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Eat a Red Apple Day

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Today is ‘Eat a Red Apple Day’.  I stumbled onto this odd holiday and then I couldn’t stop thinking about Fizzle who loves apples. So, check out some more Fizzle pictures in: Do I Need to Use a Dragon? (Fantasy … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Stag of Visindor Forest

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(This is another sestina from back in the day.  Again, these are poems with 6 stanzas, 6 lines each, and the same 6 final words in different positions.  Takes a few tries to get them right since you can go … Continue reading →

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Revisit: What Do You Look For In Romance?

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Originally posted on August 2, 2013.  Have at it.) This is not my genre and I barely get it to function in my own books.  I think.  I’ve glossed over romance, but I think I gravitate toward lust or awkward … Continue reading →

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Revisit: What Do You Look For In Flashbacks?

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Originally posted on August 23, 2013.  Being an author of third person present tense, I really can’t use these.  They would be clunky and emersion shattering.  In general, I don’t like using them very often because they require a mental … Continue reading →

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Revisit: What Do You Look For In Fictional Pets?

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Originally posted on September 9, 2013.  We really don’t pay much attention to the pets of heroes unless they overshadow the other characters.  It’s not enough for them to be present and kind of active anymore.  They almost have to … Continue reading →

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Revisit: What Do You Look For in a Sequel?

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Originally posted July 30, 2013.  I really wasn’t giving any breaks between posts back then, which is a shame.  I should have spread these out.  It looks like I did these posts to promote Prodigy of Rainbow Tower.  So, they’re geared … Continue reading →

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Revisit: What Do You Look For in Demons?

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Originally posted on July 26, 2013.  Pretty much self-explanatory since I played with demons all the time in my stories.) Traditionally, demons are the bad guys.  The monsters and eaters of human.  There has been a slight change with characters … Continue reading →

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Revisit: What Do You Look For in a Villain?

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Originally posted on July 29, 2013.  I still stand by this, but I definitely wrote the post before I every put Stephen Kernaghan on paper.  He kind of stands out as the true monster of my villain gallery.  Pretty sure … Continue reading →

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Revisit: What Do You Look For In Character Evolution?

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Originally posted on July 25, 2013.  Not exactly the evolution about since we’re talking more mental and emotional than physical.  Realizing that many of these are kind of short too.  Guess it’s from a time when I had more activity … Continue reading →

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Revisit: What Do You Look For In a Hero?

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Originally posted on July 22, 2013.  Pretty simple and to the point.  Realizing these posts are mostly for interactions though.  What do you think?) One of the more interesting things about Beginning of a Hero reviews was that a few … Continue reading →

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