Sonitotum – Matthew Wayne Selznick

Sonitotum – Matthew Wayne Selznick episodes

August 22, 2022047: Burnout Insists on Authenticity
It took me over half an hour to arrive at the truth that finally became Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick episode 047: when we’re burned out, there’s just not enough energy to be anything but our authentic selves… and that’s exactly who our reader community of friends and fans most wants us to be, so why fake it? Why fight it?
I had planned to use this episode to talk about my upcoming non-fiction book, Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure. In what turned out to be an extension of last week’s episode on the pressures of everyday life, I’m instead reminded of a fundamental of leading a creative life that speaks to the core message of the book after all!
Are you burned out? Try relaxing and letting the current take you downstream a little. You might see things you’ve forgotten to notice.
Let me know how it goes. Leave a comment; let’s talk about it!
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
Be sure to pre-order my next work, the non-fiction book for writers, Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure so you can start reading it the moment it’s released on August 30, 2022.
My day job is helping authors, podcasters, and other creative people bring their creative works to fruition, to market, and to an audience. I can help you, too!
My patron community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, they’re privy to forty four minutes of extra content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time).
This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Ted Leonhardt, both of whom, in my brain-addled exhaustion, I neglected to mention in the episode. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron — and join at the Paramount tier before August 31, 2022 to get $100 worth of digital books, audiobooks, and music!
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.
Also! Don’t forget:
For a Limited-Time: All My Books and Music at a HUGE Discount!
Big news! You can get up to 80% off my entire digital catalog of e-books, audiobooks, and music — worth over $100 — when you pledge to become a Paramount Patron for just $20.00 per month!
Become a Paramount-tier patron in the month of August, 2022 and get 14 fiction and non-fiction titles (including 14 e-books and six audiobooks) and six music titles (two full-length albums, one EP, and three singles — 49 songs plus printable lyrics) when you pledge — plus all the benefits of Paramount patronage:
Every new creative work I create for the duration of your active patronage, including digital and print editions
Real world goodies every three months for the first year of your active patronage
A one-on-one call with me every three months
Over-the-shoulder access to my works in progress — often while I’m working
Monthly group video chats with me and your fellow patrons
Access to my notes and other materials supporting my creative works in progress
The uncut, unedited edition of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, including exclusive content
Shout-outs and acknowledgements in the podcast, in books, and on the patron roster on this site
Access to an exclusive Discord chat room for community members
You must become a Paramount patron before noon on August 31st, 2002 (Pacific Time / UTC -7) to receive my entire digital catalog. Don’t wait!
Click to Become a Paramount Patron and Get Twenty Digital Products Worth $100 Plus Patron Community Benefits
Get My Complete Digital Catalog to Date:
Books! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Literary, Horror, and Non-Fiction:
Brave Men Run — A Novel of the Sovereign Era (e-book editions)
“The World Revolves Around You — A Sovereign Era Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
The Sovereign Era: Year One — A Sovereign Era Anthology (e-book editions)
“Canary in a Coal Mine — A Sovereign Era Tale” by P.G. Holyfield (e-book editions)
Paramount — A Novel of the Sovereign Era (e-book editions)
“The News from Bewilder Pond — A Sovereign Era Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
Light of the Outsider — The Outsider Trilogy Volume One — A Novel of the Shaper’s World Cycle (e-book and audiobook editions)
“The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay — A Tale of the Shaper’s World Cycle” (e-book and audiobook editions)
“Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf — a Daikaiju Universe Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
“Cloak — A Tale of the Protector Cycle” (e-book and audiobook editions)
Four Stories — A Literary Collection of Stories and Essays (e-book and audiobook editions)
Worldbuilding for Writers, Gamers, and Other Creators: Star, Planet, Moon (e-book editions)
Reading “The Amazing Spider-Man” — A Fun Critical Review for Writers (e-book editions)
Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure — Three Things Every Independent Author Must Have for Self-Publishing Success (e-book editions)
Music! Analog and Digital Solo Acoustic and Semi-Acoustic Studio and Live Recordings:
Hundred Seller / Background Music — EP and Live Album Collection (MP3 and PDF files)
Test Pressing — LP (MP3s and PDF files)
Anyman: The John Smith EP (MP3s and PDF files)
“Anastasia — Theme from Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick” — instrumental single (MP3 file)
“Gnatcatcher — Theme from The DIY Endeavors Podcast” — instrumental single (MP3 file)
“The Ghost in You” — Psychedelic Furs cover — single (MP3 file)
GET IT ALL!
