{"id":2287,"date":"2020-06-27T08:46:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T13:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2020-09-18T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T14:49:40","slug":"my-interview-with-k-m-weiland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/2020\/06\/my-interview-with-k-m-weiland\/","title":{"rendered":"My Interview with K. M. Weiland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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K.M. Weiland<\/a> lives in make-believe worlds, talks to imaginary friends, and survives primarily on chocolate truffles and espresso. She is the award-winning and internationally-published author of Outlining Your Novel<\/a><\/em>, Structuring Your Novel<\/a><\/em>, and Creating Character Arcs<\/a>. <\/em>A native of western Nebraska, she writes historical and speculative fiction and mentors authors on her award-winning website Helping Writers Become Authors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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K. M. Weiland answered five questions for me. Here they are:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1. You have written both nonfiction and fiction. Does your success with nonfiction books like Outlining your Novel<\/em> and Structuring Your Novel<\/em> help you as a fiction writer? Does it carry some cons, too?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definitely helps. My teachings on writing have all grown out of my own journey of developing and deepening my technique for writing my own novels. Writing articles and books about those techniques has forced me to solidify my understanding of concepts in ways I doubt I would have done without the opportunity of teaching others. If it creates any cons, it\u2019s probably just the pressure of trying to live up to my advice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. How do you balance personal life with your consistent social media presence  and writing? Let me elaborate. Social media and writing are addicting. (especially for moms like me–I have three little ones at home), how do you compartmentalize your life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am adamant about not allowing technology\u2014specifically, the Internet\u2014to rule my life. It\u2019s a necessary, and often wonderful tool, but it can easily become a harsh master. Still, that\u2019s easier said than done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I start by scheduling the time I spend reading or communicating on social media. Then two particular tricks I use to control how much I\u2019m on the Internet are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n