This is K.M. Wyland.

and you are listening to the 52nd episode of the Wordplay podcast.

Despite all its stereotypes of starving artists suffering for their work,

writing is actually a pretty cushy job in a lot of respects.

Think about it. And what other line of work do you get to sit around

reading the latest bestseller and call it research? Or stare out the window daydreaming

and call it work. And there's not too many jobs where you can get away with wearing your fluffy blue slippers to work.

Getting up every morning and knowing that somewhere in the day ahead, you're going to get to do the thing you love most is a hard gig to beat, isn't it?

Help readers keep your characters straight.

The latest post in the video series on my blog

suggests some remedies to the common pitfalls of confusion

that befall readers who are muddled by your large casts of

characters.

You can watch the video on my blog at Wordplay-K-M-Yland, that's W-E-I-L-N- D. blog spot. com.

New videos are posted every Wednesday.

Meanwhile, enjoy this week's podcast.

Eight ways to free your muse with long-hand writing.

Whenever I crack open a hefty volume of Dickens, I'm inevitably overwhelmed by the realization

that this entire 800-page novel was written by hand.

The writers bump on my middle finger throbs just thinking about it.

Our technologic additions are a decided blessing, but we've also lost some things along the road to the future.

We've amped up distractions and made it far too easy to stifle creativity by editing and tweaking

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