This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 311th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors

Podcast.

As I'm winding up proofreading on Storming, my proofreading sessions are involving lots of chocolate covered pretzels.

I'm favoring the bark thins right now.

And much sitting on my hands to keep myself from fidgeting, checking email, and otherwise not paying attention as my Kindle reads

allowed to me.

Honestly, I think if I just got into the habit of writing more sloppily and sticky in more typos.

The proofreading part would at least be more interesting.

It's also hard not to get sucked into my own story so that I'm paying more attention to what's happening with my

characters then I am disussing out those sneaky little typos. But the good news

is that I should finish up this first round of proofreading this week.

Next up is typesetting and getting the chance to hold that first

beautiful shiny hard copy proof in my hands. The latest post in the video series on my blog

is two ways to tell if you're beginning your story too soon. It presents two

important rules of thumb, one for making sure you're not

beginning your story too soon and another for making sure your first chapter is

hooking readers. To find the post visit my site at helping writers become

authors.com. And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast entitled

Seven ways to use Nanowryo to make you a better writer all year long.

Mention Nanow Rhymo to a fellow writer and you'll get one of two responses. They might just stare at you with

raised eyebrows wondering if your tongue tripped on its way out of bed this

morning. More likely, however, their eyes will light up.

...