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November 07, 2022058: And / Or: Design a Creative Franchise Around Your Fiction
Episode 058 of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick examines how and why you should design a creative franchise around your fiction.
There’s some discussion / opining online regarding the Disney+ show Andor… specifically, complaints that, while it’s excellent TV, it’s “not Star Wars.”
I’m here to tell you why that’s a narrow-minded perspective to adopt, especially for creators… and how you can, and should, emulate the same approach as huge media properties with your own fiction, no matter where you are in your creative career.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
There are new words written on Shadow of the Outsider, the follow up to my previous novel Light of the Outsider and the novelette “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay.” Huzzah!
I mention the storyworlds I work in that are specifically designed from the ground up to be creative franchises: The Shaper’s World, the Sovereign Era, Daikaiju Universe, and the Protector Cycle. Check out what I’ve released so far.
My latest non-fiction book is Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure, a distillation of some of what I teach when I coach new writers considering self-publishing.
I mention the day job, which is helping authors, podcasters, and other creators bring their creative endeavors to fruition, to market, and to an audience. Can I help you?
Have you checked out my resources page? It describes many of the software and hardware tools and services I use every day to make things and help others make things.
Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started” is my fiction serial set in the 1980s and delivered weekly, for free, to subscribers. Get in on it and start at the beginning!
My patron community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, they’re privy to about ten minutes of extra content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too.
Around thirty people listen to each new episode of this show during the first week it’s released. If most of the listeners became Exceptional patrons ($5.00 per month), patron revenue would surpass $100 per month, and I could begin donating 10% every month to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!
Oh, and speaking of patronage: This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron with a $3, $5, $10, or $20 monthly pledge!
The creator / showrunner of Andor is Tony Gilroy, who wrote and / or directed the Bourne franchise of movies and the best of the latest Star Wars movies, Rogue One.
I reference an article I wrote about the Lucasfilm sale to Disney, back when. You can read it here.
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36 min
November 03, 2022057: Have a Practice, Not a Plan
In this, episode 057 of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, I revisit my so-called Big Plan from two years past, and discuss why it didn’t work… and what does.
This episode is expanded upon in a companion Scribtotum article. Read it to get the whole story!
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
There are new words written on Shadow of the Outsider, the follow up to my previous novel Light of the Outsider and the novelette “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay.” Huzzah!
The companion article to this episode is linked above. History / full context buffs can also read the original article about the Big Plan, and listen to its companion podcast episode.
I mention the storyworlds in which I have future stories to write: The Shaper’s World, the Sovereign Era, Daikaiju Universe, and the Protector Cycle. Check out what I’ve released so far.
My latest non-fiction book is Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure, a distillation of some of what I teach when I coach new writers considering self-publishing.
Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started” is my fiction serial set in the 1980s and delivered weekly, for free, to subscribers. Get in on it and start at the beginning!
I mention Lester Dent and his method for writing pulp fiction.
The fantasy genre is a crowded field these days, what with popular sub-sub-sub-genres like LitRPG, Reverse Harem, and Cultivation mucking things up…
In case you’re not familiar with the myth of Sisyphus…
The “How’s That Big Plan Going” Sonitotum episode.
In case you’re not familiar with the sword of Damocles… and yeah, I don’t quite utilize the metaphor appropriately in this episode.
Stephen Pressfield wrote The War of Art, in which he includes his ritual of invoking the Muse (as in the first verse of The Illiad or The Odyssey), not Pallas Athena as I wrongly say in the episode.
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Around thirty people listen to each new episode of this show during the first week it’s released. If most of the listeners became Exceptional patrons ($5.00 per month), patron revenue would surpass $100 per month, and I could begin donating 10% every month to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!
Oh, and speaking of patronage: This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron with a $3, $5, $10, or $20 monthly pledge!
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This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
43 min
October 24, 2022056: Your Creative Oasis
In episode 056 of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, I’m inspired to remind myself (and you!) that creativity neither benefits from suffering, nor need wait for suffering to pass.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
There are new words written on Shadow of the Outsider, the follow up to my previous novel Light of the Outsider and the novelette “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay.” Huzzah!
Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started” is my fiction serial set in the 1980s and delivered weekly, for free, to subscribers. Get in on it and start at the beginning!
I’ve got a new newsletter in the works for writers and other creators. Be among the first to know about it (and keep up on all my creative offerings) by joining the mailing list community.
The plugin I’m using to grant exclusive website content to my patrons is Patron Plugin Pro.
My latest non-fiction book is Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure, a distillation of some of what I teach when I coach new writers considering self-publishing.
There are a ton of articles on the benefits of eliminating processed sugar from your diet. Here’s one.
Does the brain really clean itself while we sleep? Check this out.
I once made a Big Plan, which I link here as an example of why we, perhaps, should not do so… or at the very least, not judge ourselves when… something something asunder. Coincidentally, the release of this episode of Sonitotum is exactly two years to the day after I posted The Big Plan! Yikes!
To be fair to myself, that Scribtotum article is about a lot more than dates and deadlines, and it’s worth revisiting. Which I will, in the next episode of this podcast, and in a new article.
Does creativity benefit from suffering? Alice Walker and the Dalai Lama might beg to differ. So might Elizabeth Gilbert, and she would know.
This episode’s main topic was inspired by something C.S. Lewis once told an audience, which I discovered in the always wonderful blog Marginalia.
I continue to read Natalie Goldberg’s memoir Long Quiet Highway, and it continues to feed my soul and help me create. Give it a shot.
My patron community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, they’re privy to about 20% more content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too.
Around thirty people listen to each new episode of this show during the first week it’s released. If most of the listeners became Exceptional patrons ($5.00 per month), patron revenue would surpass $100 per month, and I could begin donating 10% every month to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!
Oh, and speaking of patronage: This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron with a $3, $5, $10, or $20 monthly pledge!
Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and would like to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.
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This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
30 min
October 17, 2022055: In the Rear View
This 55th episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick marks eighteen years as a podcaster, and brings cause to reflect, carefully, on my creative accomplishments across the last two decades. Also, an update on my creative endeavors in the previous week, a check-in with you to see how YOUR creative endeavors are going, and more!
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
I spent quality time on my Shaper’s World storyworld, the setting of my last two works of fiction, the novel Light of the Outsider and the novelette “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay,” and my current work in progress Shadow of the Outsider.
I took part in a virtual panel discussing villains in fiction for the Harris County Public Library system with three other authors. In the episode, I’d mentioned listing them here, but I can’t find their names / links anywhere in my correspondence with the organizer, so… stay tuned!
The virtual panel will be aired in November as part of the library’s National Novel Writing Month events.
This episode marks eighteen years since I started podcasting. Check out that first episode, and many more from those early years, if you like.
These days, I help more people make their own podcasts than I make my own! It’s all part of my creatives services business. How can I help you?
I mentioned the sound card I used for that first podcast. For the gearheads, it was the Creative SB Live! Platinum 5.1, long retired.
However, you can still own the same microphone I used to record that first podcast, and many, many others: the Shure SM58. Remarkably, it’s only ten bucks more expensive than when I bought mine in the mid 1980s!
After finishing this episode, I’ll be messing around with environment design in Unreal Engine and Quadspinner Gaea. I’m fascinated by this stuff.
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Around thirty people listen to each new episode of this show during the first week it’s released. If most of the listeners became Exceptional patrons ($5.00 per month), patron revenue would surpass $100 per month, and I could begin donating 10% every month to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!
Oh, and speaking of patronage: This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron with a $3, $5, $10, or $20 monthly pledge!
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This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
25 min
October 10, 2022 Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 054: Fear, Contentment, and the Third Shift
Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 054 finds me acknowledging fear, confessing a rare moment of creative contentment, and I ask you a question about your creative life I hope you'll answer in the comments. I also reveal a revelation about my current work in progress.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
I spent quality time on my Shaper's World storyworld, the setting of my last two works of fiction, the novel Light of the Outsider and the novelette "The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay," and my current work in progress Shadow of the Outsider.
