This is KAMWylant, and you are listening to the one-third episode of the word play podcast. The first proofs of outlining

your novel map your way to success were ready early this week. So I've been knuckling down to the

always fun task of proofreading, fact checking, and generally making certain that I haven't done

anything to make myself look too stupid.

So far everything's right on schedule for the book's October 1st release date.

Very soon I should be able to share its cover work with you.

The prospect of holding a new book in my hands is always a happy chill-inducing one.

And this one is special in its own way, since it's my first non-fiction book. Stay tuned for updates as we get closer to

October. I'd like to shout out a huge thank you to all of you who took the time to nominate

wordplay for Writers Digests 101 best websites for

writers.

I was humbled by how many of you let me know that you'd take in a moment from your

busy schedules to zap off an email. If wordplay makes it into the 101, it will be entirely

due to all of my fabulous word players. You guys rock. The perils of a passive protagonist, the latest post in the video series on my blog,

warns about the pitfalls of creating characters who aren't able to take readers into

the thick of the action.

You can watch the video on my blog at wordplay-K-M-W-E-I-L-N-D dot blog spot.

New videos are posted every Wednesday.

Meanwhile enjoy this week's podcast.

Why There's No Such Thing as a Writing Expert

and why that's a good thing.

By the time I realized the art of writing a novel was something that could actually be learned, I had already written three, admittedly awful books.

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