog for all my new friends) being the last part to be painted on my cover art makes me laugh.  I forgot about him in the original draft of Beginning of a Hero and now … Continue reading →

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Rambling Sunday: Angry Black Sheep Syndrome

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

It’s been a rough week and I’m having trouble keeping the negativity inside or finding a ‘proper’ way to release it.  I think the last straw is that I’m working on my parents’ computer while printing out my fourth book … Continue reading →

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Sticky Issue

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

So, we’re getting very, very close to the Kindle debut of Beginning of a Hero.  The question that is coming to my mind is what to do about the Beginning of a Hero posts.  The book will be up, so … Continue reading →

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100th Post: Progress Being Made!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

I was going to save my 100th post for tomorrow and do a special Origin story, but I received this from Jason Pedersen last night.  He gave me permission to post it here.  When finished, this is the cover art … Continue reading →

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I’m Giddy

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

I have to admit that I haven’t had this level of happy, giddy, manly-as-a-schoolgirl feeling in years.  Today, I will finish Legends of Windemere: Family of the Tri-Rune, which is the 4th book of the series.  I have two sections … Continue reading →

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Magic of Support

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

I’ve been thinking a lot about the support that writers get when they are trying to ply their trade.  I’m not talking about agents and publishers, but the people who are there to hold them up.  I remember hearing a … Continue reading →

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Thank You to the Supporting Cast

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

Years ago I ran into an anime (Japanese cartoon) called Naruto and there was something that intrigued me about it. It was that all of the secondary and tertiary characters were more than background and toss away characters. There was … Continue reading →

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My Albatross

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

First, I always liked the use of the term ‘Albatross’ ever since I heard it.  I think they’re beautiful birds and the metaphorical (is that right?) term is fun to use. I saw a lot of posts over the weekend … Continue reading →

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Nyx

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

I’ve introduced and talked about this character, so I’m going to end the non-Legends of Windemere posts with an explanation of how this character came to be: Back in 1999, a young woman with a chip on her shoulder and … Continue reading →

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Big Step in the Right Direction

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Charles Yallowitz

Today was going to be a day of writing when my son wasn’t demanding that I chase him around the house. On a whim, I looked into something and spent the day planning what I would need when I go … Continue reading →

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