Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick Matthew Wayne Selznick

In episode 102, I take the opportunity to catch up with you regarding my latest fiction release, the novelette “Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.”
Also, I talk about bringing my next project, the Shaper’s World novel SHADOW OF THE OUTSIDER, from the back burner to the front, and touch on the trepidation and fears I’m facing with regard to that work.
This episode was recorded on June 9, 2024.
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This episode includes some follow-up to topics mentioned in the sixth anniversary episode.
My latest work of fiction is “Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.”
It’s the latest work in my Daikaiju Universe storyworld. The first is “Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf.”
“…Dragon Squidbat” is inspired, in part, by 1970s Godzilla movies.
…and in another part by certain works by H. P. Lovecraft.
My day job always has a part to play in what’s news. Perhaps there’s something I can help you with?
I’ve offset the impact of those aforementioned changes by driving deliveries for the time being.
I use Affinity Publisher to create all my print works — paperbacks and chapbooks.
The novel Light of the Outsider
The novelette “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay”
As a musician, I’m affiliated both as a composer and publisher with ASCAP, the music licensing organization.
I’ve signed on with LANDR to get my music distributed to the streaming and retail services and sites.
I revist the Eisenhower Matrix, which is a visual prioritization and planning tool.
Next episode: author Thom Carnell, who is, among other things, the co-founder of Carpe Noctem.
Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, and Charles Anderson! I’m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron!

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In this 101st episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process… it’s a conversation with science fiction author AJ Super!
AJ Super is the author of the Seven Stars Saga, a trilogy published by Aethon Books and Blackstone Audio. Writing full time, they devour fantasy and science fiction in every medium, and even experiment with writing and reading other speculative fiction now and again. They earned two Bachelors’ degrees from the University of Idaho in the Creative Writing and Theater programs, and they have been an author since they were old enough to write (and illustrate) a stapled-together ABC book, which is still packed away in a box of childhood memorabilia. 
AJ is inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin, Anne McCaffery, Octavia E. Butler, Mercedes Lackey, and other amazing female science fiction and fantasy authors. They are active in several different writing communities and an SFWA member. They currently live in Idaho with their fuzz-brained kitties, supportive spouse, and a ridiculous collection of slippers.
~ from AJ Super’s official site

Across this evergreen conversation we talk parental influence, everyone’s emo phase, writing for the ADHD reader, the negative consequences of a fast book release schedule, the ol’ planner / pantser dilemma, the meaning of art, emulating our literary heroes, maintaining a healthy creative (and life!) routine, and much, much more.
This episode was recorded on May 28, 2024. The conversation with AJ Super was recorded on January 22, 2024.
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AJ Super’s publisher is Aethon Books. Their audiobooks come from Blackstone.
Visit AJ Super’s Patreon page!
A few non-genre authors come up in our discussion:

Flannery O’Connor
Raymond Carver
Charles Bukowski

In particular: Factotum, Love is a Dog from Hell, and The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills


Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby


Sun Valley, Idaho, where Hemingway is buried.
I bring up Julian May‘s work as an example of wonderful books that, due to changing social mores, may be overlooked today. Edgar Rice Burroughs and Sax Rhomer, too.
That favorite James Baldwin quote of mine is mentioned via Octavia Butler’s (likely unintentional) paraphrase.
Next episode: a solo update and news episode.
Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, and Charles Eugene Anderson! I’m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron!

Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!
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Six years and one day to the day after the very first episode, it’s time for episode 100 of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process.
This is a solo episode (and a car cast) in which I take stock of my own state when it comes to making stuff, finding success, and staying healthy and sane… especially compared to how that was all going when the first episode of this podcast was released one hundred episodes and six years ago.
Long-time listeners will recognize this as a return to the highly transparent, vulnerable solo episodes that were once the mainstay of this show. If these kinds of episodes appeal to you, be sure to let me know by leaving a comment!
This episode was recorded on April 29, 2024. This episode took about seven hours to record, produce, and deliver to you.
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I was inspired to record this episode after going back and listening to the first and second episodes of Sonitotum.
Guess who’s recorded 100 episodes of Sonitotum and has hypertension? This guy!
I talk about my day job and the recent changes there. Perhaps there’s something I can help you with?
I’ve offset the impact of those aforementioned changes by driving deliveries for the time being.
My personal creative accomplishments since episode one of Sonitotum include:

The novel Light of the Outsider
The novelette “The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay”
The non-fiction book Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure
The novelette “Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat”
46 installments (60,000 words) of my free fiction serial Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started”
…and, of course, one hundred episodes of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick


What have I accomplished for my creator clients in the last six years?

Produced or managed nearly a thousand podcast episodes for three clients.
Edited, produced, and / or helped distribute two audiobooks.
Helped bring sixteen books from eleven different authors into the world and / or to new readers.
Created, developed, customized, or managed websites for eighteen clients.
Provided comprehensive developmental editing services to three clients.


