Tag Archives: writing

A Career Built Off One World

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I don’t know if the number is right, but I think Discworld by Terry Prachett is 45 Books long.  Xanth by Piers Anthony is in the 30’s.  Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan is 15 Books.  Legends of Windemere by … Continue reading →

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Writing in a Winter Wonder . . . Damn Snow!

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

That ‘blizzard’ threw a monkey wrench into the week.  It also led to a very odd reminder that people love to bitch on the Internet.  The media erupted about 3 feet of snow, which some areas on Long Island got.  … Continue reading →

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Nameless Finale and A Fresh Book

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

So I’m staring at these empty pages in the first notebook.  Though I guess you can’t call it first since I have at least 10 others that range from 2 years old to high school days.  This is the first … Continue reading →

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Love Aflame Blog Tour

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Pamela Beckford publishes her 3rd solo poetry collection. Using various poetic forms she illustrates how love can set the heart on fire but also shows how that same love can turn to ashes. Poetry is an expression from deep within … Continue reading →

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Putting People in Your Books

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a popular quote among authors and there seems to be a grand tradition of putting people in a book as ‘revenge’.  Yet there are times where someone is put into a book as an honor.  I tend to … Continue reading →

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Stepping into Science Fiction?

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

L. Marie asked the following question on my Ask an Author page: Do you see yourself writing a science fiction series someday? An interesting question that I’m sure can lead to a debate because I’ve noticed that not everyone has … Continue reading →

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A Week of Nada?

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

So ‘The Mercenary Prince’ is done and waiting for its turn on the editing block.  This is a book set to be released in December, which means I’ll be sending the March/April release to my editor.  Another week before I … Continue reading →

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So You Wanna Kill a Character?

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

I was going to be serious and some of these suggestions will be in that category.  Yet I find myself in a silly mood, which means we’ll see what happens.  So what are some things to consider when killing off … Continue reading →

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Toss This One in the First Draft Pile!

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

After a 3-day weekend of struggling to get to Book 9, I finally tackled it.  The character is dead, the heroes have been given their wrap up scene, and I only have to do the one for the villains to … Continue reading →

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Return of Boromir, We Hardly Knew Ye

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Way back on January 30th, 2103, I wrote a posted entitled ‘Boromir, We Hardley Knew Ye‘.  This was two months after I started blogging so I got no comments and very few likes on it.  It was about killing characters … Continue reading →

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