This is KAM Wylant and you are listening to the 118th episode of the wordplay podcast.

Traveling always wreaks havoc with my writing schedule, not only because I'm away and busy,

but because I get car sick after reading all of two words,

which pretty much rules out any chance of at least getting some work done en route to my destination.

In the past, I've taken the laptop anyway and powered through the nausea for as long as I could before collapsing.

But now, thanks to my Kindle, I have new and better, if less courageous, method.

Since I was just delving into my third read-through of my historical work and progress's first

draft, I was able to upload the document to my Kindle, take it with me on the road,

close my eyes against the swirl of motion outside, and let the Kindle read to me.

Of course, the Kindle voice sounds like a female robot, I've named for Lucretia, but she does the trick.

So not only did I avoid any tremendous amount of blackiness on the trip, I was also able to take my

stories along and get a sizable amount of work done. This makes me a very happy

camper.

Instead of the usual video post on my blog this week, I'm featuring a guest post from historical author Elizabeth Foley.

She's talking about why taking a break is sometimes the most important part of the editing

process.

You can read the article on my blog at Wordplay-K-M-Y-L-N-D dot blog spot.

Meanwhile enjoy this week's podcast.

Five fun and easy ways to lengthen your word count.

We see a lot of hype these days about books that are too lengthy for agents or editors to consider.

But what about books that fall short of the expected word count?

In comparison to giving your overweight manuscript a liposuction,

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