I mentioned the Eisenhower Matrix, which is a visual prioritization and planning tool, and potentially throwing all things I want to do into it, and sharing that with you. I think that’s its own Scribtotum article, and perhaps a podcast episode… it’s not a small endeavor..!
Now and then The Big Plan comes up as an object lesson in what doesn’t work for me.
Next episode: author AJ Super.
Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, and Ted Leonhardt! I’m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron!

Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!



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It’s time for the 99th Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process. Settle in for an in-depth and evergreen conversation with historical and literary fiction author Maureen Morrissey!
Maureen Morrissey is a writer for online publications and a published novelist; retired educator; and wife/mother/grandmother/dog mommy. She is an amateur photographer; traveler who loves to wander and wonder; and most recently, half-marathon runner. In her spare time, she attends live theater events and rock concerts, and investigates the integrity of roof top bars in her hometown NYC.
Maureen has been a writer for as long as she remembers. She began writing her first novel, Woven: Six Stories, One Epic Journey in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, the day after retiring from teaching fourth grade. It was published in November of 2020. She published a second novel, Sonder: Janie’s Story in March 2022, and her third, Seeing is Believing in June 2023. She published a short story, “Win, Lose or Draw,” at the beginning of January 2024, and her most recent release is the children’s picture book Country Dog, City Dog.
Find Maureen Morrissey at maureenmorrissey.com.
The interview portion of this episode was recorded on January 18, 2024. The other bits were recorded on April 10, 2024. This episode took about eight hours fifteen minutes to record, produce, and delivery to you.
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My day job? I’m a creative services provider helping authors, podcasters and other creators. How can I help you?
The book that drove Maureen to pursue independent publishing was Walter the Farting Dog by the multi-genre, multiple-award-winning author William Kotzwinkle. You know you want to click those links…
I mentioned Norman MacLean, author of A River Runs Through It, as an author who wrote a masterwork late in life.
Novels told through a linked collection of short stories or novellas are sometimes called composite novels. Examples include The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. There are many, many others!
Maureen tags the Goosebumps books as an example of a “beach book” for kids.
More on Louise Rosenblatt’s transactional theory of reading, which I contrast / supplement with my own position that the reader / author relationship is collaborative.
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig is a collection of various concepts for which there are only words in languages other than English.
The flat earther who believes every person has their own personal sun came up in the conversation as an example of a wonderful and compelling unintentional metaphor.
Maureen’s “Judge Not” article.
The Cult of Done Manifesto from Bre Pettis and Kio Stark.
By the time you’re listening to this episode or reading these show notes, my new novelette “Reggie versus Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat” will be available wherever you buy e-books and, of course, directly from my site!
Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, and Ted Leonhardt! I’m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron!

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The 98th episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process, features a conversation with post-cyberpunk science fiction thriller author Bryan Chaffin.
Bryan Chaffin is the author of science fiction thriller Accidental Intelligence. As of April 2024, he’s working on the follow up novel, Inside the Mirror, as well as multiple short stories set in this universe.

In a past life, Bryan wrote about Apple and technology for 23 years as the cofounder and editor-in-chief of The Mac Observer. He and his business partner sold TMO in 2022, and Bryan has been busy living out his fantasy of writing fiction since.
Today, Bryan lives with his dog Commander Ichabod Ezekiel Cromwell in Silicon Valley, where they both enjoy the fantabulous pastime of THROW THE DAMNED BALL!
Find Bryan Chaffin — and sign up for his newsletter — at geektells.com.
The interview portion of this episode was recorded on January 15, 2024. The other bits were recorded on April 01, 2024.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode

My day job? I’m a creative services provider helping authors, podcasters and other creators. How can I help you?
Bryan co-hosts a podcast called The Context Machine.
Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett (as well as Ross MacDonald!) are some great hard-boiled / noir mystery / detective novelists. Check ’em out!
We mention my novels Light of the Outsider and Brave Men Run in our discussion about Facebook and Amazon advertising.
Patty Jansen is mentioned as an example of a very prolific author.
Dan Simmons gave a young Bryan Chaffin his writing eureka moment, thanks to books like Summer of Night and the Hyperion Cantos series.
We talk about selling books directly from our website, and I tell Bryan about what I use and recommend, MemberPress.
Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, and Ted Leonhardt! I’m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron!

Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!



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It’s here! The premiere episode of the 2024 season of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, a podcast about making stuff (mostly writing!), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process!
Listen to learn about the fifteen guests I’ve recorded for the season, what to expect across the planned twenty episodes to come, the Very Special Year in which this season takes place, how to support the show, and more!
This episode was recorded on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
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My day job? I’m a creative services provider helping authors, podcasters and other creators. How can I help you?
Guests you’ll hear this season include:

Bryan Chaffin
Maureen Morrissey
A.J. Super
Thom Carnell
Juliet Kemp
Rosemary Jones
A.J. Pagan IV
Kristin Osani
Wendy Van Camp
Nicholas Snape
Abby Goldsmith
Nicole Wolverton
Kevin McLaughlin
Justine Manzano


Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, and Ted Leonhardt! I’m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron!

Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go!



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