Hey, look! It&#8217;s episode 105 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 an interview episode, this time featuring the author Juliet Kemp.
From their website:
<a href="https://julietkemp.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juliet Kemp</a> (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, writer. They live in London by the river, with their partners, kid, and dog.
The first book of their fantasy series, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/kemp-deep" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">The Deep and Shining Dark</a>, was on the Locus 2018 Recommended Reads list; the fourth and final book, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/kemp-city" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">The City Revealed</a>, came out in 2023. They have written several novellas, and their short fiction has appeared in venues including Uncanny, Analog, and Cast of Wonders.
<a href="https://www.selznick.me/kemp-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>They were short-listed for the WSFA Small Press Award in 2020 and 2023 and had a story in the anthology <a href="https://amzn.to/3yTqfmj" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Trans-Galactic Bike Ride</a>, which was Lambda Award shortlisted in 2021.
When not writing or child-wrangling, Juliet knits, indulges their fountain pen habit, and tries to fit an ever-increasing number of plants into a microscopic back garden.
They can be found <a href="https://twitter.com/julietk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on Twitter as @julietk</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/@juliet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on Mastodon as @juliet@zirk.us</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/julietk.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on Bluesky as @julietk.bsky.social</a>.
Listen to hear us muse on fiction writing as a balm for anxiety, the challenges of defining just what sort of fantasy one has written, the validity of &#8220;comfort reads,&#8221; reaching the right readers, the benefits of working with a small press, procrastination and uncertainty, and why it&#8217;s okay to claim your writing as a priority in your life&#8230; and just how to go about actually doing that, too&#8230;
This episode was recorded on August 19, 2024. The conversation with Juliet Kemp was recorded on February 5, 2024.
<h2>Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode</h2>
<ul>
<li>What is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopepunk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hopepunk</a>? How about <a href="https://builtin.com/articles/solarpunk#:~:text=Solarpunk%20is%20a%20sci%2Dfi,and%20technology%20grow%20in%20harmony." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Solarpunk</a>?</li>
<li>Juliet mentions <a href="https://www.selznick.me/gregegan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Greg Egan</a>.</li>
<li>I mention &#8220;the Killer Bs,&#8221; <a href="https://www.selznick.me/gregbear" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Greg Bear</a>, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/gregorybenford" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Greg Benford</a>, and <a href="https://www.selznick.me/davidbrin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">David Brin</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An Archive of Our Own</a> is a haven for fan fiction.</li>
<li>My Sonitotum episode on <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/sonitotum-062/">how to fix the Amazon bookstore</a>.</li>
<li>During the episode, I couldn&#8217;t recall the name of a tag-based reading recommendation website. It&#8217;s <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/browse?search_term=matthew%20wayne%20selznick" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The StoryGraph</a>.</li>
<li>Juliet mentions digging the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_novelisations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doctor Who novelizations</a> from the 1980s.</li>
<li>I bring up <a href="https://www.selznick.me/tarzan-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Edgar Rice Burroughs&#8217; Tarzan books</a> and the shared world series <a href="https://www.selznick.me/wildcards-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Wildcards by George R. R. Martin and company</a>.</li>
<li>Juliet&#8217;s Marek series is published by <a href="https://elsewhen.press/">Elsewhen Press</a>.</li>
<li>My oft-recommended choice for a full-screen / no-distractions / plain text editor, <a href="https://discover.hubpages.com/technology/Q10-Software-MS-Word-Alternative-Detailed-Review" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Q10</a>, is recommended yet again!</li>
<li>Speaking of focus: give <a href="https://www.focusatwill.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Focus At Will</a> a shot.</li>
<li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mechvibes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mechvibes</a> gets another mention. Typewriter sounds for focus and momentum as your write!</li>
<li>Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including <a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J. C. Hutchins</a>, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, <a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amelia Bowen</a>, <a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Leonhardt</a>, and Charles Anderson! I&#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron</a>!
<ul>
<li>Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to <a href="https://826national.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">826 National</a> in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">Let&#8217;s go</a>!</li>
<li>Patron members get the uncut, unedited edition of every episode of Sonitotum. For this episode, that includes seventeen minutes of extra content just for them!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/login/">log in</a>! <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership</a>.

