The Episodic w/ Michael Finney

In this session, we break down short stories - the benefits, structure, craft and obstacles.

In this session, Hans Schantz discusses the Based Books Sale, reviewing last year’s performance as well as what is to come in 2026. We also give some airtime to the  Relics  anthology project that is currently curating submissions. Lastly, he gives us an update on his next installment of Fields & Energy .

In this session, we discuss project updates, marketing and promotional tactics for books, as well as crowdfunding like Kickstarter campaigns.

In this session, we begin a new series of discussions about pursuing the craft of filmmaking from the indie perspective by outlining the basics of production, format, and distribution.

Author John Van Stry joins the podcast to discuss how he pivoted his career from engineering to writing, as well as to talk about his new release, Lock & Load (Valley of Fire Book 3) from Raconteur Press.

In this session, we discuss what makes for a successful continuation to a story in the form of both sequels and prequels, and how they fail...

In this session, we give updates on our personal projects, discuss the art of querying submissions, and announce the "Relics" anthology of short stories we are curating with the Based Book Sale!

Author Robert Dean returns to the program with updates on the last two years of his writing career and to discuss his newest release, "Red Eye" from Anxiety Press.

In this session, we discussed successes and failings in 2025 as well as plans for 2026. It’s a brand new year for writers to make the turn into authors or for established authors to build their catalog and audience.

In this episode, the Raconteur Press team of owner Ian "LawDog" McMurtrie , illustrator Cedar Sanderson, and senior editor Mike Burke join the podcast to discuss the evolution of their indie mission and what we can expect from the publisher through 2026. Connect with the hosting author and filmmaker at ⁠https://michael-finney.com

The final session from 2025. We talk about accomplishments from 2025 and plans for 2026 as well as the state of traditional publishing and how Indie authors can grow.

In this episode, author Bowen Greenwood joins the program to discuss his publishing career, philosophy on writing, and the release of his newest book, "Seer's Blade".

We're counting down the last days of the year, I figured it was time to get this knocked out since it was unlikely that I would get anything else finished before the end of December.

In this episode, author Tim McKay joins the program to discuss his work as a writer and editor, the philosophy on the craft (which he also teaches), and, of course, his book releases that include audiobook renditions he produces himself.

This episode delves into the logistics of distributing paperback books, e-books, and audiobooks for self-publishing.

In this session, going wide, suspension/terminations on KDP and ACX, wrapping up 2025 projects and looking forward to 2026, storytelling and mythology.

Author Isaac Young joins the program to discuss his approach to writing, his creative career and philosophy, and his audio series "The Last Human".

In this session, we discuss working on writing projects in phases, staging marketing and materials, world-building, and the creative well.

In this session, author and designer Rian Stone joins to discuss how aspects like cover design and typography of your book creates a thorough reading experience for your audience.

This session gets into the economics of working with KDP for hardbacks, specifically in regards to releasing Daily Historical Facts. Dealing with laying out a manuscript with a lot of pictures and coordinating audiobook releases.

Author Graham Bradley joins the program to discuss his writing career and new release, Fossil Force, which is out now on Raconteur Press.

This session hits some news, project development across the media spectrum that starts with the written word, and the release program for the remainder of the year.

This workshop has updates on our work and gets into sourcing and applying beta readers and beta listeners to the material we are preparing for release.

We discuss design and formatting, particularly the staging of releases over time including ebooks, paperbacks, hardbacks, and audiobooks.

In this episode, author David W. Berner joins the program to discuss his career in media and how he became an author, as well as the publishing industry and his new release "Garden Tools" (a poetry collection).