This is K.M. Wayland and you are listening to the 379th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

This was a week for finishing things, my favorite type of week.

Not only did I finish the last in my very busy round of webinars, interviews, and

web chats for the foreseeable future, but I also got to put the finishing touches on the

Creating Character Arks Workbook, which will now be able to move

into pre-production with editing, type setting, and cover creation.

My favorite part, of course.

Even better, I finished my cleanup of my outline for my

portal fantasy sequel work-and-progress dreambreaker. I've got a list of notes and

questions to work through mostly replacing all the placeholder names I created during the outline and brainstorming more creative alternatives.

I love it when the finale of projects lines up with the beginning of spring.

It always feels like a transition period

and putting a period on previous projects and getting ready to start new ones

at this time of the year always feels appropriate.

The latest post on my blog is find out when it's a good idea to use a made-up setting.

If you're wondering which would be the better choice for your setting, a real life setting, or a made up setting, consider this list of advantages and disadvantages for each.

To read the post, visit helping writers become authors.com.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast entitled The Seven Stages of Being a Writer.

How many have you experienced?

If life is a journey and writing is a lifestyle, then we know writing itself is not a destination but a discovery.

Some of the stages of being a writer are momentous, life-changing and unforgettable,

outlines, story structure, and character

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