The Nuts and Bolts of Writing

This time, catch us talking about the recent roleplay, "The Well-Dressed Stranger," that we did that will be coming out on the 20th till the 25th as part of Endlessmidnightmoon's "Journal of Extras": https://tapas.io/series/The-Journal-of-Extras/info   Art of Annibale (right) and Frankie (left) is by Fortunus Games!

In this episode, @helevorn_bor and I, @fortunusgames, compare two of our characters, Ivar (from "Equilibrium Point") and Joel ("The Book of Joel," which you can read here: https://www.fortunusgames.com/current-projects ).   Both of them are cynical and skeptical towards relationships, which they find trivial, distracting, and leading to loss of control. But while Ivar is rather indifferent to...

On today's episode of @fortunusgames 's The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, @helevorn_bor discuss with @fortunusgames and @wrenby_m the process of doing historical research when you're writing a story.  This applies both to historical fiction, such as Helevorn's "Lucky Wolf" (Old Norse culture), and to fantasy, like Wren's "The House on Caple Hill" (ancient Egyptian and Celtic).   This conver...

Watch on YouTube (we browse through Tete's DeviantArt gallery): https://youtu.be/HSMusOKXyv0 Tete's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tete.depunk/ Tete's Tapas page: https://tapas.io/TeteDePunk Tete's deviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/tete-depunk/ @tete.depunk has joined Tapas this year and become rooted in the fantastic community of Tapas! To both of us, Tapas has proven a far and vastly...

Watch on YouTube (we browse through Tete's DeviantArt gallery): https://youtu.be/3PHyeXTaJcA Tete's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tete.depunk/ Tete's Tapas page: https://tapas.io/TeteDePunk Tete's deviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/tete-depunk/   Just as the title says, in this episode @tete.depunk and I, @fortunusgames will be exploring, how, despite the temptation of having a fan...

In this episode, @tete.depunk and I, @fortunusgames, talk about my character, Malka Spitzer, from my graphic novel, "The Book of Joel" (which you can read here: https://www.fortunusgames.com/current-projects).   Artwork in thumbnail is by me. It's the cover page for Chapter 4 of "The Book of Joel."  We discuss the following and more:   What does Malka find attractive about Joel? Has...

Watch on YouTube (we go through Tete's DeviantArt gallery): https://youtu.be/DaaZbS7RLMg Tete's Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tete.depunk/ Tete's Tapas page : https://tapas.io/TeteDePunk Tete's deviantArt : https://www.deviantart.com/tete-depunk/   Ardalion's character profile : https://www.fortunusgames.com/post/ardalion-mayakov   Thumbnail art is by me, @fortunusgames, and feat...

In this episode, Tete and I, Fortunus Games, talk about my character, Joel Farber, from my graphic novel, "The Book of Joel" (which you can read here: https://www.fortunusgames.com/current-projects).   Artwork in thumbnail is by me. Specifically, this is part 3 of me and @tete.depunk ’s episodes about Joel’s sexuality. In this episode, we'll talk about how Joel’s sexuality is self-contained a...

In this podcast episode, me and @helevorn_bor do a recap of the interview I had with Pure Arts Group (site: https://www.pureartsgroup.co.uk)! Last week, I had an amazing interview with Pure Arts Group about how I got started on my creative journey. We talked about the role that deviantArt and Tapas played and also discussed how my personal life affected my decision to throw myself into writing Sam...

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qduZ3SlYCeM On this episode of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, @fortunusgames and @helevorn_bor will be discussing Helevorn's novel "Equilibrium Point" for the first time!   "Equilibrium Point" began as a challenge, as an Alternative History (AU) version of Helevorn's Viking Age novel "Lucky Wolf", but then developed into a stand-alone novel set in present da...

In this episode, @fortunusgames and @endlessmidnightmoon talk about @endlessmidnightmoon's newest Tapas series, her anthology, "Seeking Lull Tides." We discuss why she decided to write this anthology and what the short stories will be about. Read/sub to "Seeking Lull Tides" here: https://tapas.io/series/seeking-lull-tides/info   Read/sub to her main series, "Beyond the Grey Skies": https://ta...

Part Two of an audio roleplay of the short story that @tete.depunk and @fortunusgames wrote for Halloween 2021, "The Soul's Landscape." Read it here . It's about what happens if Fortunus Games' Joel chooses to stay a self-denier for the rest of his life...and what happens when Tete's Kai Haldersen comes knocking on his door. Joel is from Fortunus Games' graphic novel, "The Book of Joel," which you...

Part One of an audio roleplay of the short story that @tete.depunk and @fortunusgames wrote for Halloween 2021, "The Soul's Landscape." Read it here . It's about what happens if Fortunus Games' Joel chooses to stay a self-denier for the rest of his life...and what happens when Tete's Kai Haldersen comes knocking on his door. Joel is from Fortunus Games' graphic novel, "The Book of Joel," which you...

