This is K.M. Island and you are listening to the one hundred seventy-third episode of the Word Play Podcast.

The time has finally come when I can officially announce the release date for my upcoming

fantasy novel, Dreamlander.

December 2nd, 2012 is the big day, which means I'll be spending all of this month celebrating

with a special series of blog posts and podcasts on Sundays and Wednesdays, focusing on what I learned while writing this book, along

with some plain old fun posts on Fridays.

And of course it will all culminate in a grand prize drawing on launch day. I had so many fun ideas for

prizes that I couldn't pick between them. So I decided to let you choose. If you have a minute,

please zoom by the site to vote on which of the three prizes you'd like to see offered in the Dreamlander launch party prize strong.

Prize A, a 17th century Italian rapier, much like the one Chris uses in the book.

Prize B, a Kindle Fire, or Prize C, a deluxe fantasy gift box consisting of a black velvet

renaissance cloak, a calligraphy pin set which includes a quillpin with

calligraphy nib, five extra nibs, and an ink pot with 15 millileters of black ink, a dragon bookmark, the coffee table book anatomy of the castle by John Gibson,

a sword pendant necklace in which the sword actually comes out of the sheath, a delusional unicorn magnet, and last but not least, 2.2 pounds of troffets to France, all natural French truffles dusted with cocoa powder.

To vote, visit helping riders become honest. Brinched Ruffles Dusted with Cocoa Powder.

To vote, visit helping writers become authors.com.

And be sure to stop by the blog all this month

to join the pre-launch fun. Are you skimming your story's potential?

The latest post in the video series on my blog

talks about how getting all the obvious things right in a story

isn't always enough if you're lacking one crucial element.

To watch it, visit my website at helping writers become authors.com.

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