The Episodic w/ Michael Finney

WC Turck joins the program to discuss his writing and publishing career, the Chicago Writers podcast and affiliated association, and his new book "The Assassination of Baby Hitler".

Every 2 weeks we do a Twitter space for writers and authors, this was recorded during our last session. This time around we talked abit about cover design and how AI is aiding the process.

Join us again this week to promote your project.

Alanna Wilcox and Neal join the program to discuss their artwork, the use of artificial intelligence and putting the two together to create motion for videos.

Every 2 weeks we do a Twitter space for writers and authors, this was recorded during our last session. Join us again this week to promote your project.

On this episode, Sherry McCracken of NAX Films joins returning guest Chris Hackett to discuss their AI film program in coordination with the Entertainmint streaming platform that has sponsored a group of film creatives access to the Runway video generation platform for two months.

Every 2 weeks I host a Twitter space for writers and authors, this was recorded during our last session. Join us next time and promote your project.

Fantasy author Erik Waag joins the program to discuss his collection of books which extend the sword and sorcery genre into the 70's.

We talk about magic systems in literature, crafting audiobooks, and his career as a writer as well.

New podcast from the Twitter Space session, we talk about developing ideas on the way to creating a project

New podcast from the Twitter Space session, we talk about developing projects and incorporating illustrations

Author Brett Cain joins the program to discuss his writing, experience with publishing, and series of books about Frank Sawyer.

Spencer Cavanaugh the consultant behind Clinamenic joined the program to discuss decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) and how they utilize blockchains for governance.

Every two weeks I host a Twitter Space for writers and have started recording the sessions to offer here as podcasts. On this recording, Tery Spataro was a featured guest as a follow-up to the interview we conducted. She talks process and her back catalog of fiction work.

On this episode Keith Lea and Chris Hackett, organizers of the "Cameras Up, Guns Down" short film contest discuss their careers, how they connected to produce the competition, and the ways AI is changing filmmaking.

Tery Spataro joins the program to discuss how developments are artificial intelligence is aiding marketers and branding as well as her new book called "AI for Brands: Embracing the Future".

Have been hosting a Twitter Space every other week for folks to talk shop and promote their work. Decided to start recording this year and make them available as podcasts.

This is my first fictional short film. It's based on an extremely short story I wrote about 2 years ago. The imagery was created with Stable Diffusion and set into motion with Pika. I performed the music.

Here's a look back at what I read in 2023 as well as some thoughts about each one I completed on the list.

Included:

You Are Not a Gadget | Jaron Lanier

Color Capital of the World | John Kropf

That Hideous Strength | C.S. Lewis

Station Eleven | Emily St. John Mandel

How to Write a Book This Weekend | Vic Johnson

Writing Radar | Jack Gantos

Interlibrary Loan | Gene Wolfe

Stories That Stick | Kindra Hall

The Turquoise Serpent | Alexander Palacio

Sand County Almanac | Aldo Leopold

The Bloody Crown of Conan | Robert E. Howard

They Ask, You Answer | Marcus Sheridan

The Story Grid Universe | Shawn Coyne

How to Write a Short Story | Sarah Zachary

The Creative Act | Rick Rubin

Russell Ratcliffe the CEO of dAppling joins the program to discuss decentralized web development, storage and distribution.

The best & worst parts of our self to love in the world changing due to developments in artificial intelligence through 2023, like breaking up but still living together

Daily historical facts for the month of December

Jessica Sams began producing her art under the moniker Yolantis for the Web3 community after a successful career as a printmaker and dancer. Learn more about her ideas and where to find her next

Author T.R. Hudson joins the program to discuss his approach to writing, his new book "The Perfect & The Wicked" the followup to "Automaton", as well as his involvement with the literary mag called Double Dealer which he resurrected with two partners to publish works they like.

Daily facts for the month of November

The artist known as BLAC.ai joins the program to discuss his Syncretica project as well as his method, career, and particularly his work over the last few years using artificial intelligence tools to create his artwork.

Daily historical facts for the month of October

In this episode, new author Mark Goodwin discusses his writing career, his new book "The Bitcoin Dollar, " and his new role as the Editor-in-Chief of Bitcoin Magazine.

Daily facts fir the month of September

CEO of Augie, Jeremy Toeman joins the program to discuss how AI is making the process of video creation easier than ever.

Daily historical facts for the month of August

Rachael Brady joins the program to discuss her path to becoming a Linux-using, Python-coding Web developer as well as to talk about a few projects she is working on that have ties to the blockchain.

A daily historical fact for each of the days in July

Ellery Twining joins the program to discuss his newest record "Results" the follow up to his debut "Revenge". Listen in to hear about his process and experiences writing and recording his albums in this episode.

Daily historical facts for each day in the month of June

Alex Grin of LBRY/Odyssey and Vibecamp joins the program to discuss how those projects came to life and some of the common threads between them.