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<description>&lt;p&gt;Hey, look! It&amp;#8217;s episode 105 of &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick&lt;/em&gt;, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is an interview episode, this time featuring the author Juliet Kemp.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From their website:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://julietkemp.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Juliet Kemp&lt;/a&gt; (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, writer. They live in London by the river, with their partners, kid, and dog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first book of their fantasy series, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/kemp-deep" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Deep and Shining Dark&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, was on the Locus 2018 Recommended Reads list; the fourth and final book, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/kemp-city" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The City Revealed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, came out in 2023. They have written several novellas, and their short fiction has appeared in venues including &lt;em&gt;Uncanny&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Analog&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Cast of Wonders&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/kemp-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They were short-listed for the WSFA Small Press Award in 2020 and 2023 and had a story in the anthology &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3yTqfmj" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Trans-Galactic Bike Ride&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; which was Lambda Award shortlisted in 2021.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When not writing or child-wrangling, Juliet knits, indulges their fountain pen habit, and tries to fit an ever-increasing number of plants into a microscopic back garden.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They can be found &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/julietk" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;on Twitter as @julietk&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://zirk.us/@juliet" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;on Mastodon as @juliet@zirk.us&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/julietk.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;on Bluesky as @julietk.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Listen to hear us muse on fiction writing as a balm for anxiety, the challenges of defining just what sort of fantasy one has written, the validity of &amp;#8220;comfort reads,&amp;#8221; reaching the right readers, the benefits of working with a small press, procrastination and uncertainty, and why it&amp;#8217;s okay to claim your writing as a priority in your life&amp;#8230; and just how to go about actually doing that, too&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was recorded on August 19, 2024. The conversation with Juliet Kemp was recorded on February 5, 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopepunk" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Hopepunk&lt;/a&gt;? How about &lt;a href="https://builtin.com/articles/solarpunk#:~:text=Solarpunk%20is%20a%20sci%2Dfi,and%20technology%20grow%20in%20harmony." target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Solarpunk&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Juliet mentions &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/gregegan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Greg Egan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I mention &amp;#8220;the Killer Bs,&amp;#8221; &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/gregbear" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Greg Bear&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/gregorybenford" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Greg Benford&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/davidbrin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;David Brin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;An Archive of Our Own&lt;/a&gt; is a haven for fan fiction.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum&lt;/em&gt; episode on &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/sonitotum-062/"&gt;how to fix the Amazon bookstore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;During the episode, I couldn&amp;#8217;t recall the name of a tag-based reading recommendation website. It&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/browse?search_term=matthew%20wayne%20selznick" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;The StoryGraph&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Juliet mentions digging the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_novelisations" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Doctor Who novelizations&lt;/a&gt; from the 1980s.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I bring up &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/tarzan-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Edgar Rice Burroughs&amp;#8217; Tarzan books&lt;/a&gt; and the shared world series &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/wildcards-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Wildcards by George R. R. Martin and company&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Juliet&amp;#8217;s Marek series is published by &lt;a href="https://elsewhen.press/"&gt;Elsewhen Press&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My oft-recommended choice for a full-screen / no-distractions / plain text editor, &lt;a href="https://discover.hubpages.com/technology/Q10-Software-MS-Word-Alternative-Detailed-Review" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Q10&lt;/a&gt;, is recommended yet again!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Speaking of focus: give &lt;a href="https://www.focusatwill.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Focus At Will&lt;/a&gt; a shot.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mechvibes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Mechvibes&lt;/a&gt; gets another mention. Typewriter sounds for focus and momentum as your write!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including &lt;a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;J. C. Hutchins&lt;/a&gt;, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, &lt;a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Amelia Bowen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Ted Leonhardt&lt;/a&gt;, and Charles Anderson! I&amp;#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;If &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick&lt;/em&gt; brings you joy, become a patron&lt;/a&gt;!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to &lt;a href="https://826national.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;826 National&lt;/a&gt; in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s go&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Patron members get the uncut, unedited edition of every episode of &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum&lt;/em&gt;. For this episode, that includes seventeen minutes of extra content just for them!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center"&gt;This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/login/"&gt;log in&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/sonitotum-105/"&gt;This content&lt;/a&gt; is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com"&gt;his website.&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Hey, look! It&#8217;s episode 105 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 an interview episode, th

Hey, look! It&#8217;s episode 105 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 an interview episode, this time featuring the author Juliet Kemp.
From their website:
Juliet Kemp (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, writer. They live in London by the river, with their partners, kid, and dog.
The first book of their fantasy series, The Deep and Shining Dark, was on the Locus 2018 Recommended Reads list; the fourth and final book, The City Revealed, came out in 2023. They have written several novellas, and their short fiction has appeared in venues including Uncanny, Analog, and Cast of Wonders.
They were short-listed for the WSFA Small Press Award in 2020 and 2023 and had a story in the anthology Trans-Galactic Bike Ride, which was Lambda Award shortlisted in 2021.
When not writing or child-wrangling, Juliet knits, indulges their fountain pen habit, and tries to fit an ever-increasing number of plants into a microscopic back garden.
They can be found on Twitter as @julietk, on Mastodon as @juliet@zirk.us, and on Bluesky as @julietk.bsky.social.
Listen to hear us muse on fiction writing as a balm for anxiety, the challenges of defining just what sort of fantasy one has written, the validity of &#8220;comfort reads,&#8221; reaching the right readers, the benefits of working with a small press, procrastination and uncertainty, and why it&#8217;s okay to claim your writing as a priority in your life&#8230; and just how to go about actually doing that, too&#8230;
This episode was recorded on August 19, 2024. The conversation with Juliet Kemp was recorded on February 5, 2024.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode

What is Hopepunk? How about Solarpunk?
Juliet mentions Greg Egan.
I mention &#8220;the Killer Bs,&#8221; Greg Bear, Greg Benford, and David Brin.
An Archive of Our Own is a haven for fan fiction.
My Sonitotum episode on how to fix the Amazon bookstore.
During the episode, I couldn&#8217;t recall the name of a tag-based reading recommendation website. It&#8217;s The StoryGraph.
Juliet mentions digging the Doctor Who novelizations from the 1980s.
I bring up Edgar Rice Burroughs&#8217; Tarzan books and the shared world series Wildcards by George R. R. Martin and company.
Juliet&#8217;s Marek series is published by Elsewhen Press.
My oft-recommended choice for a full-screen / no-distractions / plain text editor, Q10, is recommended yet again!
Speaking of focus: give Focus At Will a shot.
Mechvibes gets another mention. Typewriter sounds for focus and momentum as your write!
Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, and Charles Anderson! I&#8217;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&#8217;s go!
Patron members get the uncut, unedited edition of every episode of Sonitotum. For this episode, that includes seventeen minutes of extra content just for them!