How It All Works
Pledge as a patron at the Paramount patron level for $20.00 per month — you’ll gain immediate access to all patron benefits, including the Discord chat room and lots of exclusive content. After this special offer ends at noon PDT on August 31, 2022, you’ll receive access to my entire commercially released digital catalog to date. Your patron pledge will automatically renew on the first of every subsequent month, giving you access to all future products (digital and print) and all Paramount tier community benefits for the duration of your active patronage. You may cancel or downgrade your pledge at any time and still keep the twenty digital products and any other digital or tangible product you received / downloaded during your active patronage.
Join the Community! Pledge as a Paramount Patron Before August 31, 2022 and Get 20 Digital Products Worth $100!
This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
0 min
August 15, 2022046: How to Create Under the Pressure of Everyday Life
Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick episode 046 tackles a tough one: how do we manage to create under the pressures of everyday life? The personal, professional, and existential conflicts, crises, and challenges of day-to-day life can be exhausting… how can we have anything left for the intensive, deep-focus work of writing and other creative endeavors?
For better or worse, I’ve got some experience with this (as, I’m sure, you do, too). I’ve found some helpful practices and techniques that I hope offer you some guidance to find the strength to remain productive and creative despite the pressures and difficulties of being a human being day in and day out. We must not allow the problems of today to defer achieving tomorrow’s creative triumphs.
What are you going through that’s making it difficult to stick to your creative practice? Have you developed any helpful practices that might be different from what I mention in this episode? Leave a comment; let’s talk about it!
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
Be sure to pre-order my next work, the non-fiction book for writers, Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure so you can start reading it the moment it’s released on August 30, 2022.
My day job is helping authors, podcasters, and other creative people bring their creative works to fruition, to market, and to an audience. I can help you, too!
September will be dedicated to writing a whole bunch of installments of my free weekly serial, Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started.” You can subscribe for free and start getting over seventy five installments, starting from the beginning, while I’m working on the next batch!
Yep, I’m on TikTok. Check out my First Lines Friday series, and other nonsense.
Last week’s Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick came up, especially with regard to the importance of endurance in our creative lives. Give it a listen!
When I’m done with Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure and writing a bunch of Hazy Days installments in September, I’ll return to my next novel, Shadow of the Outsider, the follow-up to Light of the Outsider and “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay,” in October.
One of the “secrets” to creating in times of pressure and crisis is to have gratitude. I’ve written about how gratitude helps writers.
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 — and join at the Paramount tier before August 31, 2022 to get $100 worth of digital books, audiobooks, and music!
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.
Also! Don’t forget:
For a Limited-Time: All My Books and Music at a HUGE Discount!
Big news! You can get up to 80% off my entire digital catalog of e-books, audiobooks, and music — worth over $100 — when you pledge to become a Paramount Patron for just $20.00 per month!
Become a Paramount-tier patron in the month of August, 2022 and get 14 fiction and non-fiction titles (including 14 e-books and six audiobooks) and six music titles (two full-length albums, one EP, and three singles — 49 songs plus printable lyrics) when you pledge — plus all the benefits of Paramount patronage:
Every new creative work I create for the duration of your active patronage, including digital and print editions
Real world goodies every three months for the first year of your active patronage
A one-on-one call with me every three months
Over-the-shoulder access to my works in progress — often while I’m working
Monthly group video chats with me and your fellow patrons
Access to my notes and other materials supporting my creative works in progress
The uncut, unedited edition of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, including exclusive content
Shout-outs and acknowledgements in the podcast, in books, and on the patron roster on this site
Access to an exclusive Discord chat room for community members
You must become a Paramount patron before noon on August 31st, 2002 (Pacific Time / UTC -7) to receive my entire digital catalog. Don’t wait!