Want to learn more about worldbuilding? Check out this previous episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick.
How did the Shaper's World come about? I wrote about it in this article about the creation of Light of the Outsider.
Get Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: "How It All Got Started," my freely offered fiction serial, and enjoy well over a year and a half of weekly free fiction, when you subscribe. For free!
I use Scrivener for many of my writing projects, including Shadow of the Outsider. It's a kind of "everything but the kitchen sink no haha we're kidding the kitchen sink is included" software program for writers of fiction and non-fiction. It's available for Windows and Mac.
After testing everything, I've settled on Mindomo for visual brainstorming / mind-mapping. Give it a shot when you need a different take on the ideas, beats, and scenes you're wrestling with.
I mentioned I was loathe to look up the last time I sold any copies of Light of the Outsider or "The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay." Well, in the interest of transparency and radical vulnerability, here you go: I last sold a copy of Light of the Outsider in June of 2022. I haven't sold a single copy of "The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay" since the month it came out, April 2021. Ouch. I mean, seriously, ouch. My heart hurts.
Hey, are you a listener who is also making a full-time living from revenue from your own creative endeavors (work you create for you, not work you create for clients)? Sound off in the comments!
I suspect most of you listeners are actually creators who also have a day job. If that's you, how do you break up your time between your creative work, your day job, personal obligations / responsibilities, and infrastructure / supporting tasks related to your creative endeavors? Are you working a "third shift?" Tell me about it in the comments!
My patron community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, they're privy to almost sixteen minutes of extra content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too.
Around thirty people listen to each new episode of this show during the first week it's released. If most of the listeners became Exceptional patrons ($5.00 per month), patron revenue would surpass $100 per month, and I could begin donating 10% every month to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let's go!
Oh, and speaking of patronage: This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron with a $3, $5, $10, or $20 monthly pledge!
Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and would like to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.
37 min
October 10, 2022054: Fear, Contentment, and the Third Shift
Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 054 finds me acknowledging fear, confessing a rare moment of creative contentment, and I ask you a question about your creative life I hope you’ll answer in the comments. I also reveal a revelation about my current work in progress.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
I spent quality time on my Shaper’s World storyworld, the setting of my last two works of fiction, the novel Light of the Outsider and the novelette “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay,” and my current work in progress Shadow of the Outsider.
Want to learn more about worldbuilding? Check out this previous episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick.
How did the Shaper’s World come about? I wrote about it in this article about the creation of Light of the Outsider.
Get Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started,” my freely offered fiction serial, and enjoy well over a year and a half of weekly free fiction, when you subscribe. For free!
I use Scrivener for many of my writing projects, including Shadow of the Outsider. It’s a kind of “everything but the kitchen sink no haha we’re kidding the kitchen sink is included” software program for writers of fiction and non-fiction. It’s available for Windows and Mac.
After testing everything, I’ve settled on Mindomo for visual brainstorming / mind-mapping. Give it a shot when you need a different take on the ideas, beats, and scenes you’re wrestling with.
I mentioned I was loathe to look up the last time I sold any copies of Light of the Outsider or “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay.” Well, in the interest of transparency and radical vulnerability, here you go: I last sold a copy of Light of the Outsider in June of 2022. I haven’t sold a single copy of “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay” since the month it came out, April 2021. Ouch. I mean, seriously, ouch. My heart hurts.
Hey, are you a listener who is also making a full-time living from revenue from your own creative endeavors (work you create for you, not work you create for clients)? Sound off in the comments!
I suspect most of you listeners are actually creators who also have a day job. If that’s you, how do you break up your time between your creative work, your day job, personal obligations / responsibilities, and infrastructure / supporting tasks related to your creative endeavors? Are you working a “third shift?” Tell me about it in the comments!