This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please log in! Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership.

This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.

105: In Conversation with Fantasy and Science Fiction Author Juliet Kemp

A week late, but you don&#8217;t care! Here&#8217;s episode 104 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 in which I share how I&#8217;m using <a href="https://obsidian.md/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obsidian</a>, a knowledge management application, as a replacement for both Scrivener and story bible / worldbuilding software as I conceive and write my next novel, <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/insider-access-next-novel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shadow of the Outsider</a>.
This episode was recorded on July 10, 2024.
<h2>Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.selznick.me/scrivener" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Scrivener</a> is arguably the most popular software for writers, with <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/ywriter-scrivener-free-alternative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">yWriter</a> being a free and lightweight alternative.</li>
<li><a href="https://obsidian.md/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obsidian</a> is a free, cross-platform knowledge management application with tremendous flexibility balanced with broad compatibility and underlying simplicity.</li>
<li>Other knowledge management applications include <a href="https://www.selznick.me/notion" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Notion</a>, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/onenote" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Microsoft OneNote</a>, or <a href="https://tana.inc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Tana</a>, but there are many others. It&#8217;s a rapidly growing niche.</li>
<li>The people behind Obsidian previously created <a href="https://www.selznick.me/dynalist" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Dynalist</a>, which I&#8217;ve talked about before. It&#8217;s a simple but flexible outlining and list making tool.</li>
<li> Obsidian uses plain text <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">markdown</a> files for maximum compatibility and future-proofing, but you don&#8217;t need to learn it to use it in Obsidian!</li>
<li><a href="https://syncthing.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SyncThing</a>, with the companion tool <a href="https://github.com/canton7/SyncTrayzor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SyncTrayzor</a>, is an excellent free tool for syncing files across devices.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/jgm/pandoc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pandoc</a> is a universal document converter that, through the use of a plugin, integrates with Obsidian.</li>
<li><a href="https://excalidraw.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Excalidraw</a> is an open-source infinite virtual whiteboard that, through the use of a plugin, integrates with Obsidian.</li>
<li>I like to hear typewriter sounds when I&#8217;m writing on my computer. I use <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mechvibes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mechvibes</a> for that!</li>
<li><a href="milto:matt@mattselznick.com?sbject=I'd%20Love%20to%20Buy%20an%20Obsidian%20Course%20for%20Writers%20from%20You!%3A%20">Let me know if you&#8217;re interested</a> in an online course detailing exactly how to install, set up, and use Obsidian just like I&#8217;m using it as a writing and storyworld bible application.</li>
<li>My latest work of fiction is <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/reggie-vs-kaiju-storm-dragon-squidbat/">&#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&#8221;</a></li>
<li>The giveaway of the chapbook edition of &#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat&#8221; sponsored by J. C. Hutchins has a winner!</li>
<li>My day job always has a part to play in what&#8217;s news. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/services/">Perhaps there&#8217;s something I can help you with?</a></li>
<li>Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including <a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J. C. Hutchins</a>, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, <a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amelia Bowen</a>, <a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Leonhardt</a>, and Charles Anderson! I&#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron</a>!
<ul>
<li>Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to <a href="https://826national.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">826 National</a> in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">Let&#8217;s go</a>!</li>
<li>Patron members get the uncut, unedited edition of every episode of Sonitotum. For this episode, that includes sixteen minutes of extra content just for them!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/login/">log in</a>! <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership</a>.

<a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/sonitotum-104/">This content</a> is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com">his website.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;A week late, but &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; don&amp;#8217;t care! Here&amp;#8217;s episode 104 of &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick&lt;/em&gt;, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a solo episode in which I share how I&amp;#8217;m using &lt;a href="https://obsidian.md/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Obsidian&lt;/a&gt;, a knowledge management application, as a replacement for both Scrivener and story bible / worldbuilding software as I conceive and write my next novel, &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/insider-access-next-novel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shadow of the Outsider&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was recorded on July 10, 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/scrivener" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Scrivener&lt;/a&gt; is arguably the most popular software for writers, with &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/ywriter-scrivener-free-alternative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;yWriter&lt;/a&gt; being a free and lightweight alternative.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://obsidian.md/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Obsidian&lt;/a&gt; is a free, cross-platform knowledge management application with tremendous flexibility balanced with broad compatibility and underlying simplicity.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other knowledge management applications include &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/notion" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Notion&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/onenote" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Microsoft OneNote&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href="https://tana.inc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Tana&lt;/a&gt;, but there are many others. It&amp;#8217;s a rapidly growing niche.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The people behind Obsidian previously created &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/dynalist" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Dynalist&lt;/a&gt;, which I&amp;#8217;ve talked about before. It&amp;#8217;s a simple but flexible outlining and list making tool.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Obsidian uses plain text &lt;a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;markdown&lt;/a&gt; files for maximum compatibility and future-proofing, but you don&amp;#8217;t need to learn it to use it in Obsidian!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://syncthing.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;SyncThing&lt;/a&gt;, with the companion tool &lt;a href="https://github.com/canton7/SyncTrayzor" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;SyncTrayzor&lt;/a&gt;, is an excellent free tool for syncing files across devices.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/jgm/pandoc" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Pandoc&lt;/a&gt; is a universal document converter that, through the use of a plugin, integrates with Obsidian.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://excalidraw.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Excalidraw&lt;/a&gt; is an open-source infinite virtual whiteboard that, through the use of a plugin, integrates with Obsidian.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I like to hear typewriter sounds when I&amp;#8217;m writing on my computer. I use &lt;a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mechvibes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Mechvibes&lt;/a&gt; for that!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="milto:matt@mattselznick.com?sbject=I'd%20Love%20to%20Buy%20an%20Obsidian%20Course%20for%20Writers%20from%20You!%3A%20"&gt;Let me know if you&amp;#8217;re interested&lt;/a&gt; in an online course detailing exactly how to install, set up, and use Obsidian just like I&amp;#8217;m using it as a writing and storyworld bible application.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My latest work of fiction is &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/reggie-vs-kaiju-storm-dragon-squidbat/"&gt;&amp;#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The giveaway of the chapbook edition of &amp;#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat&amp;#8221; sponsored by J. C. Hutchins has a winner!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My day job always has a part to play in what&amp;#8217;s news. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/services/"&gt;Perhaps there&amp;#8217;s something I can help you with?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including &lt;a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;J. C. Hutchins&lt;/a&gt;, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, &lt;a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Amelia Bowen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Ted Leonhardt&lt;/a&gt;, and Charles Anderson! I&amp;#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;If &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick&lt;/em&gt; brings you joy, become a patron&lt;/a&gt;!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to &lt;a href="https://826national.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;826 National&lt;/a&gt; in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s go&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Patron members get the uncut, unedited edition of every episode of &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum&lt;/em&gt;. For this episode, that includes sixteen minutes of extra content just for them!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center"&gt;This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/login/"&gt;log in&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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A week late, but you don&#8217;t care! Here&#8217;s episode 104 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!
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A week late, but you don&#8217;t care! Here&#8217;s episode 104 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 in which I share how I&#8217;m using Obsidian, a knowledge management application, as a replacement for both Scrivener and story bible / worldbuilding software as I conceive and write my next novel, Shadow of the Outsider.
This episode was recorded on July 10, 2024.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode

