Season 2

Today, R. N. Roveleh, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing and co-editor of the literary magazine The Unconventional Courier , interviews writer Laura Cooney. Her short-story “Musically Challenged. Challenged ...

Today, host Imelda Wei Ding Lo (a.k.a. Fortunus Games, IG/Twitter @fortunusgames) will be interviewing author and podcaster Kyler Bingham, who hosts the podcast, “Salt Lake Dirt,” where he interviews many different creatives,...

Today, Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, will be interviewing the electrifying poet and author Indranil, who submitted his collection of respective poems to Issues 2, 3, and 5 of our literary ...

In this episode, R. N. Roveleh, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing and co-editor of the literary magazine The Unconventional Courier , interviews writer Gershom Gerneth Mabaquiao. He is a writer of fiction a...

In this episode, co-hosts of “The Nuts and Bolts of Writing,” Tete DePunk and R.N. Roveleh (a.k.a. Helevorn) analyze a movie that Fortunus Games and Tete previously discussed on this podcast: Zack Snyder’s “The Man of Steel” ...

In this episode, Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, interviews poet Ali Ashhar, who submitted several of his poems, including “Life’s Lore” to Issue 5 of our literary zine, “The Unconventional ...

In this episode, R. N. Roveleh (a.k.a. Helevorn), one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, interviews writer Ashwini Gangal. Two of her short stories have appeared in our literary magazine “The Unconventional Cou...

Hi, everyone. Today, it’s just me, Fortunus Games, the host of this podcast. Today, we’ll be talking about a topic I’ve been thinking about since last September, when I met Tete Depunk in real life for the first time and …

Host Imelda Wei Ding Lo (a.k.a. Fortunus Games) talks to author DC Diamondopolous, whose short story, “ Life with Angie ,” appeared in Issue Five of our literary zine, “The Unconventional Courier.” DC Diamondopolous is an awa...

Hi, everyone! Today, me and Tete talk about a topic that is extremely important to both of us: how to stop sexualizing our characters. For the longest time, Tete and I have been sexualizing several of our male characters. For...

Today, we have an amazing guest: writer and podcast Sarina Langer! I, Imelda Wei Ding Lo (a.k.a. Fortunus Games), have previously been on her podcast, The Writing Sparrow podcast , which is all about writing, publishing, and ...

Today, Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, will be interviewing poet and author Leslie Cairns, who submitted her poem “Family Trees”,” to Issue 2 of our literary zine, “The Unconventional Courie...

We’ve had some amazing author interviews lately, and we’re going to receiving even more. Before we dive into more interviews, however, let’s pause to talk about the importance of organization - for this podcast and for writin...

In this episode, Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, interviews writer Thomas Misuraca, who submitted his short story, “Words Enough and Time,” to Issue 6 of our literary zine, “The Unconvention...

Hi, everyone! Today, we have a guest, Cynane Shay, the author of an upcoming book about fundamentalist Christianity in the United States, “Taking Off the Tinfoil Hat.” You can find her on Instagram @taking.off.the.tinfoil.hat...

Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you are having a great time with those you love, which can be your significant other, parents, children, and other family members and friends. We will be talking about a subject that me and the oth...

Update: April 14, 2023: This episode was featured on Superstition Review's blog ! The feature also includes a never-before-seen text interview with Imelda Wei Ding Lo (Fortunus Games), the host and interviewer in this episode...

Hi, everyone! Today, we’re airing an extra episode, which is also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HrxnePtKegI This episode is not about writing, but about fundamentalist Christian homeschooling, which we’ve previously talked abo...

Fortunus Games talks about the new direction of the podcast starting this week. Season two will cover the following and more: Concise tips for writing non-escapist fiction, since many of the episodes I had previously recorded...