This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 135th episode of the wordplay podcast.

As writers and readers move into this brave new frontier of digital media,

one of the things we potentially lost is the fun connectivity of the autographed book.

I've seen several sites that have created the ability for an author to digitally sign and

email their e-books, which readers can then download under their e-readers.

One of the best in integrating the signed page into the e-book is autography.

Thanks to the recommendation of fellow author Beth Ann Mason, I'm now excited to announce that my novels,

a man called Outlaw and behold the Dawn, and my instructional writing how to, outlining

your novel, map your way to success, are now available to be personally inscribed should

that strike any of my readers fancy.

If you'd like an autographed e-book in just about any format, email me at K-M dot Wyland, that's W-E-I-L-N-D at y-M-E-M-E-M-D at Y-M-M-D-D-D-D dot-M-D-D dot com. I'll sign the book. I'll sign the book, an autography will send you a specialized link from which you can

purchase your signed copy.

Are you making your character and yourself look stupid?

The latest post in the video series on my blog

points at one of the pitfalls of using dialogue to avoid info dumps.

You can watch the video on my blog at wordplay- k myland dot blog spot

dot com new videos are posted every Wednesday and now I hope you

enjoy this week's podcast the writer's guide to punctuation. Punctuation in a story is like the spice

and a soup. When we're sipping that soup off our spoons, we're not likely to notice or identify every spice that has created the uniquely delicious flavor caressing our taste buts.

Same goes for punctuation.

When shaken out with a skillful hand, the very effectiveness of punctuation makes it go unnoticed.

On the other hand, when we choose the wrong punctuation in the wrong place, the result is the

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