This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 469th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

So here's a cool thing that happened this week, or rather a cool thing I realized.

I happened to go back over download metrics for the

podcast and was staggered to realize it's had almost 2,500,000 downloads

over its lifetime.

Even though I know there are quite a few of you listening,

I always kind of have this feeling like I'm talking

to a small group of 10 people or so.

So if I slip into my native dialect and say worse instead of wash or if I've got

a stuffy nose again like I do today then oh well only 10 people are going to notice

right so I almost feel a little

mic shy today but I'm also tickled pink with such a great number I'm so glad to

know so many of you are listening and I hope enjoying the podcast. I've got a special

edition this week with the 22nd and final installment in my series,

the do's and don'ts of storytelling according to Marvel. I hope you enjoy my

owed to Avengers Endgame and indeed the entire MCU with this week's episode

five ways to earn your audience's loyalty. There's little in this

Cosmos that writers want more than our readers love and respect. We want them to

buy our stories, love our stories, tell their friends about

our stories, buy more stories, support us in style for the rest of our lives, and

acclaim our words far after. But when it comes to figuring out how to earn your

audience's loyalty, you've likely noticed you're on the receiving end of

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