Falstaff has the following video series appearing on YouTube available through our channel (Falstaff Books) and subchannels
(last updated March 31, 2020)
ACTIVE SERIES
5-Minute Book Reviews
Falstaff Books Best of 2019 List (December 17, 2019) – The list of the featured books is in the YouTube description area. It don’t fit here. Writers read a lot, who knew?
John’s Best Books of 2019 List (Featured books: I’m not going to list them all – just watch!) (December 30, 2019)
Review #1: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews (Amazon Link to Clean Sweep) (January 21, 2020)
Review #2: Old Bones by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Amazon link to Old Bones) (January 28, 2020)
Review #3: Strange Love by Ann Aguirre (Amazon link to Strange Love) (February 4, 2020)
Review #4: Omens by Kelly Armstrong (Amazon link to Omens) (February 11, 2020)
Review #5: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (Amazon link to Truly Devious) (February 29, 2020)
Review #6: Harley Merlin by Bella Forrest (Amazon link to Harley Merlin) (March 6, 2020)
Review #7: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Amazon link to Ninth House) (March 12, 2020)
Review #8: Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep (Amazon link to Kill the Queen) (March 20, 2020)
Review #9: Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Amazon link to Dead until Dark) (March 27, 2020)
Review #10: First Watch by Dale Lucas (Amazon link to First Watch) (April 3, 2020)
Review #11: Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (Amazon link to An Easy Death) (April 10, 2020)
Review #12: Kings of the Wyld (Amazon link to Kings of the Wyld) (April 17, 2020)
Review #13: Neon Prey (Amazon Link to Neon Prey) (April 24, 2020)
Review #14: Deep Storm (Amazon Link to Deep Storm) (May 15, 2020)
10 Things I Hate About Your Writing (John Hartness)
Episode #1: Copulas (March 5, 2019)
Episode #2: Your Book Is Too Long! (September 10, 2019)
Episode #3: World Building & Your Underwear (October 14, 2019)
Episode #4: Start Strong (October 21, 2019)
Episode #5: Submission Guidelines are Important! (November 4, 2019)
Episode #6: You Pitch Sucks! (November 26, 2019)
Episode #7: Repetition, Sentence Structure, and Adverbs (December 2, 2019)
Episode #8: Crutches & Filters (December 23, 2019)
I Hate About Publishing Paid Reviews (January 6, 2020)
I Hate About You(r Twitter Pitch) (January 27, 2020)
Book Babble (John Hartness and Melissa McArthur)
Introduction (November 28, 2019)
Episode 1: Talley Johnson (Featured book: Lovecraft Country: A Novel by Matt Ruff) (December 5, 2019) – Talley Johnson has published Creek Walking through Falstaff.
Episode 2: J. Elliott (Featured book: Monkey Mind) (December 12, 2019)
Episode 3: Christopher Ruocchio (Featured book: Howling Dark) (December 19, 2019)
Episode 4: Michael Livingston (Featured book: Shards of Heaven – among others) (December 26, 2019)
Episode 5: Alexander G.R. Gideon (Featured book: Temporarily Deactivated – among others) (January 2, 2020) – Alexander G.R. Gideon has a forthcoming book through Falstaff in 2020.
