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Revisiting Origins: Dariana

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

(I know I had this going in May and then took a 3 month hiatus to promote Do I Need to Use a Dragon?  So, I’m hoping just jumping right back into things is okay.  I only made it through 5 … Continue reading →

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Did I Gain Confidence writing ‘Do I Need to Use a Dragon’?

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

I’ve stated before that writing Do I Need to Use a Dragon? was a challenge in a variety of ways.  One of them was my confidence.  I questioned if I had any right to release a book on writing when I’m an … Continue reading →

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‘Eh, Take It or Leave It!’

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Here we are at the final category of advice that I’ve devised to make this theme last no longer than a week.  Yeah, I’m sure I could have kept this going through the summer, but that’s way too boring.  Do I … Continue reading →

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‘It Worked for Me’!

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This is the mentality I used when I started planning Do I Need to Use a Dragon? and I kept it going through the writing.  At least, that was my intention.  This might be the hardest of the three categories to maintain. … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Alex’s Author Shoppe! No Refunds for Mentally Unstable Products!

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Welcome to our author store.  First, please know that Do I Need to Use a Dragon? is available as a Kindle eBook for 99 cents.  This has nothing to do with our products, but we have to put a promo in this … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Death Sentence Hypocrisy

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

(I wrote this one after reading about an animal getting put down.  It had attacked a human that had climbed into its enclosure.  It made me think about how an animal that attacks people gets put down so easily, but … Continue reading →

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How It Feels to End a Second Series?

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

Once War of Nytefall: Eulogy is published, it will mark the end to my second series.  It’s a true finale too instead of the series that I dropped due to time issues, no reactions, and other reasons.  This puts the series alongside Legends … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Outlining in Some Fashion

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m really surprised that I never did a post like this in all the years that I’ve been blogging about writing.  If I did then WordPress isn’t letting me find it.  Now, not everyone takes the route of planning their … Continue reading →

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The Overlapping of Genres and Styles

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

This is kind of carrying over from the ‘rules’ of writing posts from last week.  It got me thinking about this blog and how people perceive it.  Not the promotional stuff or the comedic things like Ye Olde Shoppe.  I’m … Continue reading →

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Another Round of Author Memes

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

I was going to do something more interesting.  It was going to be about mental health and the current state of things.  Just to think of others.  Then, the week got rough and I didn’t have the mojo to delve … Continue reading →

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