This is K.M. Wylant and you are listening to the 479th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

The big news this week is that I finally have an audio book in the works for my portal fantasy

Dreamlander.

I've done audio versions for all of my non-fiction books including outlining your novel,

structuring your novel, and creating character arts, but this will be the first audio book for one of my novels.

The narrator finished work this week and sent me the finals for final review.

It is a really weird sensation to hear your work, not just read aloud by someone else, but performed.

I've always had a cringe factor when listening to my stuff being read aloud by anyone,

including myself.

So the next 19 hours or so of review are going to be interesting.

At the same time though I'm really looking forward to it.

Hearing Dreamlander from a different perspective is perfect timing right now as I'm

progressing with the outline for the third book in the trilogy.

I'll also be returning to book two soon for further edits.

So this review of the first book should hopefully help me catch any lurking continuity issues.

Anyway, for those of you who have been asking for it,

Dreamlander should be available as an audiobook

before the end of the year.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast. Are you struggling to be creative?

This might be why.

I talk to my wonderful mother on the phone every night. We talk about everything from health to books to psychology to faith to whatever might be making us grumpy at the moment.

This week, while discussing health and diet,

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