This is KAM Wyland and you're listening to the 48th episode of the Word Play Podcast.

I'm powering ahead through my research this week. I had the vague goal of finishing

research and starting to write the deepest breath by sometime this spring or summer.

As the days began to warm and the trees and the grass starts to green, I'm realizing that that

deadline is fast approaching. I'm just finishing up the last of my World War I resources

and turning to my pile of Africa books. My Africa research shouldn't take

me anywhere near as long as the depths of the war, so I'm hoping to finish in another month

or so. Fingers crossed, because this girl is definitely ready to start writing again.

In other news, I've had the pleasure of hearing that wordplay was mentioned on the airwaves.

Writer and radio host River Jordan discovered me via Twitter and talked about the blog on her program,

the place to hang out on the radio. You can visit her website and find information about her program

at River Jordan. US slash radio.

Take full advantage of your premise.

The latest post in the video series on my blog explains how science fiction master Orson Scott

Card's book Enchanted gives us a prime example of using up every delicious drop of premise potential.

You can watch the video on my blog at wordplay-K-M-Y-W-E-I-N-Wyland, that's W-E-I-L- L A D dot blog spot dot com.

New videos are posted every Wednesday.

Meanwhile, enjoy this week's podcast.

When your story doesn't turn out like you planned.

How many times have you come up with a brilliant idea?

A story so dazzling, a character so real, a snippet of dialogue so scintillating that it knocks you breathless, only to have it fail

to live up to your vision when you start putting it on paper.

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