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7 Tips to Writing Killing Machine Heroes

Posted on September 16, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

While it might seem obvious, people might not help making a killing machine hero.  You don’t want them to come off as villainous or bland.  It is possible because there’s a secret balancing act between the violence and their humanity.  … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Really?

Posted on September 15, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

Funny.  I just realized this and the last two Chasing Bedlam teasers were from before I edited it.  Oops. Handing their beads to a quiet man at the door, the pair wait for him to meticulously count the payment. When he … Continue reading →

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The Killing Machine Hero

Posted on September 14, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m sure many people don’t like this type of hero.  They’re violent, aggressive, and fairly unstable.  They’re hair-trigger results in many instances of brutality on whoever or whatever pissed them off.  Thankfully, they tend to only go after bad people, … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Brain Meats Banged Up

Posted on September 12, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

I didn’t finish chapter 5 of Darwin and the Deadland Queen.  I came one section away from it after expecting to have more time.  The big end of summer Pokemon event wasn’t the big issue.  Plans of other people changed, … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: The Trickster War

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

(This poem was going to connect to a story that I never got off the ground.  It was going to be all of the tricksters from mythology messing with each other and humanity.  They would eventually toppled human civilization and … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing Gladiator Fights

Posted on September 9, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

While jousting is not included very often, we do end up seeing gladiator fights a lot in fiction.  Of course, they are a fantasy version of it that doesn’t really follow the more controlled ones of the past.  Seriously, they … Continue reading →

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Happy Read A Book Day

Posted on September 6, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

Hope everyone can take even a few minutes to read a little today.  I’m deciding between ‘Toriko’ on my Kindle app or grabbing one of the other manga.  Maybe ‘Love Hina’ since I haven’t read it in years.  Just can’t … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Plan Meet Open Window

Posted on September 5, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

A . . . single . . . paragraph. That is the only progress I made with Darwin & the Deadland Queen.  I had started the chapter section a while back and meant to finish it last Sunday.  Never happened because … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Writing While On Vacation

Posted on September 4, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

I know many people will claim that they never stop writing or that they write while they’re working ‘real’ jobs too.  If you’re in that boat then you are very fortunate.  For many, the daily grind and responsibilities of adulthood … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: The Sleepy Destroyer

Posted on September 3, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

(An old poem I found on the blog.  In college, I owned an N64.  My friends and I loved to play Super Smash Bros.  The problem came about that I was destroying people . . . routinely.  First, they banned … Continue reading →

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