This is K.M. Island and you are listening to the 293rd episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast.

It's my pleasure to announce to all of you who have been waiting for it that my e-book conquering writers block and summoning inspiration is now available on

audiobook narrated once again by the amazing so many field you may remember that I

originally released this information as an audio presentation,

Years of Year.

I completely updated and expanded it by nearly 50% when I re-released it as an e-book last winter.

So this new audiobook version

contains all the new and additional information.

You can grab it off Amazon.com and if you're not an audible member yet

you can even grab it for free by signing up. The latest post in the video series

on my blog is Want an Unfor, your minor characters are the secret.

It explains one of the reasons Deputy Barney Fife was such a great character, and that was because of the other minor

characters on the show and how you can use your minor characters to make your

protagonist even more amazing. To find the post, visit my site at

helping writers become authors.com. And now I hope you'll enjoy this week's

podcast entitled How the Perfect Midpoint moves your

protagonist from reaction to action or why I'm thankful for Marvel. I have to thank the Marvel movies for a lot of things like

my Captain America Shield Pillow, my Iron Man socks, my Spider-Man poster my Hulk Thumb wrestler. Okay, where was I? Oh yes talking about being a writer, not a fan girl.

One other slightly more important thing for which I have to thank the Marvel movies

is the light bulb that went off in my head while sitting in the dark theater, center row, center seat,

the last April when watching Captain America, the Winter Soldier.

It was a light bulb that did a fine job of illuminating the sticky question of how to shift your

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