Click to Become a Paramount Patron and Get Twenty Digital Products Worth $100 Plus Patron Community Benefits
Get My Complete Digital Catalog to Date:
Books! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Literary, Horror, and Non-Fiction:
Brave Men Run — A Novel of the Sovereign Era (e-book editions)
“The World Revolves Around You — A Sovereign Era Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
The Sovereign Era: Year One — A Sovereign Era Anthology (e-book editions)
“Canary in a Coal Mine — A Sovereign Era Tale” by P.G. Holyfield (e-book editions)
Paramount — A Novel of the Sovereign Era (e-book editions)
“The News from Bewilder Pond — A Sovereign Era Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
Light of the Outsider — The Outsider Trilogy Volume One — A Novel of the Shaper’s World Cycle (e-book and audiobook editions)
“The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay — A Tale of the Shaper’s World Cycle” (e-book and audiobook editions)
“Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf — a Daikaiju Universe Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
“Cloak — A Tale of the Protector Cycle” (e-book and audiobook editions)
Four Stories — A Literary Collection of Stories and Essays (e-book and audiobook editions)
Worldbuilding for Writers, Gamers, and Other Creators: Star, Planet, Moon (e-book editions)
Reading “The Amazing Spider-Man” — A Fun Critical Review for Writers (e-book editions)
Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure — Three Things Every Independent Author Must Have for Self-Publishing Success (e-book editions)
Music! Analog and Digital Solo Acoustic and Semi-Acoustic Studio and Live Recordings:
Hundred Seller / Background Music — EP and Live Album Collection (MP3 and PDF files)
Test Pressing — LP (MP3s and PDF files)
Anyman: The John Smith EP (MP3s and PDF files)
“Anastasia — Theme from Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick” — instrumental single (MP3 file)
“Gnatcatcher — Theme from The DIY Endeavors Podcast” — instrumental single (MP3 file)
“The Ghost in You” — Psychedelic Furs cover — single (MP3 file)
GET IT ALL!
How It All Works
Pledge as a patron at the Paramount patron level for $20.00 per month — you’ll gain immediate access to all patron benefits, including the Discord chat room and lots of exclusive content. After this special offer ends at noon PDT on August 31, 2022, you’ll receive access to my entire commercially released digital catalog to date. Your patron pledge will automatically renew on the first of every subsequent month, giving you access to all future products (digital and print) and all Paramount tier community benefits for the duration of your active patronage. You may cancel or downgrade your pledge at any time and still keep the twenty digital products and any other digital or tangible product you received / downloaded during your active patronage.
Join the Community! Pledge as a Paramount Patron Before August 31, 2022 and Get 20 Digital Products Worth $100!
This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
0 min
August 08, 2022045: Comparison
In Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick episode 045, the topic is the unfortunate and all too common tendency for writers to compare themselves to other writers. I confess my own shortcomings in this regard, and offer suggestions for a different, healthier way to view how we think about the success and quality of other authors’ careers and work in relation to our own.
Do you compare yourself to other writers, or other creators in your field? I want to hear about it. Leave a comment!
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
Be sure to pre-order my next work, the non-fiction book for writers, Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure.
When I’m done with Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure, I’ll return to my next novel, Shadow of the Outsider, the follow-up to Light of the Outsider and “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay.”
Get free weekly serial fiction delivered via email when you subscribe to Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started.”
Publisher Rocket is a very useful tool for all independent authors. If you sell your books on Amazon, you need Publisher Rocket to guide your choice of genres, keywords, and so much more.
I mention Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 043: Writing is Hard a couple of times in the episode. Have you heard it yet?
James Baldwin was an American writer and civil rights activist of some renown. The quote I refer to in the episode is from this interview in The Paris Review, which you really should read in its entirety.
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 — and join at the Paramount tier before August 31, 2022 to get $100 worth of digital books, audiobooks, and music!
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.
Also! Don’t forget:
For a Limited-Time: All My Books and Music at a HUGE Discount!
Big news! You can get up to 80% off my entire digital catalog of e-books, audiobooks, and music — worth over $100 — when you pledge to become a Paramount Patron for just $20.00 per month!
