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Top 5 of 2019: 7 Tips to Writing Characters with Healing Factors/Regeneration (#2)

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Coming to us from June 6, 2019!  Not much else I can say about this one.  Doesn’t have the same controversy factor as the previous 2 and compared to #1 it’s . . . Well, you’ll see next week. One … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Using Historical Horrors in Fiction

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

I tried getting into ‘Man in the High Castle’, but it didn’t stick.  That’s not what this post is about, but the two episodes I watched had me thinking of something.  We have a lot of fiction that incorporates real … Continue reading →

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Do Rulers in Fantasy Need to be Evil or Inept?

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m not sure where this idea came from, but I’ve seen a lot of people run with it and claim that it’s how the genre works.  You have a ruler, but he/she/it is either a villain or so inept that … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Yeah . . . Everything is Blurry

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a week that felt like every day lasted a month and all of the events have become fairly blurry.  I remember looking into Masters programs and realizing that I need to take the GRE first.  Signed up for … Continue reading →

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Revenge is Sweet and A Little Overdone

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Pride and body Have been maimed and marred Only one path remains To make life worth living Revenge * Plotting every hour Barely breaking for sleep Notes written on shower curtains In the finest of soaps Used only for vengeance … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Putting Robots in Fantasy: Put Down the Pitchforks!

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

This can be a little controversial at times because many people don’t want robots to be anywhere near fantasy.  A big difference between science fiction and fantasy is that one has high tech and the other has magic.  Not exclusively, … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: The Week of the Big Return and Many Yawns

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

(This is a strange addition at the final hour.  I’ve had 90 reviews for Beginning of a Hero for a long time. I’ve lost a bunch for undisclosed reasons over the last nearly 7 years.  All of a sudden, I see … Continue reading →

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Matilda’s Music Box MegaMart: Free Earplugs with Each Purchase

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Welcome to where your music box needs are met.  I’m sure you traveled a long path to reach our store.  That’s because Google Maps has you go through three states to reach us, which is an improvement over Mapquest plunging … Continue reading →

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Does Fantasy Have to Be Medieval?

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Various questions come up when someone wants to write high fantasy and many of them are completely understandable.  They may deal with magic, various races, and creating a world that isn’t Earth.  Yet, there are other questions that you can … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Tip Book List of Topics

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

This is the last day of break for many, so I didn’t want to do anything complicated.  Still, I’ve been meaning to make this post for a while.  I haven’t come up with titles for most of these topics and … Continue reading →

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