This is K.M. Island, and you are listening to the 45th episode of the Wordplay

podcast.

I write for my own pleasure and sanity.

I would write if no one paid me.

In fact, I would probably fork over my own cash if that's what it took to keep spinning

stories out of air and putting words on paper.

In other words, writing is its own reward.

But that doesn't mean that it's not sometimes a long, lonely, frustrating, thankless job.

So it's always a blessing when a reader takes the time to let me know they

enjoyed something I wrote. I value all the notes people send, telling me they appreciated my

blog posts, videos, and podcasts. But I get a special throw when someone lets me know that my fiction touch them.

A reader made my week by writing that my book, Behold the Dawn, has done something several other famous writers couldn't do, given me a renewed enthusiasm for historical fiction.

The story is as raw as violent, as romantic, colorful and courageous as the times in which it is set.

If writing is its own reward, and courageous as the times in which it is set.

If writing is its own reward, then reviews like that are the powdered sugar on top.

Antagonists don't have to be evil, The latest post in the video series on my blog

uses Daphne Dumare's excellent characterization

in the house on the strand to show how to antagonize your protagonist

in ways large and small. You can watch the video on my blog at wordplay-K-M-Y-L-N-D. blog-s-B-S-B-S-B-B-S-B-G-G-S-G-G-G-G-T-S-G-O-G-O-G-Tagonist, in ways large and small. You can watch the. New videos are posted every Wednesday.

Meanwhile, enjoy this week's podcast. Daydream or die.

You wouldn't think you'd have to remind a writer to Daydream.

After all, the reason he became a writer was likely a natural outgrowth of his daydreams.

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