My patron community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, they’re privy to almost sixteen minutes of extra content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too.
Around thirty people listen to each new episode of this show during the first week it’s released. If most of the listeners became Exceptional patrons ($5.00 per month), patron revenue would surpass $100 per month, and I could begin donating 10% every month to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!
Oh, and speaking of patronage: This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron with a $3, $5, $10, or $20 monthly pledge!
Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and would like to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.
This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please log in! Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership.
This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
37 min
October 03, 2022 Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 053: Teachers
Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick episode 053 celebrates and recognizes the teachers -- literal and literary -- that helped your host become a creator, a writer, and an author.
Who are the teachers in your creative life, past or present? I encourage you to share them with the world by giving them a shout out in the comments!
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
Get Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: "How It All Got Started," my freely offered fiction serial, and enjoy well over a year and a half of weekly free fiction, when you subscribe. For free!
October means returning with a vengeance to my next novel, Shadow of the Outsider, the follow-up to Light of the Outsider and "The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay."
This episode owes a debt of gratitude to Natalie Goldberg and her book Long Quiet Highway, which you should read. You might recognize her as the author of the classic Writing Down the Bones, which you should also read.
You might consider this episode an extension of the last, "In Gratitude."
My beloved elementary school teachers in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region were Mrs. Thomasser and Mr. Giles.
Mr. Giles gave little Matt a hardcover single-volume edition of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and fully expected me to read it. Which I did.
My survival as a child and teenager depended on stealing from the playbooks of Hawkeye Pierce and Peter Benjamin Parker.
The quote I paraphrased to jab at Mr. Giles was spoken by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope: "Who is the greater fool? The fool, or the man who follows him?" Or something like that.
Gerry Conway, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman wrote my Amazing Spider-Man comics, and taught me how to write dialogue.
Karen Winn was my high school journalism instructor. She made sure we each got the ball and plenty of yards to run with it. Thanks, Karen; I'm still in the game.
Paul Pflueger was my high school "contemporary world problems" instructor. You either loved him or hated him... and apparently the ones who hated him got him run out of a job. I thought he was the best.
Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin sit at the heads of the table populated by my story family. For more about story families, check out this episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick.
So long as I'm recommending excellent memoirs about the writing life, let's never forget Gail Sher's One Continuous Mistake and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. Go get them! Seriously!
I taught scores of people how to be booksellers, and it was the beginning of my mission to add to the culture. I'm very proud of my time at Borders Books and Music.
My patron community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, they're privy to over eighteen minutes of extra content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too.
Around thirty people listen to each new episode of this show during the first week it's released. If most of the listeners became Exceptional patrons ($5.00 per month), patron revenue would surpass $100 per month, and I could begin donating 10% every month to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let's go!
Oh, and speaking of patronage: This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron with a $3, $5, $10, or $20 monthly pledge!
Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and would like to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.
37 min
October 03, 2022053: Teachers
Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick episode 053 celebrates and recognizes the teachers — literal and literary — that helped your host become a creator, a writer, and an author.
Who are the teachers in your creative life, past or present? I encourage you to share them with the world by giving them a shout out in the comments!
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
Get Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started,” my freely offered fiction serial, and enjoy well over a year and a half of weekly free fiction, when you subscribe. For free!
October means returning with a vengeance to my next novel, Shadow of the Outsider, the follow-up to Light of the Outsider and “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay.”
This episode owes a debt of gratitude to Natalie Goldberg and her book Long Quiet Highway, which you should read. You might recognize her as the author of the classic Writing Down the Bones, which you should also read.
You might consider this episode an extension of the last, “In Gratitude.”
My beloved elementary school teachers in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region were Mrs. Thomasser and Mr. Giles.
Mr. Giles gave little Matt a hardcover single-volume edition of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and fully expected me to read it. Which I did.
My survival as a child and teenager depended on stealing from the playbooks of Hawkeye Pierce and Peter Benjamin Parker.