Episode 6: Cheralyn Lambeth (Featured book: Twas Halloween Evening: A Tale of the Zombie Apocalypse) (January 9, 2020)
Episode 7: Myke Cole (Featured book: Sacred Throne series and many more) (January 16, 2020)
Episode 8: Darin Kennedy (Featured book: Queen’s Peril) (January 23, 2020)
Episode 9: Jason Gilbert (Featured book: Wolfbane) (January 30, 2020)
Episode 10: Dave Harlequin – an indie filmmaker (Featured film: The Devil’s Lettuce II: Edible Evil) (February 6, 2020)
Episode 11: Patrick Dugan (Featured series: Storm Forged: The Darkest Storm) (February 13, 2020)
Episode 12: Emily Lavin Leverett (Featured book: Check, Please! Book #1: Hockey) (February 20, 2020)
Episode 13: Misty Massey (Featured book: The Lies of Locke Lamora) (February 27, 2020)
Episode 14: Samantha Bryant (Featured series: Menopausal Superheroes) (March 5, 2020)
Episode 15: Shawnee Small (Featured book: A Darker Shade of Magic) (March 12, 2020)
Episode 16: Sharon Rice Weber (Featured series: Honorverse) (March 19, 2020)
Episode 17: JD Jordan (Featured book: Calamity and The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August) (March 26, 2020)
Episode 18: Les Gould (Featured book: Adam Initiative) (April 2, 2020)
Episode 19: Jim Nettles (Featured book: Business Essentials for Writers) (April 3, 2020)
Episode 20: Margaret McGraw (Featured book: Predators in Petticoats) (April 16, 2020)
Episode 21: A J Hartley (Featured Book: A Wizard of Earthsea and Shakespeare and Geek Culture) (April 23, 2020)
Episode 22: David B Coe (Featured Book: Tigana and Galactic Stew) (April 30, 2020)
Episode 23: Deb Dixon (Featured Books: Daughter of the Blood and Chicago Manual of Style) (May 7, 2020)
Episode 24: Ed Schubert (Featured Book: On the Beach and Wired for Story) (May 14, 2020)
Episode 25: Richard Kadrey (Featured Books: Sandman Slim and Blood Meridian) (May 21, 2020)
Episode 26: Jean Marie Ward (Featured Books: The Thin Man and Maltese Falcon) (May 28, 2020)
Episode 27: Elisa Hansen (Featured Books: Phantom of the Opera) (June 4, 2020)
Episode 28: Nancy Northcott (Featured Books: The Herald of Day) (June 11, 2020)
Episode 29: Faith Hunter (Featured Book: Law of the Wild (under Gwen Hunter name)) (June 18, 2020)
Book Trailers (Various Authors)
Harker Video Ad by John Hartness (November 20, 2017)
Zombies Ate My Homework by John Hartness (April 25, 2018)
Onliest by J. Daniel Blatt (Featured Book: Onliest) (December 6, 2018)
Editing Rants (Erin Penn – subchannel, will need to subscribe separately if you like these)
Season 1, Episode 1: Beginnings (Featured book: We Are Not This: Carolina Writers for Equality) (November 2019)
Season 1, Episode 2: Distances (Featured book: The Company of Death) (December 2019)
Season 1, Episode 3: Types of Editing (Featured book: This Giant Leap) (January 2020)
Falstaff Spotlight
A Fall in Autumn (March 24, 2020)
Bubba the Monster Hunter Season 1 (March 31, 2020)
Misguided Angel (April 7, 2020)
The Doomsayer Journeys (April 14, 2020)
Harker Year One (April 21, 2020)
The Curse of Billy the Kid Part 1 and Part 2 (May 5, 2020)
The Devil’s Been Busy (May 12, 2020)
Reenu-You (May 19, 2020)
The Long Con / Show Reports
Episode 1: Scarefest in Asheville NC (October 2018)
Episode 2: Spooky Empire in Orlando FL (October 2018)
Episode 3: Muggles Market in Charlotte NC (November 2018)
Episode 4: Authors Invade Columbia in Columbia SC (November 2018)
Episode 5: CONjuration in Atlanta, GA (November 26, 2018)
Episode 6: Atomcon in Charleston SC (December 12, 2018)
Episode 5 (the real one this time!): CONjuration (with Judy Black) (December 13, 2018) – Judy Black has published the Cabinet of Aberrations series through Falstaff.
Episode 7: Charlotte Comicon (December 23, 2018)
Illogicon 2019 Show Report (January 16, 2019)
Show Report MarsCon & Heroes MiniCon (February 4, 2019)
Con Tagion 2019 Pre Show Sneak Peek (February 10, 2019)
Con Tagion 2019 Show Report (March 5, 2019) – Falstaff hosted their first convention!
