The Nuts and Bolts of Writing

Watch on YouTube to see me and Tete cosplaying as Zhuel and Malka from Tete's Tapas novel, "Scale, Blood, and Bone"!  @tete.depunk and I dress as Malka and Zhuel respectively while talking about how she's grown through her Tapas novel, "Scale, Blood, and Bone"! You can read it here: https://tapas.io/series/Scale-Blood--Bone/info

Watch on YouTube . @tete.depunk from Instagram talks about how she's decided to oust one of her characters, Kai from "Death and the Midwife" and "Union of Wave and Shore."    Working with him was more trouble than it was worth, she says, so getting rid of him has actually been a relief for her. Now she can wholly focus on Andrei from "70 Fierce Years."

Watch on YouTube . Read the full transcript here . Instagram: @fortunusgames   Check out all of my finished Tarot Cards here: https://www.fortunusgames.com/post/sam-in-new-york-tarot-cards The third video in my Tarot Explanation series!   Here’s a breakdown of the second card of the Major Arcana, The Magician.  I explain the symbolism behind it and why I chose Sam for my version of...

Watch on YouTube . In this episode, @tete.depunk and I (@fortunusgames) talk about a book we've both read, "From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts" by S.A. Nigosian.    We covered the following:  -How the book fleshed out Biblical texts and other Near Eastern ancient texts and mythos.  -How I first came across the book in university   -How @tete.depunk reacted to the book a...

READ "BEYOND THE GREY SKIES" ON TAPAS: https://tapas.io/series/beyond-the-grey-skies/info  ENDLESSMIDNIGHTMOON's WEBSITE: https://www.endlessperiodicals.com/   ENDLESSMIDNIGHTMOON on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endlessmidnightmoon   In this episode, me and @endlessmidnightmoon will be talking about the writing style of her @tapas_app novel, “Beyond the Grey Skies”!  We...

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SFP7AXOkhkg Soviet Superman Kills Comrade Stalin: https://youtu.be/CajjpdHYneM   Me (IG: @fortunusgames) and @tete.depunk react to "Soviet Superman Kills Comrade Stalin"!   For more discussions about characters (both our own and from franchises), check out our podcast, "The Nuts and Bolts of Writing."   You can follow our podcast on YouTube: https:...

To kick off the New Year, we Yet again continue with our podcasting streak! In this podcast, we explore the character of Clark Kent/Superman and his relationship with the striking and iconic character of Lois Lane. We explore comparisons with the iconic Man of Steel with the likes of Captain America, as well as exploring the different aspects of what makes Clark and Lois' relationship so strong, d...

Watch on YouTube ! To kick off the New Year, we Yet again continue with our podcasting streak! In this podcast, we explore the character of Clark Kent/Superman and his relationship with the striking and iconic character of Lois Lane. We explore comparisons with the iconic Man of Steel with the likes of Captain America, as well as exploring the different aspects of what makes Clark and Lois' relati...

On YouTube . On Instagram . Description written by @helevorn_bor:   Happy New Year, everyone!!! 🥂🍾🎊 I hope you've all had a wonderful start of 2022! 😊   I'm talking today to @fortunusgames about what I've accomplished in 2021 - what I've been writing and illustrating, as well as the book that I've published traditionally, "Lucky Wolf"! I'm talking about the publishing process and why...

Watch this on YouTube ! Read the full transcript here . From @fortunusgames :   Check out all of my finished Tarot Cards here: https://www.fortunusgames.com/post/sam-in-new-york-tarot-cards   Happy New Year, everyone! 🥳   Here’s a breakdown of the first (though it depends!) card of the Major Arcana, The Fool. I explain the symbolism behind it and why I chose Sam for my version...

Watch this on YouTube ! Read the full transcript of this video here . Thank you so much for supporting my work this year! Here’s a breakdown of the last card of the Major Arcana, The World. I explain the symbolism behind it and why I chose Sam and Lina for my version of it. Sam and Lina are characters from my @tapascommunity #graphicnovels , “ Sam in New York ” and “ Finding Sam .” Read “Finding S...

Endlessmidnightmoon 's description: A full episode talking about my New Year's Resolution for 2022 and what I learned in 2021.

Description written by Tete. Depunk : Happy New Year 2022! Happy New Year to everyone! Happy New Year to all our awesome friends, our awesome supporters, and everyone else who has helped us journey through this remarkable path of this year! As we venture into the New Year, we intend to explore further and deeper, while realizing many of our ambitions!! We hope that you guys have many wonderful pro...

