Tag Archives: villains

The Chaotic Henchmen and Minions

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

I can’t touch on ‘Invader Zim’ without writing a post about GIR.  That’s the robot eating tacos up above and Zim’s henchman.  A being of pure comedic chaos who is completely unpredictable.  Except you can predict that a character like … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing Villain Protagonists

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This is harder than I thought it would be.  Mostly because I’m trying to predict what people will say.  There’s always a wide variety of passionate opinions about villains, so tips can fall flat on the wrong ears.  Some people … Continue reading →

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Your Protagonist Is the Villain?

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

I don’t know why I suddenly started thinking about ‘Invader Zim’.  This was  Nickelodeon show back in the early 2000’s.  It was great and popular and somehow only 28 episodes if you count the pilot.  The show is about Zim … Continue reading →

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The Ability Thief

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

The concept of an ability thief is fairly common.  There are different levels of the ability as well, which can range from killing the original owner to simply copying it.  Guess that makes the ‘thief’ part not true since the … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘The Merchant of Nevra Coil’

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This is the 8th volume of Legends of Windemere.  The funny thing is how this book was not really planned and came about because I needed something to happen to make volume 9 work.  The Merchant of Nevra Coil ended up solving … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and a Look Back at ‘Curse of the Dark Wind’

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This book tends to get lost in the shuffle at times.  Curse of the Dark Wind didn’t introduce any new, long-standing characters.  Part of this might have been because this was when the game started crumbling.  So, I was struggling to move … Continue reading →

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Characters Falling From Grace on Purpose

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

The character above is Vegeta, who is a character from Dragon Ball Z.  He started as an enemy and eventually moved his way into ally.  At several points in the series, his pride gets the best of him and he … Continue reading →

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Beginning of a Hero’

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Welcome to my attempt to improve my Tuesday posts.  I’m going to look back at each of my books and end with a Questions 3 finale.  Best place to start is with Legends of Windemere: Beginning of a Hero.  This was … Continue reading →

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Legends of Windemere Series & Quest of the Brokenhearted Available on Amazon!

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

For this month, I’m going to use Tuesdays to do a promo for the paperbacks.  There are still eBooks though.  Fingers crossed that I get a few sales of both during the start of this year. First up, we have … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Having Enemies Become Allies

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

The temptation to turn a popular villain into a hero can be pretty strong.  To do this, you need to make the two enemies stop wanting to kill each other.  Might not be an easy task because just saying ‘they … Continue reading →

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