Hi, this is Kayam Wyland, and you are listening to the fourth episode of the wordplay

podcast.

It's been a crazy week here, I've been juggling company, editing, and a handful of mini crises, and trying to meet my deadline of July 1st for getting everything

ready for the prize drawings in honor of my forthcoming novel, Behold the Dawn.

From now until the book's release date on October 1st, my blog will be featuring a prize drawing every Wednesday, henceforth winning Wednesdays.

Each Wednesday a question related in some way to the book's medieval theme will be posted.

To enter, submit your best guess using the submission form in the blog's left-hand column,

or email your answer directly to me at K-M dot Wyland, that's W-E L A N D at Y-M dot com.

One name will be selected from the correct entries and announce the following Wednesday.

Feel free to enter every week.

This week's prize is a beautiful letter opener in the shape of the

sword of Charlemagne. Log on to the blog at wordplay-Kam Wyland. blog spot.com on Wednesday to view the prize,

enter the contest, pick up free desktop wallpaper and get more details about behold the dawn.

Until then, if you have any questions, comments, suggestions or complaints, please feel free to contact me at my website at KM Wyland.com or my blog at wordplay-KM-Wylant.

blog spot.com. That said, please enjoy this week's recording.

Characters, Lackability is overrated. Please enjoy this week's recording. Characters.

Lackability is overrated.

Writers want readers to love their characters.

We want them to connect with the men and women who inhabit our stories.

We want them to empathize so strongly that they are moved to laughter and to tears, right along with these imaginary people we've created.

So, naturally, we want our characters to be as likable as possible, right?

Well, maybe not.

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