EP 48: 2020 Wrapup (1) - Fortunus and Helevorn

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Read Fortunus Games' "Sam in New York" graphic novel here: 

https://tapas.io/series/Sam-in-New-York/info

Also on Webtoon: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/sam-in-new-york/list?title_no=501948

Read Helevorn's "Lucky Wolf" here: https://tapas.io/series/Lucky-Wolf/info

Read Helevorn's "Tales of the North" here: https://tapas.io/series/Tales-from-the-North1/info

In this episode, Helevorn and Fortunus talk about the goals they've achieved this year on Tapas with their novels and comics and as well as on this podcast. The following will be discussed:

1) Talk about what we've achieved this year - Helevorn (Lucky Wolf, started Tales of the North, which revisited old stories)

Me (Finding Sam in the summer and Sam in NYC starting in late August - which was a huge step forward since I'd never made a series for real before and I had thought making comics was too time consuming)

2) Talk about how Tapas has really helped us to expand our audience - and for me, help create a schedule which has really helped me to get the motivation I need to work on Sam in NYC. Before, I just uploaded whenever I liked, so I had no schedule, hence, I had no motivation to really work on my series.

3) Talk about what we've achieved this year with the podcast - started in August, and the themes we've covered - writing/brainstorming about our main series, various characters, themes (sexuality, romance, introvertedness, etc.) and writing short stories - what themes will we cover next year? Will potentially make short courses - will they be on Patreon? Skillshare? Some free ones on YouTube/Anchor?

4) Talk about what we want to achieve next year with our work - Helevorn - Outlaws, "Trolls" story that is starting next week for Tales of the North, and Valdis' story as well as any others you may want to revisit (Merwyn's story/novella). 

For my work - continue with Sam in NYC, and the Ink goals I've just uncovered - Book of Joel and Sam's Guide to Cold-Calling as well as the artbook featuring essays about the themes and setting of Sam in NYC

5) Talk about what we want to achieve with our podcast next year - more interviews with creators, more themes (talking about books we've read and their influence on us, character comparisons, etc.) and maybe more audiobook previews?