Become a Paramount-tier patron in the month of August, 2022 and get 14 fiction and non-fiction titles (including 14 e-books and six audiobooks) and six music titles (two full-length albums, one EP, and three singles — 49 songs plus printable lyrics) when you pledge — plus all the benefits of Paramount patronage:
Every new creative work I create for the duration of your active patronage, including digital and print editions
Real world goodies every three months for the first year of your active patronage
A one-on-one call with me every three months
Over-the-shoulder access to my works in progress — often while I’m working
Monthly group video chats with me and your fellow patrons
Access to my notes and other materials supporting my creative works in progress
The uncut, unedited edition of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, including exclusive content
Shout-outs and acknowledgements in the podcast, in books, and on the patron roster on this site
Access to an exclusive Discord chat room for community members
You must become a Paramount patron before noon on August 31st, 2002 (Pacific Time / UTC -7) to receive my entire digital catalog. Don’t wait!
Click to Become a Paramount Patron and Get Twenty Digital Products Worth $100 Plus Patron Community Benefits
Get My Complete Digital Catalog to Date:
Books! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Literary, Horror, and Non-Fiction:
Brave Men Run — A Novel of the Sovereign Era (e-book editions)
“The World Revolves Around You — A Sovereign Era Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
The Sovereign Era: Year One — A Sovereign Era Anthology (e-book editions)
“Canary in a Coal Mine — A Sovereign Era Tale” by P.G. Holyfield (e-book editions)
Paramount — A Novel of the Sovereign Era (e-book editions)
“The News from Bewilder Pond — A Sovereign Era Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
Light of the Outsider — The Outsider Trilogy Volume One — A Novel of the Shaper’s World Cycle (e-book and audiobook editions)
“The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay — A Tale of the Shaper’s World Cycle” (e-book and audiobook editions)
“Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf — a Daikaiju Universe Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
“Cloak — A Tale of the Protector Cycle” (e-book and audiobook editions)
Four Stories — A Literary Collection of Stories and Essays (e-book and audiobook editions)
Worldbuilding for Writers, Gamers, and Other Creators: Star, Planet, Moon (e-book editions)
Reading “The Amazing Spider-Man” — A Fun Critical Review for Writers (e-book editions)
Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure — Three Things Every Independent Author Must Have for Self-Publishing Success (e-book editions)
Music! Analog and Digital Solo Acoustic and Semi-Acoustic Studio and Live Recordings:
Hundred Seller / Background Music — EP and Live Album Collection (MP3 and PDF files)
Test Pressing — LP (MP3s and PDF files)
Anyman: The John Smith EP (MP3s and PDF files)
“Anastasia — Theme from Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick” — single (MP3 file)
“Gnatcatcher — Theme from The DIY Endeavors Podcast” — single (MP3 file)
“The Ghost in You” — Psychedelic Furs cover — single (MP3 file)
GET IT ALL!
How It All Works
Pledge as a patron at the Paramount patron level for $20.00 per month — you’ll gain immediate access to all patron benefits, including the Discord chat room and lots of exclusive content. After this special offer ends at noon PDT on August 31, 2022, you’ll receive access to my entire commercially released digital catalog to date. Your patron pledge will automatically renew on the first of every subsequent month, giving you access to all future products (digital and print) and all Paramount tier community benefits for the duration of your active patronage. You may cancel or downgrade your pledge at any time and still keep the twenty digital products and any other digital or tangible product you received / downloaded during your active patronage.
Join the Community! Pledge as a Paramount Patron Before August 31, 2022 and Get 20 Digital Products Worth $100!
This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
0 min
August 01, 2022044: Your Creative Worth + A Special Offer!
In Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick episode 044, the question is posed: What is your creative worth? Why — and how — is your creative work worthy? What do you think when it comes to your own creative worth? Is your definition of creative worth actually creating anxiety, or lifting you up?
How does the importance of community figure into it?
Also..!
For a Limited-Time: All My Books and Music at a HUGE Discount!
Big news! You can get up to 80% off my entire digital catalog of e-books, audiobooks, and music — worth over $100 — when you pledge to become a Paramount Patron for just $20.00 per month!
Become a Paramount-tier patron in the month of August, 2022 and get 14 fiction and non-fiction titles (including 14 e-books and six audiobooks) and six music titles (two full-length albums, one EP, and three singles — 49 songs plus printable lyrics) when you pledge — plus all the benefits of Paramount patronage:
Every new creative work I create for the duration of your active patronage, including digital and print editions
Real world goodies every three months for the first year of your active patronage
A one-on-one call with me every three months
Over-the-shoulder access to my works in progress — often while I’m working
Monthly group video chats with me and your fellow patrons
Access to my notes and other materials supporting my creative works in progress
The uncut, unedited edition of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, including exclusive content
Shout-outs and acknowledgements in the podcast, in books, and on the patron roster on this site
Access to an exclusive Discord chat room for community members
You must become a Paramount patron before noon on August 31st, 2002 (Pacific Time / UTC -7) to receive my entire digital catalog. Don’t wait!
