This is K.M. Island and you are listening to the 441st episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast.

This week I finished the final proofreading of my Gaslap Fantasy Wayfair.

Hooray! That ends eight months of editing to get it ready for publication. I have still got a few

odds and ends love to tie up and then I'm ready to publish. For those of you who are

interested in the book you may not see an announcement right away.

I'm experimenting with some new marketing approaches this time,

starting with a very, very soft launch in an attempt to get some clean also bots for the book on

Amazon rather than immediately cluttering it up with all my writing books. So if

you're interested in the book you can search for it in another week or so.

I will be officially launching it a little later down the road.

And thanks to all of you who have already emailed or messaged me with your excitement

about it. I can't wait to share this new adventure with you. with your

and excitement about it. And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast,

writer's jealousy and three thoughts on what to do about it.

Last year, one of your... three thoughts on what to do about it.

Last year, one of your writing buddies landed your dream agent. This year, they published with a great publisher,

and now they just sent you a happy dance email telling you they've been

nawmed for your genre's biggest award. You're happy for your friend, really,

you are. But try as you might, your gut just closed up with a sick but all too familiar feeling.

Writers jealousy. The writing community is a great place full of sensitive, supportive people all trying to prioritize the honesty of their art and the worthiness of chasing their dreams.

But the writing community also has its dark sides, and none is perhaps more

pervasive or insidious than a writer's jealousy. I dare say only the most centered among us have

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