This is K.M. Island and you are listening to the 197th episode of the word play podcast.

The thing about taking a vacation is that you usually need two weeks just to catch up from the vacation.

Even a staycation like the one I gave myself a few weeks ago

can end up leaving lots of catch-up to be done. So that's what I've been up to this week.

Aside from having a blast with storming, keeping up with emails, etc, and editing the

annotated Jane Eyre, I'm also working with the great team at Varic Design to overhaul both my websites with the help of all of your responses

to last month's poll.

So hopefully I'll have something new and exciting to share with you on that front soon.

The May issue of my e-letter hit inboxes last week.

It included the usual roundup of inspirational quotes, creativity jump starters, and helpful links, as well as the article

reinforcing your character's personality, and in my response to a subscriber's question

about making the right choices for your story.

If you're not receiving the e-letter and would like to, you can sign up for my mailing list on my website at K M

Wyland, that's W-E-I-L-L-Y-L-N-D dot com slash mailing-l-list dot p-h-p-p.

You can read back issues online at K-M-Yland.com slash E-letter-issues.

P. H.P.

Why Your Novel may not be historical fiction after all.

The latest post in the video series on my blog discusses the fundamental principles of a historical

novel.

To watch it, visit my website at

W.W. dot helping writers become authors

dot com.

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