Click to Become a Paramount Patron and Get Twenty Digital Products Worth $100 Plus Patron Community Benefits
Get My Complete Digital Catalog to Date:
Books! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Literary, Horror, and Non-Fiction:
Brave Men Run — A Novel of the Sovereign Era (e-book editions)
“The World Revolves Around You — A Sovereign Era Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
The Sovereign Era: Year One — A Sovereign Era Anthology (e-book editions)
“Canary in a Coal Mine — A Sovereign Era Tale” by P.G. Holyfield (e-book editions)
Paramount — A Novel of the Sovereign Era (e-book editions)
“The News from Bewilder Pond — A Sovereign Era Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
Light of the Outsider — The Outsider Trilogy Volume One — A Novel of the Shaper’s World Cycle (e-book and audiobook editions)
“The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay — A Tale of the Shaper’s World Cycle” (e-book and audiobook editions)
“Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf — a Daikaiju Universe Tale” (e-book and audiobook editions)
“Cloak — A Tale of the Protector Cycle” (e-book and audiobook editions)
Four Stories — A Literary Collection of Stories and Essays (e-book and audiobook editions)
Worldbuilding for Writers, Gamers, and Other Creators: Star, Planet, Moon (e-book editions)
Reading “The Amazing Spider-Man” — A Fun Critical Review for Writers (e-book editions)
Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure — Three Things Every Independent Author Must Have for Self-Publishing Success (e-book editions)
Music! Analog and Digital Solo Acoustic and Semi-Acoustic Studio and Live Recordings:
Hundred Seller / Background Music — EP and Live Album Collection (MP3 and PDF files)
Test Pressing — LP (MP3s and PDF files)
Anyman: The John Smith EP (MP3s and PDF files)
“Anastasia — Theme from Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick” — single (MP3 file)
“Gnatcatcher — Theme from The DIY Endeavors Podcast” — single (MP3 file)
“The Ghost in You” — Psychedelic Furs cover — single (MP3 file)
GET IT ALL!
How It All Works
Pledge as a patron at the Paramount patron level for $20.00 per month — you’ll gain immediate access to all patron benefits, including the Discord chat room and lots of exclusive content. After this special offer ends at noon PDT on August 31, 2022, you’ll receive access to my entire commercially released digital catalog to date. Your patron pledge will automatically renew on the first of every subsequent month, giving you access to all future products (digital and print) and all Paramount tier community benefits for the duration of your active patronage. You may cancel or downgrade your pledge at any time and still keep the twenty digital products and any other digital or tangible product you received / downloaded during your active patronage.
Join the Community! Pledge as a Paramount Patron Before August 31, 2022 and Get 20 Digital Products Worth $100!
Other Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
The Open Source / Free software movement.
The free, open-source WordPress content management system.
Dreamhost, my web hosting platform of choice for over sixteen years.
Dropbox, a premium cloud-based file hosting and sharing service.
NextCloud, the open source, self-hosted alternative to Dropbox.
Scrivener, a tool for writers.
yWriter, a free alternative to Scrivener. Read my overview, too!
Dynalist, an excellent, cross-platform freemium (free or paid levels) outliner and note collection app.
Trello, a “kanban”-style project management tool.
Trilium Notes, an open-source not-quite outliner and note taking app.
My home server is powered by the Zima Board.
I have joined TikTok! Follow me there for regular short videos, including the #FirstLinesFridays series.
Get free weekly serial fiction delivered via email when you subscribe to Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started.”
Seth Godin is someone you should probably be reading and listening to.
826 National is a non-profit dedicated to creating and supporting young writers. Become my patron and help me reach my goal of donating 10% of my net patron revenue to 826 National every month!
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 — and join at the Paramount tier before August 31, 2022 to get $100 worth of digital books, audiobooks, and music!
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 content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
0 min
July 24, 2022043: Writing is Hard
In this episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, we examine the claim that if a writer isn’t enjoying the act of writing, the reader will know it… and we declare shenanigans. Writing is hard. If, as a writer of fiction, you’re enjoying the act of writing — if it’s not challenging you, pushing you, changing you — you’re not doing your best work.