Scrivener is arguably the most popular software for writers, with yWriter being a free and lightweight alternative.
Obsidian is a free, cross-platform knowledge management application with tremendous flexibility balanced with broad compatibility and underlying simplicity.
Other knowledge management applications include Notion, Microsoft OneNote, or Tana, but there are many others. It&#8217;s a rapidly growing niche.
The people behind Obsidian previously created Dynalist, which I&#8217;ve talked about before. It&#8217;s a simple but flexible outlining and list making tool.
 Obsidian uses plain text markdown files for maximum compatibility and future-proofing, but you don&#8217;t need to learn it to use it in Obsidian!
SyncThing, with the companion tool SyncTrayzor, is an excellent free tool for syncing files across devices.
Pandoc is a universal document converter that, through the use of a plugin, integrates with Obsidian.
Excalidraw is an open-source infinite virtual whiteboard that, through the use of a plugin, integrates with Obsidian.
I like to hear typewriter sounds when I&#8217;m writing on my computer. I use Mechvibes for that!
Let me know if you&#8217;re interested in an online course detailing exactly how to install, set up, and use Obsidian just like I&#8217;m using it as a writing and storyworld bible application.
My latest work of fiction is &#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&#8221;
The giveaway of the chapbook edition of &#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat&#8221; sponsored by J. C. Hutchins has a winner!
My day job always has a part to play in what&#8217;s news. Perhaps there&#8217;s something I can help you with?
Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, and Charles Anderson! I&#8217;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&#8217;s go!
Patron members get the uncut, unedited edition of every episode of Sonitotum. For this episode, that includes sixteen minutes of extra content just for them!



This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please log in! Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership.

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104: How I Use This Free Tool for Writing and Story Bibles

