This is Kamm Weilent and you are listening to the 26th episode of the Wordplay podcast. I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving. I think

I definitely got my dose of Tryptophan for the rest of the year. Didn't get to write on Thursday,

but it's been on my mind all week how thankful I am to be a writer. I don't know about you but I can't

help but look at the normal people out there and feel just a teeny bit sorry for them. They

don't even know what they're missing by not having stories spinning webs in their heads all the time.

I'm excited to enter the holiday season with some special deals and gifts for my readers.

From now until Christmas, both of my books are available at special

prices and as part of special package deals. I'm also offering some early Christmas gifts of

my own to the first three buyers. Gift number one is a free book, the winner's choice between

behold the dawn and a man called outlaw. Gift number two is a tote bag featuring the

Emily Dickinson poem There is no frigate like a book.

And gift number three is a beautiful mouse pad emblazoned with a quote from Jane Evershed.

To read is to empower.

To empower is to write.

To write is to influence. to influence is to change, to change is to live.

On Monday, November 30th, you can view the prizes and find more details on my blog

at Wordplay-KM Wyland, that dash k-m-Y-L-N-D dot blog spot dot com.

There will be some fantastic limited time deals, so I hope you'll find time to check them out.

Meanwhile, please enjoy this week's post.

Four reasons I quit writing exercises.

Creative writing exercises are a staple of workshops and a beloved tool of many authors.

Writers are encouraged to keep writing journals where they spend at least 15 minutes every day writing whatever pops to mind.

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