Art and description by Tete. Depunk : Tonight, we yet again continue our stream of live podcasting!! What better way to celebrate the last of the holidays than withen with a week of podcasting? In this podcast, we explore the differences between my old character Natalia, versus the newer reincarnation, Tamara, from "70 Fierce Years". We discuss not only the differences but the similarities in many...

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lz7eVzVmnvM @tete.depunk and I, @fortunusgames , explore Liyue Harbour in Genshin Impact while me and Tete talk about worldbuilding for fantasy series, including her fantasy series on Tapas, "Scale, Blood, and Bone."  You can read it here: https://tapas.io/series/Scale-Blood--Bone/info   Shoutout to @endlessmidnightmoon for inspiring us to think more ab...

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qqskn4VD_lo @tete.depunk and I, @fortunusgames, try something totally new - podcasting while gaming! Here, I explore Stormterror's Lair in Genshin Impact while me and Tete talk about worldbuilding for fantasy series, including her fantasy series on Tapas, "Scale, Blood, and Bone."  You can read "Scale, Blood, and Bone" here: https://tapas.io/series/Scale-Blo...

On YouTube: https://youtu.be/L8dleAAjs5c @tete.depunk and I, @fortunusgames, try something totally new - podcasting while gaming! Here, I explore Mondstadt in Genshin Impact while me and Tete talk about worldbuilding for fantasy series, including her fantasy series on Tapas, "Scale, Blood, and Bone."  You can read it here: https://tapas.io/series/Scale-Blood--Bone/info

@tete.depunk and I recorded our third podcast today, and it’s about Malka’s Sexuality! We continue from where we left off last time in “Malka’s Sexuality (1),” and make the following points: -Malka wants to be consumed by Joel’s dark, intense, and mysterious allure. As Tete put it, she is the white swan being swallowed by the storm. She is the maiden seeking the truth about the world. -Malka has a...

Description written by Tete. Depunk: Our 2nd Podcast of the night, we discuss the origins origins of my character, Kai Tomassen, from my upcoming novel, "Death and the Midwife". Because of this character's elusive nature and sparse communication (and my own stubborn, immature lack of communication with Kai), unfortunately, he became unwittingly attached to an entirely different character, the char...

In this episode, Fortunus Games and Tete review "And Quiet Flows the Don"! We explore the virtues and shortcomings of this literary masterpiece, including why it is a great political and social epic, but also why it sometimes falls flat concerning full and complete characterization lacking. We also draw comparisons to the development of Tete's novel, "70 Fierce Years", which deals with the same su...

Description written by Tete. Depunk: Merry Christmas to all! As stated on @nutsboltswriting.podcast , and at @Fortunusgames ' Instagram, we are gifting you guys with full podcasts on Instagram live that you can watch right here on IG! Our 3rd and final Podcast for Christmas Day deals with writing about my character, Kai Tomassen, and the development of his own sexuality. The artwork of Kai in the...

This is the second episode with @tete.depunk for this #christmas night! Listen to the whole podcast here! We will also be posting this to our usual platforms later tonight and tomorrow. In this episode, we talk about how Joel’s sexuality evolved, how he compares to Philip Roth’s characters like Portnoy, Nathan, and Henry, and Tete’s characters, Andrei and Tatusuya. Highlights: -with Joel, I wanted...

Merry Christmas! 🎄 One of our Christmas gifts to you this year is a series of FULL podcasts we are releasing on Instagram (and on the other usual platforms)! The first podcast is about #literaryfiction and how some of these books can help us determine the voice of a character. We talk about Romantic authors like Herman Melville, Jules Verne, Soren Kierkegaard, and modern authors like Philip Roth...

One of the podcasts me and @tete.depunk are recording this Christmas Eve and Christmas!  We talk about our achievements this year, especially how we: -changed our creative habits,  -started using @tapascommunity more, which helped us to “get off our asses and start writing,”  -stopped relying on surges of inspiration, and  -started disciplining ourselves to do more every day.&n...

On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZikAfMVfio In this episode, we'll be talking about how @tete.depunk did her research for "70 Fierce Years" (Andrei's story) and "Union of Wave and Shore" (Kai and Gerda's story).    The questions we'll be covering today:   For "70 Fierce Years":  1. When did you first get the idea for 70 Fierce Years?  2. When did you start gath...