Let me tell you why. Listen!
Links and topics mentioned in this episode include…
My day job is providing a variety of creative services (like my writer’s coaching service and my beginning indie author consulting) to authors, podcasters, and other creative professionals.
My next book is a work of non-fiction. Pre-order Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure today, help push the book up the charts, and be among the first to read it!
Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started” is my free serial available via email subscription
I mention the particularly challenging writing session that inspired the discussion that inspired this episode… the session in question became part of my novelette “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay,” a follow-up to my novel Light of the Outsider.
Two examples of a reading experience well worth having even though you might not enjoy them in the usual sense of the word: Ulysses by James Joyce and Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
Sometimes we want our entertainment to blatantly manipulate us. The movie Forrest Gump from director Robert Zemeckis is an example.
Get to Know Your Worst Self and become a better writer and maybe even a better person.
Saltine crackers. You know. Those things we use to make soup less flavorful.
Frank Norris is the first to have expressed the sentiment, “I don’t like writing but I love having written.”
Responding the question of whether writing was a chore, Red Smith first said, “Why, no. You simply sit down at the typewriter, open your veins, and bleed.” Before him, Paul Gallico wrote, “It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader.” Explore the origins of this quote.
Do you want to write Fun With Dick and Jane, or The Wind in the Willows?
How’s your creative week going? Tell me about it in the comments.
Want uncut, unedited episodes of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, e-books, audiobooks, music, and more goodies? Become a patron and help support this podcast.
This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron!
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 content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
34 min
July 18, 2022042: Rough Check
This episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick is a check-in detailing a rough week.
Challenges to building a consistent creative life abound. Some weeks, it’s enough to recognize that what’s important is simply living, reflecting, and showing up.
For a variety of reasons, the days between the previous episode and this one were rough. That’s going to happen. Fortunately, sometimes taking a pause allows the space to grow, and to be reminded of all that’s good, and all your doing right. Listen to learn more.
Links and topics mentioned in this episode include…
Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started” is my free serial available via email subscription
My next book is a work of non-fiction. Pre-order Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure today, help push the book up the charts, and be among the first to read it!
I couldn’t get enough of “Silly Love Songs” by Paul McCartney and Wings.
In the episode, I say the dates I’m alone in the house were the 15th through the 20th; it was actually the 8th through the 20th.
This episode includes an update on the status of the audiobook editions of Brave Men Run and Pilgrimage.
Shadow of the Outsider is my next novel in the Shaper’s World storyworld and Outsider Cycle. While I’m writing it, catch up with Light of the Outsider and “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay.”
“Accentuate the Positive”
In his voice recording message sent in response to Sonitotum 036, long-time-listener and pal Harold Johnson mentioned buying my books directly from me. You can do that via my Books page!
How’s your creative week going? Tell me about it in the comments.
Want uncut, unedited episodes of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, e-books, audiobooks, music, and more goodies? Become a patron and help support this podcast.
This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron!
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 content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
24 min
July 11, 2022041: How to Succeed
Last week on Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, we talked about how to fail. Let’s give equal time to how to succeed this time around.
Sonitotum is all about making things, finding success as we each define it, and staying healthy and sane in the process. To find success as we each define it, we have to understand what it’s going to take for us to succeed.
While the specific details are going to be unique to each of us, the secret of success is both simple… and diabolically difficult.
In this episode, by relating my own quest to understand what success means to me and what it’s going to take for me to have a chance achieving success, I offer suggestions for what might work for you, too.
Some of the links and topics mentioned in this episode include…
The Love, Rage, and Indignation episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick.
My creative services business.
Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started,” my free serial available via email subscription, is now up to seventy-five weekly installments and over 84,000 words!
My next book is a work of non-fiction. Pre-order Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure today, help push the book up the charts, and be among the first to read it!
Between this episode and the next I’ll be recording audiobook editions of my first two novels, Brave Men Run and Pilgrimage.
Want uncut, unedited episodes of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, e-books, audiobooks, music, and more goodies? Become a patron and help support this podcast.
This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron!
