http://www.mattselznick.com The official website of the author and DIY advocate, and his friends and fans! Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:48:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After wrestling with Revver, Ustream, YouTube, and several different video conversion applications, I remembered that the excellent WordPress plugin PodPress supports Flash video. So the complete video record of July 13, 2008 -- Sovereign Summer Sunday -- is now available right here. Enjoy! There are still plans to release ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/scribtotum/2008/07/19/sovereign-summer-sunday-overview-part-two/ Let's get to the point right away: Thanks to Stormy for grabbing that image -- by that point in the day (somewhere between seven and eight PM Pacific Time) I didn't have the presence of mind, I'm afraid. I noticed it, I tweeted it... but I didn't screenshot it. ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/scribtotum/2008/07/16/sovereign-summer-sunday-overview-part-one/ I'll be writing up a detailed overview of how Sovereign Summer Sunday went, the pros, cons, etc. very soon. I'll also include links so folks can re-live the entire thing just as soon as that's all set up. Meanwhile, I want to say thank you to the 1,027 people who ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/scribtotum/2008/07/15/sovereign-summer-sunday-details-coming-soon/ Well, folks, soon I'll be turning in to bed on the eve of the big Sovereign Summer Sunday Webathon celebrating the paperback release of "Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era" from Swarm Press. Since the beginning of June, I've done ten podcast interviews, been featured ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/scribtotum/2008/07/13/the-home-stretch/ The last interview of my massive promotional push for the July 13, 2008 paperback release of "Brave Men Run - A Novel of the Sovereign Era" is also day six of James Melzer's above-and-beyond "Brave Men Run Week" at his website. I have been utterly astounded by James' enthusiasm ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/sonitotum/2008/07/12/sonitotum-bonus-interview-on-adventures-in-writing/ My second-to-last interview appearance during the massive promotional push for the paperback release of "Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era" is a super-fun interview on Jared Axelrod's daily variety podcast, The Voice of Free Planet X. You never know what you're gonna get on this show. ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/sonitotum/2008/07/12/sonitotum-bonus-interview-on-the-voice-of-free-planet-x/ I was a guest on this excellent capsule instructional podcast recently. In it, I go over the essentials for my interpretation of the DIY ethic. We also, naturally, discuss the July 13, 2008 release of "Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era" from Swarm Press, ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/sonitotum/2008/07/12/sonitotum-bonus-featured-on-the-one-minute-how-to/ Here's another interview of yours truly in these days leading up to the Sunday, July 13 webathon celebrating the release of "Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era" from Swarm Press! Mur Lafferty's "I Should Be Writing" is one of the finest podcasts on the writing life you're ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/sonitotum/2008/07/09/sonitoum-bonus-interview-on-i-should-be-writing/ Over a year ago, at Balticon 41, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Paul Fischer. Since much has happened since then, we got together with Martha Holloway this morning to record a little update. Hear both talks, plus one of my songs, on the Balticon Podcast ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/sonitotum/2008/07/06/sonitotum-bonus-interview-on-the-balticon-podcast/ I know! I'm doing an awful lot of podcast interviews in the weeks and days before the release of "Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era" from Swarm Press. This one is kinda special -- J.C. Hutchins, who is the author of the most successful ... http://www.mattselznick.com/blog/sonitotum/2008/07/02/sonitotum-bonus-interview-on-the-ultracreatives-series/