This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 326 episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

I am up to my elbows in revisions for my historical superhero work in progress, Wayfair. My focus on this first run-through is downsizing its Mammoth 200,000 word count,

which is something I'm going to talk about more in today's podcast.

I'm inching along on the goal of cutting 80,000, but it feels

really great to streamline the pros. It's also making me focus more on what's at the heart

of important scenes and distilling dialogue down to its leanest, most powerful

essence.

I'm also having fun going back to the beginning with these characters, especially my spunky nine-year-old pickpocket sidekick.

I think she's quickly becoming one of my favorite characters ever.

The latest post on my blog is Set Up and Pay Off. The two equally important halves of story foreshadowing.

Foreshadowing is a more complicated technique than you may know.

To start with, make sure you have both these important

halves checked off your list. To find the post, visit my site at helping writers become

authors.com. And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast entitled Your Nanone Novel is a hot mess.

How to edit your book.

Yay! You wrote a book. Now, what are you supposed to do with it?

Writing a manuscript often feels like a sprint to a finish line, but then you reach that

finish line only to realize it's really just the beginning.

In many ways, completing a first draft is the easy part of writing.

The real business of writing begins when you have to sit down and figure out how to edit your book.

Today I'm going to show you how to navigate that potential minefield like a boss.

January is an Apropos month to be talking about how to edit your book.

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