Episode 103 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&#8230; features a conversation with the horror and horrific fantasy author Thom Carnell.
&#8220;Thom Carnell is a writer whose fiction has been featured in <a href="http://www.swankmag.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Swank</a> magazine (adult content), <a href="https://www.thomcarnell.com/carpe-noctem-magazine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carpe Noctem</a> magazine, and in the horror anthology <a href="https://www.selznick.me/bc-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Bloody Carnival</a> from Pill Hill Press. He is best known for his insightful interviews and profiles in Carpe Noctem, Fangoria magazine, and on Dread Central &amp; Twitchfilm.com. His novels (<a href="https://www.selznick.me/nfsbs-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">No Flesh Shall Be Spared</a>, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/nfsbs2-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">No Flesh Shall Be Spared: Don&#8217;t Look Back</a>, and the upcoming Monolith Records) and short story collections (<a href="https://www.selznick.me/ms-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Moonlight Serenades</a>, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/asop-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">A String of Pearls</a>, Tuxedo Junction, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/hb-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Horror Book</a>, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/tftl-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Tales from the Lazaretto</a>, and the upcoming Open Late) are available through Amazon.com and Crossroad Press. Carnell is a graduate of the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science and worked as a certified <a href="https://eyewiki.aao.org/Enucleation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eye enucleist</a> and a Registered <a href="https://www.concorde.edu/blog/what-does-polysomnographic-technologist-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Polysomnographic Technologist</a>. He lives in Bellingham, WA.&#8221; &#8212; adapted from Thom&#8217;s website at <a href="https://www.thomcarnell.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.thomcarnell.com</a>.
Our extensive talk explores the connection between horror and humor, the lingering creative influence of early trauma and exposure to mortality, marketing cross-genre work, building a community of readers, the perspective and experience that comes with age, and lots, lots more.
Also, your host tries to run a giveaway, and makes an offer.
This episode was recorded on June 24, 2024. The interview portion was recorded on January 24, 2024.
<h2>Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode</h2>
<ul>
<li>My latest work of fiction is <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/reggie-vs-kaiju-storm-dragon-squidbat/">&#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&#8221;</a></li>
<li>Who was <a href="https://esther-williams.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Esther Williams</a>? What&#8217;s all this about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HufDgwD4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bathing beauties</a>?</li>
<li>Fantasist <a href="https://www.clivebarker.info/news.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clive Barker</a> is mentioned a few times in this episode.</li>
<li><a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24881-cptsd-complex-ptsd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder</a> comes up.</li>
<li>Who is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Combs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffery Combs</a>?</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Quebec" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ike Quebec</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Collette" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buddy Collette</a> were American jazz saxophonists.</li>
<li>Jazz big band composer <a href="https://youtu.be/fGukwMvcer0?si=HzN4B6gcYNsTAvVR&amp;t=300" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Duke Ellington on keeping a band together</a> (video clip).</li>
<li><a href="https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Stoker Awards</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rodney Dangerfield</a> was a well-loved genius among comedians.</li>
<li>Horror author <a href="https://www.jackketchum.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jack Ketchum</a>.</li>
<li>Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including <a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J. C. Hutchins</a>, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, <a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amelia Bowen</a>, <a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Leonhardt</a>, and Charles Anderson! I&#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron</a>!
<ul>
<li>One of the perks of being a patron Multiversalist is receiving the uncut, unedited edition of every podcast episode. This time around, patrons get to hear almost forty minutes of additional conversation between Thom Carnell and myself. There&#8217;s a lot of good stuff I had to &#8220;cut for time&#8221; for the public episode! <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">Become a patron</a> and hear the rest!</li>
<li>Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to <a href="https://826national.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">826 National</a> in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">Let&#8217;s go</a>!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Episode 103 of &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick&lt;/em&gt;, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process&amp;#8230; features a conversation with the horror and horrific fantasy author Thom Carnell.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Thom Carnell is a writer whose fiction has been featured in &lt;a href="http://www.swankmag.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Swank&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; magazine (adult content), &lt;a href="https://www.thomcarnell.com/carpe-noctem-magazine" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Carpe Noctem&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; magazine, and in the horror anthology &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/bc-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bloody Carnival&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from Pill Hill Press. He is best known for his insightful interviews and profiles in &lt;em&gt;Carpe Noctem&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Fangoria&lt;/em&gt; magazine, and on Dread Central &amp;amp; Twitchfilm.com. His novels &lt;em&gt;(&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/nfsbs-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;No Flesh Shall Be Spared&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/nfsbs2-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;No Flesh Shall Be Spared: Don&amp;#8217;t Look Back&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and the upcoming &lt;em&gt;Monolith Records&lt;/em&gt;) and short story collections (&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/ms-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Moonlight Serenades&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/asop-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A String of Pearls&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Tuxedo Junction&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/hb-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Horror Book&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/tftl-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tales from the Lazaretto&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and the upcoming &lt;em&gt;Open Late&lt;/em&gt;) are available through Amazon.com and Crossroad Press. Carnell is a graduate of the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science and worked as a certified &lt;a href="https://eyewiki.aao.org/Enucleation" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;eye enucleist&lt;/a&gt; and a Registered &lt;a href="https://www.concorde.edu/blog/what-does-polysomnographic-technologist-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Polysomnographic Technologist&lt;/a&gt;. He lives in Bellingham, WA.&amp;#8221; &amp;#8212; adapted from Thom&amp;#8217;s website at &lt;a href="https://www.thomcarnell.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://www.thomcarnell.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our extensive talk explores the connection between horror and humor, the lingering creative influence of early trauma and exposure to mortality, marketing cross-genre work, building a community of readers, the perspective and experience that comes with age, and lots, lots more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, your host tries to run a giveaway, and makes an offer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was recorded on June 24, 2024. The interview portion was recorded on January 24, 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My latest work of fiction is &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/reggie-vs-kaiju-storm-dragon-squidbat/"&gt;&amp;#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Who was &lt;a href="https://esther-williams.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Esther Williams&lt;/a&gt;? What&amp;#8217;s all this about &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HufDgwD4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;bathing beauties&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fantasist &lt;a href="https://www.clivebarker.info/news.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Clive Barker&lt;/a&gt; is mentioned a few times in this episode.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24881-cptsd-complex-ptsd" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder&lt;/a&gt; comes up.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Who is &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Combs" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Jeffery Combs&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Quebec" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Ike Quebec&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Collette" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Buddy Collette&lt;/a&gt; were American jazz saxophonists.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jazz big band composer &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/fGukwMvcer0?si=HzN4B6gcYNsTAvVR&amp;amp;t=300" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Duke Ellington on keeping a band together&lt;/a&gt; (video clip).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;The Stoker Awards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Rodney Dangerfield&lt;/a&gt; was a well-loved genius among comedians.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Horror author &lt;a href="https://www.jackketchum.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Jack Ketchum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including &lt;a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;J. C. Hutchins&lt;/a&gt;, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, &lt;a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Amelia Bowen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Ted Leonhardt&lt;/a&gt;, and Charles Anderson! I&amp;#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;If &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick&lt;/em&gt; brings you joy, become a patron&lt;/a&gt;!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;One of the perks of being a patron Multiversalist is receiving the uncut, unedited edition of every podcast episode. This time around, patrons get to hear almost forty minutes of additional conversation between Thom Carnell and myself. There&amp;#8217;s a lot of good stuff I had to &amp;#8220;cut for time&amp;#8221; for the public episode! &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;Become a patron&lt;/a&gt; and hear the rest!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to &lt;a href="https://826national.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;826 National&lt;/a&gt; in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s go&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center"&gt;This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/login/"&gt;log in&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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Episode 103 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&#8230; features a conversation with the horror and horr