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 content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
36 min
July 04, 2022040: How to Fail
Are you good at failure? No? Maybe? Don’t worry. In episode 40 of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, I’m here to teach you how to fail.
Sonitotum is all about making things, finding success as we each define it, and staying healthy and sane in the process. Failure is inevitable along the way. It can cripple our ability and desire to make art, and if we aren’t making things, well, we aren’t going to find success. And if we can’t make things and we’re not at least trying to find success? Well, heck, I don’t need to tell you that’s no way to stay healthy and sane.
So it’s important to know how to fail.
I have some experience in this. I’ve been told I’m pretty good at it! So you’re in good hands. Listen!
Some of the links and topics mentioned in this episode include…
My creative services business.
Stoicism. You could do worse than starting with this book.
Speaking of books: I think this was the awful X-Men novel I read in the nineties that, in many ways, launched my career.
You can get some incomplete glimpses at Sovereign Serials thanks to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
As you know, Bob, Sovereign Serials led to the Sovereign Era storyworld of novels and stories, beginning with Brave Men Run.
Failure and accountability made me commit to writing Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure. Pre-order now!
Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started,” my free serial available via email subscription
Want uncut, unedited episodes of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, e-books, audiobooks, music, and more goodies? Become a patron and help support this podcast.
This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron!
This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
29 min
June 27, 2022039: Love, Rage, and Indignation
In addition to an update on my creative endeavors in the previous week, this episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick includes some very personal thoughts on recent political news in the United States… and the potential repercussions in store for creative women and men.
Some of the links and topics mentioned in this episode include…
Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started,” my free serial available via email subscription
Brave Men Run and Pilgrimage, the novels to which Hazy Days is a prequel of sorts
An update on our exclusive patron membership community
My plans for my next non-fiction work, Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure
The United States Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v Wade, and what it means for creators
This episode was made possible in part by the patronage of listeners like you, including J. C. Hutchins and Kimberly Puri. Want to support the show and be listed in the credits, plus get lots of other goodies, perks, and exclusive access? Become a patron!
This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
32 min
June 20, 2022038: Take a Chance
Episode 038 of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick is a big one, dear listener! Presenting the all-new, all-different Matthew Wayne Selznick Patron Community!
Listen to learn…
Why I’m returning to the Patreon neo-patronage platform to build a community for folks who don’t just like my books, stories, music, podcasts and other creative endeavors… they’re creators in their own right… or would like to be.
How I intend to build this community around the mission of the Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick podcast: “Make stuff, find success, and stay health and sane in the process.”
How creating a patron-supported community serves my larger mission: “Add to the culture, to the wellspring of human experience, both by telling stories and making things, and by helping other people bring their creative endeavors to fruition and to the world.”
Why those old steadfast drivers, thoughts of legacy and mortality, pushed me to create a community space for patron peers now, not later.
Why what patrons get out of the community is as important as what I get out of their patronage.
All about the perks of patronage, including acknowledgment and recognition, digital products like e-books and audiobooks, exclusive community, “back stage” access to my works in progress, merchandise, tangible copies of my work, group and one-on-one coaching, and more.
If you’re a fan of my work as an author, podcaster, poet, musician, or advocate for the DIY creator ethic, I really hope you’ll give this one a listen.
If you want to be part of a young, intimate community of writers, authors, and other creators driven to build a healthy, successful creative life, I hope you’ll visit https://www.patreon.com/mattselznick and pledge.
Technical Note
I continue experimenting with different tools and methods to make recording Sonitotum frictionless while still creating audio that’s kind to your ears. This episode was recorded using my lavalier mic plugged into my phone, recorded with the Parrot Voice Recorder app. I put a tiny foam windscreen on the mic to, y’know, screen out the wind. This is the same method as last episode, but this time around, there were some static artifacts. Why? I dunno.
Editorial Note
This episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick is cross-posted with Scribtotum, my ongoing blog on making stuff, finding success as I define it, and building a healthy and sane creative writing life.
This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
38 min

About Sonitotum – Matthew Wayne Selznick

From the publisher's feed

Author Assistance | Creator

Share Sonitotum – Matthew Wayne Selznick

Sign up to save your podcasts

Sonitotum – Matthew Wayne Selznick

Sonitotum – Matthew Wayne Selznick episodes

About Sonitotum – Matthew Wayne Selznick