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.