Episode 103 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&#8230; features a conversation with the horror and horrific fantasy author Thom Carnell.
&#8220;Thom Carnell is a writer whose fiction has been featured in Swank magazine (adult content), Carpe Noctem magazine, and in the horror anthology Bloody Carnival from Pill Hill Press. He is best known for his insightful interviews and profiles in Carpe Noctem, Fangoria magazine, and on Dread Central &amp; Twitchfilm.com. His novels (No Flesh Shall Be Spared, No Flesh Shall Be Spared: Don&#8217;t Look Back, and the upcoming Monolith Records) and short story collections (Moonlight Serenades, A String of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction, Horror Book, Tales from the Lazaretto, and the upcoming Open Late) are available through Amazon.com and Crossroad Press. Carnell is a graduate of the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science and worked as a certified eye enucleist and a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist. He lives in Bellingham, WA.&#8221; &#8212; adapted from Thom&#8217;s website at https://www.thomcarnell.com.
Our extensive talk explores the connection between horror and humor, the lingering creative influence of early trauma and exposure to mortality, marketing cross-genre work, building a community of readers, the perspective and experience that comes with age, and lots, lots more.
Also, your host tries to run a giveaway, and makes an offer.
This episode was recorded on June 24, 2024. The interview portion was recorded on January 24, 2024.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode

My latest work of fiction is &#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&#8221;
Who was Esther Williams? What&#8217;s all this about bathing beauties?
Fantasist Clive Barker is mentioned a few times in this episode.
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder comes up.
Who is Jeffery Combs?
Ike Quebec and Buddy Collette were American jazz saxophonists.
Jazz big band composer Duke Ellington on keeping a band together (video clip).
The Stoker Awards.
Rodney Dangerfield was a well-loved genius among comedians.
Horror author Jack Ketchum.
Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, and Charles Anderson! I&#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron!

One of the perks of being a patron Multiversalist is receiving the uncut, unedited edition of every podcast episode. This time around, patrons get to hear almost forty minutes of additional conversation between Thom Carnell and myself. There&#8217;s a lot of good stuff I had to &#8220;cut for time&#8221; for the public episode! Become a patron and hear the rest!
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103: In Conversation with Horror Author Thom Carnell

In episode 102, I take the opportunity to catch up with you regarding my latest fiction release, the novelette &#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&#8221;
Also, I talk about bringing my next project, the Shaper&#8217;s World novel SHADOW OF THE OUTSIDER, from the back burner to the front, and touch on the trepidation and fears I&#8217;m facing with regard to that work.
This episode was recorded on June 9, 2024.
<h2>Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode</h2>
<ul>
<li>This episode includes some follow-up to topics mentioned in the <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/sonitotum-100/">sixth anniversary episode</a>.</li>
<li>My latest work of fiction is <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/reggie-vs-kaiju-storm-dragon-squidbat/">&#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&#8221;</a></li>
<li>It&#8217;s the latest work in my Daikaiju Universe storyworld. The first is <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/reggie-vs-kaiju-storm-chimera-wolf/">&#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf.&#8221;</a></li>
<li>&#8220;&#8230;Dragon Squidbat&#8221; is inspired, in part, by <a href="https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1970s Godzilla movies</a>.</li>
<li>&#8230;and in another part by certain works by <a href="https://hplovecraft.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">H. P. Lovecraft</a>.</li>
<li>My day job always has a part to play in what&#8217;s news. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/services/">Perhaps there&#8217;s something I can help you with?</a></li>
<li>I&#8217;ve offset the impact of those aforementioned changes by <a href="https://www.selznick.me/ubereats-driver" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">driving deliveries</a> for the time being.</li>
<li>I use <a href="https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/publisher/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Affinity Publisher</a> to create all my print works &#8212; paperbacks and chapbooks.</li>
<li>The novel <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/light-of-the-outsider/">Light of the Outsider</a></li>
<li>The novelette <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/the-perfumed-air-at-kwaanantag-bay/">&#8220;The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay&#8221;</a></li>
<li>As a musician, I&#8217;m affiliated both as a composer and publisher with <a href="https://www.ascap.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ASCAP</a>, the music licensing organization.</li>
<li>I&#8217;ve signed on with <a href="https://www.landr.com/digital-distribution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LANDR</a> to get my music distributed to the streaming and retail services and sites.</li>
<li>I revist the <a href="https://www.productplan.com/glossary/eisenhower-matrix/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eisenhower Matrix</a>, which is a visual prioritization and planning tool.</li>
<li>Next episode: author <a href="https://www.thomcarnell.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thom Carnell</a>, who is, among other things, the co-founder of <a href="https://www.thomcarnell.com/carpe-noctem-magazine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carpe Noctem</a>.</li>
<li>Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including <a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J. C. Hutchins</a>, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, <a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amelia Bowen</a>, <a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Leonhardt</a>, and Charles Anderson! I&#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron</a>!
<ul>
<li>Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to <a href="https://826national.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">826 National</a> in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">Let&#8217;s go</a>!</li>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;In episode 102, I take the opportunity to catch up with you regarding my latest fiction release, the novelette &amp;#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, I talk about bringing my next project, the Shaper&amp;#8217;s World novel SHADOW OF THE OUTSIDER, from the back burner to the front, and touch on the trepidation and fears I&amp;#8217;m facing with regard to that work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was recorded on June 9, 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;This episode includes some follow-up to topics mentioned in the &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/sonitotum-100/"&gt;sixth anniversary episode&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My latest work of fiction is &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/reggie-vs-kaiju-storm-dragon-squidbat/"&gt;&amp;#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It&amp;#8217;s the latest work in my Daikaiju Universe storyworld. The first is &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/reggie-vs-kaiju-storm-chimera-wolf/"&gt;&amp;#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf.&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;#8220;&amp;#8230;Dragon Squidbat&amp;#8221; is inspired, in part, by &lt;a href="https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;1970s Godzilla movies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;#8230;and in another part by certain works by &lt;a href="https://hplovecraft.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;H. P. Lovecraft&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My day job always has a part to play in what&amp;#8217;s news. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/services/"&gt;Perhaps there&amp;#8217;s something I can help you with?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve offset the impact of those aforementioned changes by &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/ubereats-driver" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;driving deliveries&lt;/a&gt; for the time being.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I use &lt;a href="https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/publisher/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Affinity Publisher&lt;/a&gt; to create all my print works &amp;#8212; paperbacks and chapbooks.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The novel &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/light-of-the-outsider/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Light of the Outsider&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The novelette &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/book/the-perfumed-air-at-kwaanantag-bay/"&gt;&amp;#8220;The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As a musician, I&amp;#8217;m affiliated both as a composer and publisher with &lt;a href="https://www.ascap.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;ASCAP&lt;/a&gt;, the music licensing organization.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve signed on with &lt;a href="https://www.landr.com/digital-distribution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;LANDR&lt;/a&gt; to get my music distributed to the streaming and retail services and sites.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I revist the &lt;a href="https://www.productplan.com/glossary/eisenhower-matrix/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Eisenhower Matrix&lt;/a&gt;, which is a visual prioritization and planning tool.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Next episode: author &lt;a href="https://www.thomcarnell.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Thom Carnell&lt;/a&gt;, who is, among other things, the co-founder of &lt;a href="https://www.thomcarnell.com/carpe-noctem-magazine" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Carpe Noctem&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including &lt;a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;J. C. Hutchins&lt;/a&gt;, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, &lt;a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Amelia Bowen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Ted Leonhardt&lt;/a&gt;, and Charles Anderson! I&amp;#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;If &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick&lt;/em&gt; brings you joy, become a patron&lt;/a&gt;!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to &lt;a href="https://826national.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;826 National&lt;/a&gt; in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s go&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center"&gt;This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/login/"&gt;log in&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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In episode 102, I take the opportunity to catch up with you regarding my latest fiction release, the novelette &#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&#8221;
Also, I talk about bringing my next project, the Shaper&#8217;s World novel SHADOW OF THE 