SC Comicon Show Report (March 13, 2019)
The Long Con: How to be a Convention Panelist (August 19, 2019)
The Long Con: What Goes into Exhibiting at a Convention? (November 11, 2019)
Special Statements
Falstaff Crush Statement on the RWA (January 24, 2020)
Storytellers
Storytellers #1 – A.J. Hartley – Impervious (April 23, 2020) (Featured Book: Impervious)
Storytellers #2 – Emily Lavin Leverett – The Wolf in the Cloister (April 29, 2020) (Featured Book: The Wolf in the Cloister)
Storytellers #3 – J D Blackrose – Pluck & Cover (May 6, 2020) (Featured Book: Pluck & Cover)
Storytellers #4 – Michael G. Williams – All the Pomp of Earthly Majesty (May 13, 2020) (Featured Book: All the Pomp of Earthly Majesty)
Storytellers #5 – Tamsin Silver – The Curse of Billy the Kid (May 20, 2020) (Featured Book: The Curse of Billy the Kid)
Storytellers #6 – Patrick Dugan – Storm Shattered (May 27, 2020) (Featured Book: Storm Shattered)
Storytellers #7 – Chris A Jackson – Dragons of Boston (June 4, 2020) (Featured Book: Dragons of Boston)
Storytellers #8 – Gail Z. Martin (June 10, 2020)
Storytellers #9 – Natania Baron (July 16, 2020)
Videos from Falstaff Authors Reading Their Books (Various)
Author Readings Page – click here
Writing Life
Q&A Vid January (February 3, 2018)
Bubba Q&A Septembers for Patrons (February 3, 2018) – Bubba takes over the microphone. (You know that Hartness has an theatre degree right?)
Episode 1 (October 25, 2018)
Episode 2 (November 13, 2018)
Episode 3: Publishing Q&A (December 18, 2018)
Episode 4: Stupid Publisher Tricks (January 10, 2019)
When Good Authors Go Bad – Why I deleted my novel and started over (June 3, 2019)
Five Free Ways to Promote Your Book (September 30, 2019)
The Writing Life: Contracts and Copyright Stuff (October 28, 2019)
NaNoWriMo is BS & Writer’s Block is a Myth (November 18, 2019)
The Writing Life: Practicing What I Preach (November 20, 2019)
The Writing Life: When Life Gets in the Way of Writing (December 9, 2019)
Writing Life: Vanity Press Scams (December 16, 2019)
Why Indie Authors Don’t Need Print Books (January 14, 2020)
Conventions Part 1 (February 3, 2020)
Real Talk (March 2, 2020)
Working from Home (March 23, 2020)
Writing While the World Burns (March 30, 2020)
How to Get Free and Cheap eBooks (April 6, 2020)
Inspirations, John Prine, and A Poetry Reading (April 13, 2020)
Transitioning to Writing Full Time (April 20, 2020)
How the Money Works (May 4, 2020)
INACTIVE SERIES
Literate Liquors (Developed out of a podcast)
Literate Liquors Episode 1 (May 25, 2012) – Wow is Hartness young here! We (Falstaff Staff) may have aged him a bit.
Literate Liquors Episode 2: James Tuck (Featured book & liquor: Blood & Bullets w/ Southern Comfort or moonshine) (June 5, 2012)
Literate Liquors Episode 3: Faith Hunter (Featured book & liquor: Jane Yellowrock series w/ Manhattan Ice Tea) (June 27, 2012)
Literate Liquors Episode 4: D.B. Jackson (Featured book & liquor: Thieftaker series w/ wee drab of Irish whiskey )(July 2, 2012)
Literate Liquors Episode 5: Misty Massey (Featured book & liquor: Mad Kestrel w/ Kraken or Cruzan Black Strap rum) (July 19, 2012)
Literate Liquors Episode 6: Lauren “Scribe” Harris (July 26, 2012)
Literate Liquors Episode 7: A.J. Hartley (Featured book & liquor: Macbeth: A Novel w/ old-school scotch) (August 15, 2012) – A.J. Hartley books through Falstaff are: Act of Will and Will Power.
Literate Liquors Episode 8: Richard Kadrey (Featured book & liquor: Sandman Slim series w/ Jack Daniels FTW) (September 18, 2012)
Literate Liquors Episode 9: Janice Hardy (Featured book & liquor: The Healing Wars series w/ honey bourbon with ginger ale) (December 18, 2012)
Literate Liquors Episode 10: Brandon Sanderson (Featured book & liquor: A Memory of Light (no booze because Mormon)) (January 4, 2013)
Literate Liquors Episode 11: Jay Requard (June 3, 2014) – Jay Requard books through Falstaff are War Pigs and Thief of Destiny: The Collected Saga of the Panther.