Matthew Wayne Selznick Creates

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  • 027: (Mis)Adventures In Audiobooks

    The underlying purpose of Sonitotum is to share my experiences as an experienced beginner making things, finding success, and staying healthy and sane, and hopefully, provide value through teachable moments.

    That doesn’t mean it’s always easy to share the mistakes! Indeed, my ego and personal fragility almost convinced me to… under-represent… my most recent mis-steps.

    Almost.

    Instead, in this episode, I talk about the long road I stumbled down in completing the audiobook edition of my latest novel, Light of the Outsider, including some pretty massive last-mile fumbles… and how I know better, and what I’ll do to avoid these errors in the future.

    It’s all stuff I hope you can learn from, and, heck, probably get a bit of a laugh out of in the process.

    Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
    • Light of the Outsider is the debut novel in my Shaper’s World Cycle, book one of the Outsider Trilogy, and a stand-alone character-driven gritty fantasy / thriller hybrid.
    • Order the audiobook of Light of the Outsider, read by the author (that’s me), directly from me via Gumroad.
    • ACX is Audible.com‘s self-publishing platform. They’re very much behind on processing new submissions, so it’s going to be a while before the Light of the Outsider audiobook is available there… order direct from me!
    • Audible’s not the only game in town. I use Findaway Voices to distribute my audiobooks to all the other audiobook marketplaces in the world, plus libraries.
    • The Zoom recorder I used to record the Light of the Outsider audiobook is the H4. I bought mine eleven years ago… it’s no longer available.
    • I mention The Big Plan. You can hear about it or read about it.
    • Have you joined the mailing list community of friends and fans? When you do, you’ll get free weekly serial fiction delivered to your inbox as my gift to you.
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      30 min
    • 026: How’s That Big Plan Going?

      A few weeks ago, I unveiled my ambitious and possibly audacious creative plan for the next seven years.

      How’s it going so far? Listen and find out…

      Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
      • ACX is the self-publishing platform for Audible.com audiobooks.
      • World Creator is an incredibly powerful 3D terrain and landscape generator.
      • When I say “3D,” I don’t mean the “comin’ atcha” variety…
        • The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones, and His Dark Materials are among the many TV shows using the free Unreal Engine software for photo-realistic backgrounds and effects.
        • Blender is a free 3D graphics and rendering engine.
        • A Horse With No Name is a song by America. It was one of the first 45 RPM records I owned (look that up, kids). I accidentally nearly quote from it this episode…
        • This article details the decades-long origin of my debut Shaper’s World Cycle novel, Light of the Outsider.
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          23 min
        • 025: The Big Plan

          This episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick is cross-posted with the Scribtotum article also entitled “The Big Plan.”  Read it there, and / or listen here.

          What’s The Big Plan? Only the focus of the next seven years of my life. Listen to find out why I’m doing this, and why it might matter to you, too.

          Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
          • My Scribtotum article spelling out — for you and for me — why I blog.
          • P. G. Holyfield.
          • Episode 24 of Sonitotum, in which I talk about Grant Bulltail.
          • The Sovereign Era cycle of novels, short stories, and other works.
          • Light of the Outsider, the debut novel in the Shaper’s World cycle.
          • Brave Men Run, my first novel and the first of the Sovereign Era titles.
          • The Sonitotum episode in which I talk about my experimentation with Amazon advertising.
          • The author, educator, and worldbuilder Scott Walker.
          • Want to understand my experience as an introvert? Read this.
          • My Scribtotum article on resisting procrastination and being more productive.
          • What is context switching, and why does it explain why multitasking is so awful?
          • Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started” is my free serial fiction offering. Subscribe!
          • It would mean a lot to me if you’d join my community of friends and fans.
          • My Facebook pages focused on my creative and professional sides.
          • The Instagram page for my creative endeavors.
          • If I’m on social media much at all these days, I’m on Twitter.
          • Buy my fiction and non-fiction, please.
          • Why reading character-based fiction improves empathy.
          • My collection of literary short fiction and essays is called Four Stories.
          • The Stranger by Albert Camus.
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            38 min
          • 024: Don’t Wait; Don’t Be Scared

            In this episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, your self-referential host touches on two different topics and, wait, what? Turns out they’re both pretty much about the same thing. Also, an update on my next work of fiction, the Shaper’s World novella “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay.”

            Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
            • Are we really more creative when we’re tired? This study supports the idea… and this article goes into detail so you don’t have to pay to access the study itself.
            • I’ve been using composition books with graph paper instead of college- or wide-ruled paper since the mid-eighties for various creative endeavors. Something about printing block letters on tiny squares is so satisfying…
            • Grant Bulltail, 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow.
            • Writing makes us face tough stuff.
            • I talked at length about creating engaging characters in this episode of Sonitotum.
            • P. G. Holyfield contributed a novelette to the Sovereign Era universe, “Canary In a Coal Mine.”
            • I’m working on a… not a five year plan. Call it an eighty month plan.
            • If you have the means and the inclination, please consider becoming my patron.
            • Some of my oldest and most dedicated friends and fans are part of my mailing list community. Won’t you be my neighbor?
            • My mobile podcast app of choice is Podcast Addict.
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              29 min
            • Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 023: Ask Me Anything (Part 2 of 2)

              It’s time for the second part (of two) of the “ask me anything” here on Sonitotum! You can find part one here. This time, I finish answering the remaining three questions submitted by Rebecca Burns.

              The Questions
              1. What is your experience with writing groups? Critique groups? Collaborative projects?
              2. When you’ve coached other artists, what revelations have you had or advice have you given that surprised you (like, “Why had I never thought of this before?” or “I wish someone had told me this 10 years ago!”
              3. How much of your creative energy is spent on your own writing vs. your music vs. helping other artists and how much energy do you spend on non-creative activities? Is this the right balance for you? If not, how would you wish to distribute your energy?

                4. Listen to the episode for my answers!

                Have questions of your own for future episodes? Submit them any time! The easiest way is to simply comment on this episode.

                Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
                • My notekeeping / outlining / to-do list / offboard brain app of choice is the amazingly flexible, cross-platform Dynalist.
                • Looking for an online and local writer’s critique group with a really supportive community online and off? Try the Coffee House Writer’s Group, especially their Facebook Group.
                • You can find some fossil evidence of Sovereign Serials at the Internet Archive.
                • These days, the Sovereign Era exists as books and short stories.
                • The latest Sovereign Era work is the short story “The News From Bewilder Pond.”
                • Once upon a time, I was published by Swarm Press. They’re not a thing anymore.
                • The Sovereign Era: Year One was my first big collaborative project as a “storyworld runner” and overall editor.
                • P. G. Holyfield contributed a novelette to the Sovereign Era universe, “Canary In a Coal Mine.”
                • Matt Maxwell, author. Read his comics, novels, short stories, and essay collections!
                • Matt and I wrote our teen epic Devastator on his mom’s word processor. Considering she’s Ann Maxwell (aka many-times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell), it’s safe to say that machine was slumming it that day.
                • I help writers solve their problems. Find out how I can be Your Story Buddy.
                • In fact, helping writers and other creators is how I earn a living. How can I help you?
                • Ghetto Rescue Foundation is a dog rescue and adoption non-profit I assist from time to time.
                • Sometimes I make music and record myself playing it in front of some bookshelves, and then I throw the result on YouTube.
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                  34 min

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