In episode 102, I take the opportunity to catch up with you regarding my latest fiction release, the novelette &#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&#8221;
Also, I talk about bringing my next project, the Shaper&#8217;s World novel SHADOW OF THE OUTSIDER, from the back burner to the front, and touch on the trepidation and fears I&#8217;m facing with regard to that work.
This episode was recorded on June 9, 2024.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode

This episode includes some follow-up to topics mentioned in the sixth anniversary episode.
My latest work of fiction is &#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.&#8221;
It&#8217;s the latest work in my Daikaiju Universe storyworld. The first is &#8220;Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf.&#8221;
&#8220;&#8230;Dragon Squidbat&#8221; is inspired, in part, by 1970s Godzilla movies.
&#8230;and in another part by certain works by H. P. Lovecraft.
My day job always has a part to play in what&#8217;s news. Perhaps there&#8217;s something I can help you with?
I&#8217;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 &#8212; paperbacks and chapbooks.
The novel Light of the Outsider
The novelette &#8220;The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay&#8221;
As a musician, I&#8217;m affiliated both as a composer and publisher with ASCAP, the music licensing organization.
I&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;s go!



This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please log in! Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership.

This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.

102: Checking In: What’s New; What’s Next; Fears

In this 101st episode of <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/podcasts/sonitotum/">Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznic</a>k, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process&#8230; it&#8217;s a conversation with <a href="https://www.ajsuper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">science fiction author AJ Super</a>!
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&#8217; 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 <a href="https://www.selznick.me/leguin-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Ursula K. Le Guin</a>, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/amcaffery-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Anne McCaffery</a>, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/oebutler-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Octavia E. Butler</a>, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/mlackey-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Mercedes Lackey</a>, 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 <a href="https://www.ajsuper.com/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AJ Super&#8217;s official site</a>

