Author, creator, and consultant
Matthew Wayne Selznick
has been blazing trails and innovating
in the worlds of
independent publishing, podcasting,
and DIY creative endeavors
for a quarter century.
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Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: “How It All Got Started” is set in the Sovereign Era storyworld (Brave Men Run, Pilgrimage). The action of the first story arc, follows several young people on the edge of the rest of their lives and begins on the first day of summer vacation, 1984.
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Recent Articles and Podcast Episodes
The Big Plan
October 24, 2020: The Big Plan is how, over the next seven years, I will make things, find success, and stay healthy and sane in the process. Learn why I'm doing it, all the details, and why it's important to me and could be for you, too.
025: The Big Plan
October 24, 2020: I've been building toward this for months. In this Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, I reveal The Big Plan: my creative focus (and how I'll stay on target) for the next seven years. (Cross-posted with the Scribtotum article of the same name.)
024: Don’t Wait; Don’t Be Scared
October 9, 2020: In this Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, I connect the dots between two very different experiences with writer clients, and muse on the lessons there for all of us.
Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 023: Ask Me Anything (Part 2 of 2)
September 30, 2020: In this second of two "ask me anything" episodes of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, I talk collaboration, writing groups, creative legacy, creative practice, and much, much more!
022: Ask Me Anything (Part 1 of 2)
September 18, 2020: This episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick is part one (of two) of an "ask me anything" (AMA), featuring lots of insight on developing characters for your fiction, and more!
021: The Squirrel Trappers Ruin Everything
September 3, 2020: In this episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, I can't even talk about Amazon ads, worldbuilding, or a healthier approach to Facebook without some idiots trying to mess with some innocent wild animals. Listen!
020: In Dreams, I Walk… and Walk…
August 14, 2020: This episode of Sonitotum, host Matthew Wayne Selznick shares some recurring and symbolically consistent dreams he's had lately, and what they might be trying to say about finding a safe creative space.
019: Service, Justice, and Creation
August 7, 2020: This episode of Sonitotum makes a connection between service and justice, and reveals my own new one-on-one coaching services for writers. Be sure to listen to get an exclusive 20% off discount code for Your Story Buddy!
Introducing Your Story Buddy
July 28, 2020: All about Your Story Buddy, my new one-on-one coaching service for fiction and creative non-fiction authors at all levels, and the inspirations behind it.