The Nuts and Bolts of Writing

Watch on YouTube. Art in the thumbnail is by Wren (Instagram: @wrenby_m).   Today, we'll be talking to Wren about their upcoming graphic novel, "The House on Caple Hill."  Watch the playlist of all of the podcasts we've recorded so far about this graphic novel. Last time, we had compared Jo with Laurel, since they are the main characters of the second book of the series, The Book of Ka.&...

Watch on YouTube . Read the full transcript . This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is the Four of Pentacles featuring Lina Williams from my graphic novel, “Sam in New York” and “Finding Sam”! The Four of Pentacles shows Lina sitting on a rock outside of a bustling metropolis (New York City). Her arms are wrapped tightly around a coin. Two more coins are beneath her feet, while anoth...

Watch on YouTube . Watch my reaction/mini-review of The Northman .  In this episode, me and Helevorn (@helevorn_bor on Instagram) review the film, "The Northman" (2022).  We explore the following and more:   Intro - 0:26  1) What were your expectations for the movie? 1:01  2) How does it compare to other English-language films and media we've seen about the Vikings, such a...

Watch on YouTube . Read the full transcript here . This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is the third card of the Suit of Pentacles, Three of Pentacles. It features Malka Spitzer from my graphic novel, “ The Book of Joel ”! The Three of Pentacles represents learning, apprenticeship, and studying.

Watch on YouTube . In this episode, @helevorn_bor and I explore two of her characters' 16Personalities quiz results - Ulf and Ivar.   These characters are from her upcoming novel, "Equilibrium Point." They're the modern equivalents of her "Lucky Wolf" characters, Eyolf and Yngvar.   We cover these questions and more:   1) What is Ulf’s personality? How about Ivar’s?   2) Let’s...

Watch on YouTube . This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is the second card of the Suit of Pentacles, Two of Pentacles. It features Joel Farber and Malka Spitzer from my graphic novel, “ The Book of Joel ”! I chose Joel as the Two of Pentacles because this card shows a young man juggling two coins. The infinity symbol links the two coins, which suggests that he can balance his energy...

Watch on YouTube . Me and Tete explore "Superman: Red Son" (2003) - the comic!  We explore the following questions:   1. Why did we start reading the Red Son comic?  2. What were our expectations?  3. What did we like the most about it? How did these positive points compare to the movie version?  4. What didn't we like about it?  5. What's our rating?   --------...

Watch on YouTube and follow along as the characters move in the Sims! In this Sims 4 roleplay, me and @tete.depunk roleplay as Malka Spitzer from my graphic novel, "The Book of Joel" (me) and Tamara (aka Tatusya) from Tete's novel, "70 Fierce Years." (Tete)   The two women talk about women's roles in society, what they think about life and death, and of course, love. Tamara turns a bit hostil...

It's the last day of Tete's vacation in Canada (where she meets Fortunus Games for the first time in person). She gives her perspective of the three cities she's visited in Canada: Toronto, Kingston, and Ottawa.

Watch on YouTube . In this episode, @endlessmidnightmoon and I talk about the story that inspired a recent shift in her writing style, "Towards the Ruin," which is part of her anthology, "Seeking Lull Tides."   Check out "Towards the Ruin" here . Check out "Seeking Lull Tides" here . Check out Endless' other works:   "Beyond the Grey Skies" "Ignite"  This story covers the revolution...

Watch on YouTube . Read the full transcript on my site. This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is the first card of the Suit of Pentacles, the Ace of Pentacles. It features Joel Farber and Malka Spitzer from my graphic novel, “ The Book of Joel ”! Like the Aces of other suits, the Ace of Pentacles symbolizes new opportunities. As you can see, a hand has suddenly appeared with a large...

Watch on YouTube . Today, we'll be talking to Wren about their upcoming graphic novel, "The House on Caple Hill."    Art in the thumbnail is by Wren (Instagram: @wrenby_m).   Watch the playlist of all of the podcasts we've recorded so far about this graphic novel. Last time, we had compared Jo with Claude, since they are the main characters of the first book of the series, The Book...

