Over the course of the last few weeks, I asked you to select which of three stories I would tell as a new serial free fiction-by-subscription offering to begin later this summer. “Walk Like A Stranger: Passing Through Home” earned 43% of the vote, squeaking by with 7% more votes... Read more...
What’s Next?
I'm launching a free serial fiction by subscription project. Help me decide what's next by voting for the story I'll tell! Read more...
He Made Wonders
I'm grateful for Ray Harryhausen. Read more...
Now Available: Pre-Order Brave Men Run Revised and Expanded Edition Ebooks
Now available for pre-order: Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era by Matthew Wayne Selznick revised and expanded edition in epub and mobi ebook formats. Be among the first to read this on the street date of April 30, 2013 by pre-ordering! Read more...
Eighth Day Genesis Featuring Matthew Wayne Selznick Nominated for Origins Award
An anthology featuring an essay from Matthew Wayne Selznick, "Eighth Day Genesis -- A Worldbuilding Codex for Writers and Creatives," has been nominated for a 2013 Origins Award. Read more...
How To Reinvent Brick and Mortar Bookstores And Finally Realize The Third Place
I have an idea how an enterprising, book-loving entrepreneur can reinvent brick and mortar bookstores and revitalize the concept of the elusive "third place." Read more...
Indie Authors, Stop Trying To Build An Audience
Among indie authors and those interested in self publishing, there's a lot of discussion and debate about how to best build an audience. Without an audience, the thinking is, you simply don't sell any books. Without an audience, conventional wisdom insists, you'll never attract the interest of a traditional publisher, if that's your goal. It's time for all of us to stop trying to build an audience. And it's time to stop listening to people who advise you to build an audience. Right now. Here's why. Read more...
Hey There, Folks
Hey there! Seems like there’s about an 80% chance that if you’re reading this, you’re a brand new visitor to this site. You may have come from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Hickman’s Scribe’s Forge, or from the Indie Author Marketing Info group on LinkedIn, or from Twitter or... Read more...
On The Made-Up International Don’t Pirate My Book Day
Chuck Wendig, a creator I don’t personally know but with whom I share oodles of Facebook friends, decided today, February 6, 2013, is something called “International Don’t Pirate My Book Day.” It’s meant to provide a forum, “where authors and writers and creatives of all types hop online to share... Read more...
My Second Novel is Written
The first draft of “Pilgrimage — A Novel of the Sovereign Era,” follow-up to my 2005 book “Brave Men Run,” is finished. I got a little teary when I wrote the last nineteen words. I got a little giddy when I told my girlfriend I was done. This draft runs... Read more...