This is KAMWyland and you are listening to the 440 second episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

I'm really pondering marketing decisions right now, including the very serious consideration of switching to a nominal pin name for my fiction

in order to keep it separate from my non-fiction in Amazon's recommendations.

When I started out, it seemed intuitive to leverage my non-fiction platform to sell my fiction,

especially since that's why I created helping writers become authors in the first place. But time has shown that the two genres

attract very distinct readerships. I had always thought it was too late to switch to a

pin name since at this point I have for published novels but after some

discussions with some of you lately I'm seeing that maybe it's not too late after

all and if I'm going to do it, the time is now

before I publish my historical fantasy

Wafer.

So everything's a little up in the air right now

as I figure out my best move before publishing the book.

But I'm excited about moving forward with this. More

updates as we go and now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast. Five ways to

use the Eniagram to write better characters.

The Eniagram, maybe you've heard of it, maybe you've even tried using it to write better characters.

Like Myers Briggs,

Socionics, and the four temperaments, the Eniagram is one of many systems

within the study of personality theory. These systems are designed to identify the patterns found in the different

ways we approach various aspects of life, so we might better study and understand ourselves and others. In short, the Enhagram is not only a useful

life tool, it's also the perfect character creation tool. I've always been interested in personality theory. Let's face it, I just like

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