Watch on YouTube . Read the full transcript .  This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is the King of Cups featuring Joel Farber from my graphic novel, “The Book of Joel”! We're at the end of the Suit of Cups!  In its upright position, the King of Cups symbolizes diplomacy, compassion, and being emotionally balanced.  He sits on a large stone throne and seems to be looki...

Watch on YouTube . Sam, from my graphic novel, "Sam in New York," is an ENTP-A or a Debater.  This is one result that I don't agree with - yes, Sam is incredibly extroverted (it says 98% extroverted here), but he isn't obsessed with proving a point (that's a Joel thing). Sam isn't argumentative at all - he's actually quite laid back and doesn't really care about other peoples' views or his ow...

Watch on YouTube . This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is the Queen of Cups featuring Malka Spitzer from my graphic novel, “ The Book of Joel ”! We're nearing the end of the Suit of Cups! This was the first card I ever did for the Fortunus Games tarot deck. I did it all the way back in March 2021, before I had solid plans for actually finishing the tarot series. As of now, I only h...

Watch on YouTube . Today, we'll be talking to Wren about their upcoming graphic novel, "The House on Caple Hill."    Art in the thumbnail is by Wren (Instagram: @wrenby_m).   Watch the playlist of all of the podcasts we've recorded so far about this graphic novel.  In this episode, we learn that Josofín is quite cut off from her surroundings, including her family, and struggles...

Watch on YouTube . Read the full transcript on my site . This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is Knight of Cups, featuring Sam Abramov from my graphic novel, Sam in New York ! Sam is the prototypical Knight of Cups. He has always seen himself as a prince in shining armour and is extremely idealistic (at least on the surface), to the point of appearing like Don Quixote at times. In m...

Watch on YouTube . This is episode 4 of our "Golden Age Superman" series, which you can check out here . Recently, after watching The Batman 2022 and making a reaction/review video of it last week (see below for links), Tete and I thought more about Superman and why a lot of his movies aren't that well done. From her perspective, anyways. She thinks - and I would agree with her - that Superman's c...

Watch on YouTube . Read the transcript on my website . This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is the Page of Cups featuring Malka Spitzer from my graphic novel, “ The Book of Joel ”! We're nearing the end of the Suit of Cups! The Page of Cups wears a blue tunic with flowers on it and a beret with a scarf. She's holding a cup with a fish sticking out of it. The fish and the waves behin...

Watch on YouTube . This is episode 3 of our "Golden Age Superman" series, which you can check out here . Recently, after watching The Batman 2022 and making a reaction/review video of it last week (see below for links), Tete and I thought more about Superman and why a lot of his movies aren't that well done. From her perspective, anyways. She thinks - and I would agree with her - that Superman's c...

Watch on YouTube . Read transcript here . This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is the Ten of Cups featuring Joel Farber , Malka Spitzer , and their kids, Abigail and Rubin, from my graphic novel, “ The Book of Joel ”! The Ten of Cups symbolizes divine love, contentment, alignment, and familial happiness. Joel and Malka have finally decided to come together. Now they have everything...

Watch on YouTube . This is episode 2 of our "Golden Age Superman" series, which you can check out here .  Recently, after watching The Batman 2022 and making a reaction/review video of it last week (see below for links), Tete and I thought more about Superman and why a lot of his movies aren't that well done. From her perspective, anyways. She thinks - and I would agree with her - that Superm...

Watch on YouTube . Tete Depunk and I decided to make a podcast episode about why she got rid of Zindel, her newest character who was based on Golden Age Superman.   Zindel was first introduced in this episode (episode 163 on Anchor, which technically hasn't been released yet, but it's been on YouTube for months).

Watch on YouTube . Read "The Shadow Self" here . My other "The Shadow Self" Webtoon development videos:  Intro (first episode) Second episode

Watch on YouTube . Read the full transcript here .  Check out all of my Fortunus Games tarot cards here .  This week's card from the Fortunus Games tarot deck is the Nine of Cups featuring Joel Farber from my graphic novel, “The Book of Joel”!  The Nine of Cups is associated with happiness and satisfaction.  In a love reading, the Nine of Cups indicates that the relationship is...