Across this evergreen conversation we talk parental influence, everyone&#8217;s emo phase, writing for the ADHD reader, the negative consequences of a fast book release schedule, the ol&#8217; 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.
<h2>Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode</h2>
<ul>
<li>AJ Super&#8217;s publisher is <a href="https://aethonbooks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aethon Books</a>. Their audiobooks come from <a href="https://www.blackstonewholesale.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blackstone</a>.</li>
<li>Visit <a href="https://www.patreon.com/AJSuperAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AJ Super&#8217;s Patreon page</a>!</li>
<li>A few non-genre authors come up in our discussion:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.selznick.me/foconner-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Flannery O&#8217;Connor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.selznick.me/rcarver-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Raymond Carver</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.selznick.me/bukowski-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Charles Bukowski</a>
<ul>
<li>In particular: <a href="https://www.selznick.me/factotum-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Factotum</a>, <a href="https://www.selznick.me/liadog-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Love is a Dog from Hell</a>, and <a href="https://www.selznick.me/tdrunaway-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://www.selznick.me/ycp-hemingway" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Ernest Hemingway</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.selznick.me/fsfitz-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a> and <a href="https://www.selznick.me/tgg-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">The Great Gatsby</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Valley,_Idaho" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sun Valley, Idaho</a>, where Hemingway is buried.</li>
<li>I bring up <a href="https://www.selznick.me/jmay-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Julian May</a>&#8216;s work as an example of wonderful books that, due to changing social mores, may be overlooked today. <a href="https://www.selznick.me/erb-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Edgar Rice Burroughs</a> and <a href="https://www.selznick.me/srhomer-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Sax Rhomer</a>, too.</li>
<li>That favorite <a href="https://www.selznick.me/jbaldwin-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">James Baldwin</a> quote of mine is mentioned via Octavia Butler&#8217;s (likely unintentional) paraphrase.</li>
<li>Next episode: a solo update and news episode.</li>
<li>Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including <a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J. C. Hutchins</a>, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, <a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amelia Bowen</a>, <a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Leonhardt</a>, and Charles Eugene Anderson! I&#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron</a>!
<ul>
<li>Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to <a href="https://826national.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">826 National</a> in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. <a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/">Let&#8217;s go</a>!</li>
<li>Patrons at the Bronze tier and above receive the uncut and unedited edition of every podcast episode, including this one, which has half an hour of extra content!</li>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;In this 101st episode of &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/podcasts/sonitotum/"&gt;Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznic&lt;/a&gt;k&lt;/em&gt;, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process&amp;#8230; it&amp;#8217;s a conversation with &lt;a href="https://www.ajsuper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;science fiction author AJ Super&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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&amp;#8217; 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.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AJ is inspired by &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/leguin-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Ursula K. Le Guin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/amcaffery-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Anne McCaffery&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/oebutler-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Octavia E. Butler&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/mlackey-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Mercedes Lackey&lt;/a&gt;, 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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;~ from &lt;a href="https://www.ajsuper.com/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;AJ Super&amp;#8217;s official site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Across this evergreen conversation we talk parental influence, everyone&amp;#8217;s emo phase, writing for the ADHD reader, the negative consequences of a fast book release schedule, the ol&amp;#8217; planner / pantser dilemma, the meaning of art, emulating our literary heroes, maintaining a healthy creative (and life!) routine, and much, much more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was recorded on May 28, 2024. The conversation with AJ Super was recorded on January 22, 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;AJ Super&amp;#8217;s publisher is &lt;a href="https://aethonbooks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Aethon Books&lt;/a&gt;. Their audiobooks come from &lt;a href="https://www.blackstonewholesale.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Blackstone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Visit &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/AJSuperAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;AJ Super&amp;#8217;s Patreon page&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A few non-genre authors come up in our discussion:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/foconner-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Flannery O&amp;#8217;Connor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/rcarver-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Raymond Carver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/bukowski-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Charles Bukowski&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;In particular: &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/factotum-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Factotum&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/liadog-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Love is a Dog from Hell&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/tdrunaway-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/ycp-hemingway" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Ernest Hemingway&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/fsfitz-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;F. Scott Fitzgerald&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/tgg-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Great Gatsby&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Valley,_Idaho" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Sun Valley, Idaho&lt;/a&gt;, where Hemingway is buried.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I bring up &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/jmay-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Julian May&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#8216;s work as an example of wonderful books that, due to changing social mores, may be overlooked today. &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/erb-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Edgar Rice Burroughs&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/srhomer-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;Sax Rhomer&lt;/a&gt;, too.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;That favorite &lt;a href="https://www.selznick.me/jbaldwin-az" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"&gt;James Baldwin&lt;/a&gt; quote of mine is mentioned via Octavia Butler&amp;#8217;s (likely unintentional) paraphrase.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Next episode: a solo update and news episode.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including &lt;a href="https://www.jchutchins.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;J. C. Hutchins&lt;/a&gt;, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, &lt;a href="http://www.ameliabowen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Amelia Bowen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://tedleonhardt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Ted Leonhardt&lt;/a&gt;, and Charles Eugene Anderson! I&amp;#8217;m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. &lt;a href="https://www.mattselznick.com/be-a-patron/"&gt;If &lt;em&gt;Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick&lt;/em&gt; brings you joy, become a patron&lt;/a&gt;!
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&lt;li&gt;Patrons at the Bronze tier and above receive the uncut and unedited edition of every podcast episode, including this one, which has half an hour of extra content!&lt;/li&gt;
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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&#8230; it&#8217;s a conversation with science

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&#8230; it&#8217;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&#8217; 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&#8217;s official site

Across this evergreen conversation we talk parental influence, everyone&#8217;s emo phase, writing for the ADHD reader, the negative consequences of a fast book release schedule, the ol&#8217; 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.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode

AJ Super&#8217;s publisher is Aethon Books. Their audiobooks come from Blackstone.
Visit AJ Super&#8217;s Patreon page!
A few non-genre authors come up in our discussion:

Flannery O&#8217;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&#8216;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&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;s go!
Patrons at the Bronze tier and above receive the uncut and unedited edition of every podcast episode, including this one, which has half an hour of extra content!



This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please log in! Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership.

This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.

101: In Conversation with Science Fiction Author AJ Super

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