Tag Archives: Windemere

Tired of Making Titles. Might do gibberish from now on

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

By the time this goes live, I’ll be ushering my son out of the house for his birthday party.  I don’t think much else is going on today.  Tomorrow is a trip to prepare for another party in August and … 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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Teaser Tuesday: Entering Everthorne

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Continuing The Merchant of Nevra Coil teasers, this is one of the newer regions that the champions will be seeing.  Called Everthorne, this is the northern Sister City and sits in a very difficult region.  A briar forest to the … 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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The Merchant of Nevra Coil Needs Volunteers!

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

First, be careful searching for ‘volunteer’ pictures when you have Safe Search off.  Half the stuff was ‘Hunger Games’ and the rest were . . . I’m just glad my son wasn’t in the room because I’m not ready for … Continue reading →

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Using Psionics in Fiction: Nosebleeds, Headaches, & Melty Brains

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

With the introduction of Dariana, I added a new type of power source to the human templates.  Basically, I opened the door for psionics to enter Windemere stories.  For those that don’t know what that means, think of Professor X, … 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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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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Spontaneous Update Post and Rambling

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Heat and not sleeping well has made me drowsy.  It probably doesn’t help that I’ve been doing walks in the humidity (errands) and stay in a hot part of the house to get work done.  What work?  Well, I’m just … Continue reading →

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