I woke this morning with this idea in my head. I have been using AI a lot for research and learning as of late (and loving it) and I pondered some on the implications of it in the creative world. It is a source of great concern to many. In my own thoughts I likened it to a tool that makes many things easier, and in some cases, possible at all. So, I gave ChatGPT a prompt, and got a response. Both follow. The prompt. Write me a short story, or a poem, I will call ‘A & I’. Base it on a person’s life from their time in the…
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The OpenAI chatbot just rocked my world.
I have been working hard to polish GOAD, the novel, as well as develop a followup game that will hopefully boost sales. Anyway, I heard about this new openAI chat bot and thought I would give it a try, interviewing Russell, one of the characters in the book. What follows is the entirety of that communication, unedited (except that I added ME and Bot tags to replace the little avatars that didn’t copy and paste). It took less than 5 minutes from start to finish. ME: for this conversation, speak to me as if you are an old man with a sense of humor and tasked to guard the world…
Rocky Horror Music Show in Ashville
This has been a long time coming. Unfortunately I did not get to attend in the end. Making the trip would have been just a bit too hard for me due to some current physical issues. I really did want to be there to support my son, Troy, AKA Frank-N-Furter. My son Nicholas, daughter Amber and her husband Russell were able to go and from what I heard, had a blast! Many thanks for the T-Shirt and stickers 🙂 I at least had the opportunity to spend some time with a few awesome grandchildren, the youngest of which plays some mean Beat Saber. That’s another post …
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G O A D – Audio preview
Presenting Chapter 1 of the soon to be released G O A D. A troubled young doctor with a dark past is sought by a mental facility in the rural hills to care for an old man everyone seems to fear. This first chapter is my own recording. I am considering doing the recording of the book myself and wanted some idea as to how it might be received. It is not here done to the professional standard it will be when released on Audible, but is, as I said, simply a test to see what others might think. I hope it is enjoyed.
The Writer’s Wrench
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Zombody gets a facelift and review
“Zombody to Love is a new idea with its own lore on zombie “life” and reason. Well worth your time.” Kurt Marquart – HorrorGeeklifecom Finally, an actual published review. It’s a hard thing, writing a book and putting it out there for the masses to poke at. A humbling experience. Lest you think Kurt’s summary above is the only good thing about it, I suggest you click the link and check it out. He didn’t like everything though. He also says “The worst I can say about this audio-book that found its way to my ears is that I don’t like the cover, and I don’t like the title.” I…
Tapper has arrived on Audible.com!
Some of you may know I wrote a screenplay called “Zombody to Love” some years ago. It was experimental. I wanted to create a character that totally sucked and nobody could root for, and then see if I could make people root for him. It really was an exercise kind of project, but boy did I have fun, especially making him a jerk. Anyway, I later used this experiment to see if I could convert the story to a short novel and publish it through Amazon. I did, although I have yet to ‘experiment’ with how to market it or make a decent cover. So now, after having tried recording…
Comfortably Numb Indeed
What needs to be said. Old guys like old bands.