The quote I paraphrased to jab at Mr. Giles was spoken by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope: “Who is the greater fool? The fool, or the man who follows him?” Or something like that.
Gerry Conway, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman wrote my Amazing Spider-Man comics, and taught me how to write dialogue.
Karen Winn was my high school journalism instructor. She made sure we each got the ball and plenty of yards to run with it. Thanks, Karen; I’m still in the game.
Paul Pflueger was my high school “contemporary world problems” instructor. You either loved him or hated him… and apparently the ones who hated him got him run out of a job. I thought he was the best.
Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin sit at the heads of the table populated by my story family. For more about story families, check out this episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick.
So long as I’m recommending excellent memoirs about the writing life, let’s never forget Gail Sher‘s One Continuous Mistake and Anne Lamott‘s Bird by Bird. Go get them! Seriously!
I taught scores of people how to be booksellers, and it was the beginning of my mission to add to the culture. I’m very proud of my time at Borders Books and Music.
My patron community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, they’re privy to over eighteen minutes of extra content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too.
Around thirty people listen to each new episode of this show during the first week it’s released. If most of the listeners became Exceptional patrons ($5.00 per month), patron revenue would surpass $100 per month, and I could begin donating 10% every month to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!
Oh, and speaking of patronage: This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron with a $3, $5, $10, or $20 monthly pledge!
Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and would like to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.
This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please log in! Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership.
This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
37 min
September 26, 2022 Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 052: In Gratitude
In Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick episode 052, I acknowledge a rough couple of weeks and take the opportunity to express gratitude for the folks who have helped my creative endeavors across the decades.
Who are the people who have made life-changing contributions enabling you to pursue your creative endeavors? As a creator, who are you grateful for? Be sure to give them a shout out in the comments!
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
Get Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: "How It All Got Started," my freely offered fiction serial, and enjoy well over a year and a half of weekly free fiction, when you subscribe. For free!
After my September focus on the serial, I'll get back to my next novel, Shadow of the Outsider, the follow-up to Light of the Outsider and "The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay."
The day job? I'm a creative services provider helping authors, podcasters, and other creators bring their work to fruition, to market, and to an audience. How can I help you?
My old laptop? It's a Dell Inspiron 17 5000 Series from 2014, which I purchased in December of 2015.
My new laptop? It's a ‎Lenovo Legion 5 from 2021.
The reason I can feel gratitude (or anything at all!), my late mother, biggest fan, and strongest champion, Priscilla Brieck. For the whole story, read this Scribtotum article.
My patron community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, they're privy to over eleven minutes of extra content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too.
Not much more than two dozen people listen to each new episode of this show during the first week it's released. If most of the listeners became Exceptional patrons ($5.00 per month), patron revenue would surpass $100 per month, and I could begin donating 10% every month to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let's go!
Oh, and speaking of patronage: This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron with a $3, $5, $10, or $20 monthly pledge!
Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and would like to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.
29 min
September 26, 2022052: In Gratitude
In Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick episode 052, I acknowledge a rough couple of weeks and take the opportunity to express gratitude for the folks who have helped my creative endeavors across the decades.
Who are the people who have made life-changing contributions enabling you to pursue your creative endeavors? As a creator, who are you grateful for? Be sure to give them a shout out in the comments!
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
Get Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started,” my freely offered fiction serial, and enjoy well over a year and a half of weekly free fiction, when you subscribe. For free!
After my September focus on the serial, I’ll get back to my next novel, Shadow of the Outsider, the follow-up to Light of the Outsider and “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay.”
The day job? I’m a creative services provider helping authors, podcasters, and other creators bring their work to fruition, to market, and to an audience. How can I help you?
My old laptop? It’s a Dell Inspiron 17 5000 Series from 2014, which I purchased in December of 2015.
My new laptop? It’s a ‎Lenovo Legion 5 from 2021.
The reason I can feel gratitude (or anything at all!), my late mother, biggest fan, and strongest champion, Priscilla Brieck. For the whole story, read this Scribtotum article.
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