1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,880 This is MJ, I'm an author, I'm an artist, I'm an analyzer. 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,840 You can find all my work at MJMunoz.com. 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:12,480 Welcome to the Introduction, Invitation, and Expectations episode of Story Over Everything. 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,360 This is episode 000, sort of. 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:17,360 Maybe it's re-000. 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,600 Anyway, I'm just going to go ahead and read straight from my notes and hopefully this 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,920 is all cogent and coherent and helps you know exactly what you're getting into, what I'd 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:30,480 like you to get into with this project of mine that I like to call Story Over Everything. 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,360 So Introduction, I'm MJ Munoz, I'm an aspiring author who dabbles in drawing and can't seem 10 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,840 to stop analyzing the world around me. 11 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,920 I'm passionate about good stories. 12 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,480 My taste is eclectic, but the stories I love are probably tied together by the human journey 13 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:44,800 of overcoming the self. 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,800 Cool Fights help too. 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,560 mvmunoz.com is the place for all my work. 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,440 I post my analysis, art, and fiction here. 17 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,680 Story Over Everything is a production, log, and development journal of sorts to give you 18 00:00:54,680 --> 00:01:00,600 an insight into my creative process and spur me on to write more and finish ongoing projects. 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,240 The audio and video can be found here on mjmunoz.com. 20 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:08,640 A little bit of my background, I'm a self-taught writer, I'm a junior college dropout, and 21 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,720 I work for a small business in Southern California. 22 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,440 I have a beautiful wife and family and much of my time goes into them. 23 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,740 My faith is a foundational part of my life and very much informs my political perspectives 24 00:01:18,740 --> 00:01:19,740 in my writing. 25 00:01:19,740 --> 00:01:23,740 I recently described my massive Holy Heroes project as a combination of the Chronicles 26 00:01:23,740 --> 00:01:25,840 of Narnia and Marvel Comics. 27 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:31,200 Superheroes, shounen anime, tokusatsu, and the best of Star Wars are my major fictional 28 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,200 influences. 29 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:37,480 I think all that woven together by the Bible will make for some amazing stories and I want 30 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,480 to share them with the world. 31 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:46,120 I invite you to join me every week for a fresh new edition of Story Over Everything, the 32 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,800 Chronicles of an Author, Artist, and Analyzer. 33 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,680 The SOE will alternate focus each episode. 34 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,360 Skimming Leaves is a sort of book of the month feature where I will be discussing a book. 35 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,160 I will let folks know what book is coming up and provide links to it and then give everyone 36 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,440 a chance to read it before I share my thoughts and feelings on it. 37 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,480 Story Machine Episodes will feature me sharing an idea, you could call it a story prompt 38 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,160 if you want, and then sharing my progress on the books I am currently writing. 39 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,920 The workshop will allow me to dedicate time to learning myself some writing craft and 40 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:21,720 share it with you. 41 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,860 And then Topical Episodes will give me a chance to focus on one or more topics in writing 42 00:02:25,860 --> 00:02:28,800 that have caught my attention. 43 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:34,920 Expectations, full disclosure this is a reintroduction as I mentioned at the top of the episode. 44 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:38,320 Story Over Everything Episode 1 went way off the rails, clocking in at about 50 minutes 45 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,860 and sprawling beyond the scope of the segments of the old format of the show. 46 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:47,880 Story Over Everything Episodes 2-7 followed the same format as Episode 1, more or less, 47 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,960 but from SOE 8 on the show is different. 48 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,280 In fact it was not until SOE 14, which was just a few days ago, that I really found my 49 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,400 footing and figured out exactly what I want SOE to look like. 50 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,900 This is a production log after all so I will keep things as they are except the intro which 51 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:06,980 I plan to update as the need arises. 52 00:03:06,980 --> 00:03:11,120 As I love a wide range of stories I encourage you to look around and see the various media 53 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:16,160 I have analyzed and see if any of it piques your interest. 54 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:22,520 I'll share one more thing before I let pre-recorded me do the canned outro that I have here which 55 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,040 is that I don't have a studio, I don't have a dedicated room. 56 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:35,280 I'm not a nomad, I'm not, but yeah I will alternately record in a quiet place, a good 57 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:40,040 place to record, I'll record while I'm walking outside and it's windy or it's not windy 58 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,280 or there's cars rushing by or I'll record in the car when I have the chance. 59 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:49,800 So the audio quality may be all over the place but I'm here for the story and I hope you 60 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,920 are too so if you can bear with that I think we'll be okay. 61 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,640 And that's pretty much it. 62 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,400 Other than, did I already mention all the other stuff that I do? 63 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,400 I don't think I did. 64 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:06,320 Well yeah I did actually so I'll go ahead and stop right there and let canned outro 65 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,280 me take care of the rest. 66 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,840 So until next time this is MJ signing out. 67 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,440 I hope you enjoyed that. 68 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:20,240 Go to MJMunoz.com to leave any questions, comments or other feedback you might have. 69 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,000 There you can find all of my analysis, art and fiction. 70 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:29,300 I cover books, tokusatsu, comic books, anime and more. 71 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:32,960 Look around, you're sure to find something else that you'll enjoy as well. 72 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:44,400 This has been a story over everything production.