In this episode on @nutsboltswriting.podcast, we will discover the similarities and differences between my Malka (from my graphic novel, "The Book of Joel") and @helevorn_bor’s Rannveig (from the sequel to "Lucky Wolf," "Sons of Disobedience")!   Buy "Lucky Wolf" here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRez6x8l9lr/   Read "The Book of Joel" here: https://tapas.io/series/The-Book-of-Joel/info &...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE to see us flipping through the book: https://youtu.be/9JHAkP-MILE In this episode, @tete.depunk and @fortunusgames review and flip through R.N. Roveleh (@helevorn_bor)'s first-ever hard copy novel, "Lucky Wolf"!   We discuss why we love the seemingly cold and aloof Yngvar so much, why Tete is part of the "Yngvar Protection Squad," and why the Midsummer scene in this book was...

In this episode, @helevorn_bor and I, @fortunusgames, do a character comparison of her Aidan (from "Sons of Disobedience," the sequel to "Lucky Wolf") to my Joel (from my graphic novel, "The Book of Joel").   Buy "Lucky Wolf" here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRez6x8l9lr/ Read "The Book of Joel" here: https://tapas.io/series/The-Book-of-Joel/info  @fortunusgames 's Joel from "Book of Joe...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE to see us flip through the book: https://youtu.be/QwgTbfsvJHE In this episode, @tete.depunk and @fortunusgames review and flip through @fortunusgames' hard copy of her graphic novel, "The Book of Joel: Volume One"!   This hard copy contains a beautiful introduction written by @tete.depunk (which is only available in this hard copy and on the ebook version of "The Book of Joel...

In this episode, Tete and I, Fortunus Games, talk about my character, Malka Spitzer, from my graphic novel, "The Book of Joel" (which you can read here: https://www.fortunusgames.com/current-projects ).   Artwork in thumbnail is by me. It's the tarot card of Malka as The Empress: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9mxVyW   We talk about the process I went through to develop Joel's sexual...

In this episode, Tete and I, Fortunus Games, talk about my character, Joel Farber, from my graphic novel, "The Book of Joel" (which you can read here: https://www.fortunusgames.com/current-projects).   Artwork in thumbnail is by me.   We talk about the process I went through to develop Joel's sexuality and how it is an integral part of his personality. In particular, we discuss the follo...

Read "The Enchanted Isles" by Helevorn: https://tapas.io/episode/2130584 Helevorn's Instagram: @helevorn_bor   Art in the thumbnail is by Helevorn.   Today we're analyzing one of Helevorn's short-stories called "The Enchanted Isles". Set in 10th century England it is the story about imagination, the creation of fiction, escapism, the supernatural and motherhood. The protagonists are Merw...

In this episode, @fortunusgames and @tete.depunk talk about which Tarot cards the cast of @tete.depunk's novel, "70 Fierce Years." Watch the YouTube version for visuals, since Tete walks us through her scrapbook: https://youtu.be/RmRTpbLJ80s You will learn more about the updates to the novel, such as Kirka's betrayal and how it affects Andrei, Andrei's boisterous aunt Pelegaya, and most importantl...

Read "The Linden Trees" by Helevorn on Tapas: tapas.io/episode/2073117   Helevorn's Instagram: @helevorn_bor Art in the thumbnail is by Helevorn! Today we're analyzing one of Helevorn's short-stories called "The Linden Trees". Set in 10th century Normandy, it is the story of a past relationship, of love, restraint, loyalty and time, from the perspective of an Anglo-Saxon protagonist, Ædgar. &...

Tete's Instagram: @tete.depunk Artwork in the thumbnail is a collage done by Tete using ephemera. In this episode. Tete and I, @fortunusgames, talk about how she's been working on a new story, "Union of Wave and Shore," about her characters Gerda and Kai in 19th century Norway. Now that they've been removed from their original fantasy setting (as seen in OC-training on deviantArt), Tete wants to e...

Wren's Instagram: @wrenby_m   In this episode, me and Wren talk about their upcoming graphic novel, "The House on Caple Hill," and how Tolkien influenced their work.   Art in thumbnail is from Pinterest (fair use, education) and I'm not sure who the original creator is - https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/437130707576724255/  We go through the following questions:   1) Will your grap...

In this episode, Tete and I, Fortunus Games, talk about my character, Joel Farber, from her graphic novel, "The Book of Joel" (which you can read here: https://www.fortunusgames.com/current-projects). Artwork in thumbnail is by me and is a panel from Chapter 2 of "The Book of Joel," showing Joel and Malka coming together as lovers. We talk about the process I went through to develop Joel's sexuali...