Episode 284 – Collaborations in AI with Elizabeth Ann West

Mark talks with Elizabeth Ann West about her writing and using AI tools such as Sudowrite for intriguing new types of collaborations.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares a comments from recent episodes, a personal update, and a word about this episode’s sponsor.

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During their conversation Mark and Elizabeth talk about:

Elizabeth’s start in indie publishing back in the “early days” of self-publishingThe Jane Austin Fan Fiction that Elizabeth writes for a livingThe panic in the writing community with the dropping of chatGPT (GPT = Generative Pre-trained Transformer)What Public Domain content is and a look at the grey area of AI generated content and copyrightChanges to Public Domain and copyright law related to Disney and Mickey MouseHow Public Domain is really important to cultureSome of the areas where AI has already been integrated into the tools we use as writers and just in generalAI as a robotic co-writer that you can lean on as an authorSudowrite and how it’s based on a UNIX command called “Super Do” and not “pseudo” making you the super userHow as the human in this equation, you are the “creative director” still responsible for all of the final writing, the research, the voice, etcHow prompts work within Sudowrite and the way authors can be very specific with themThe importance of authors being unique and creative when creating their promptsHow the AI works within the context of the most recent segment of the document an author is working withinThe idea that’s in development of performing something like a “fine tune”A bit of the tech about how “tokens” work within the technologyPlaying within “Open AI Playground”How much time a tool like Sudowrite can help writers with outlining and summarizing a chapterSimulating readers reacting to a piece of writingThe process of interviewing an AI characterThe cost structure for using SudowriteHow Elizabeth has written and released three books since Nov 2021 with the assistance of AIThe re-write function in Sudowrite that performs a “show, don’t tell” on a sentenceFeeling like a writer with super-powers by having access to these types of toolsHow Elizabeth teachers her online classes for learning how to collaborate with AIThe $99 fee that gives people access to all of Elizabeth’s “Learning AI” classes and recorded live sessions past, present, and futureElizabeth’s thoughts for writers who are nervous, anxious, or worried about the disruption that AI will bring to writingAnd more…

After the interview, Mark reflects on a few things Elizabeth said. He then shares his own recent experiment with creating a book description using chatGBT.

Links of Interest:

Elizabeth Ann West’s WebsiteElizabeth’s Courses & CoachingIntro to Collaborate With AI Tools – Outlining, Prose, & Editing (Affiliate Link)1:1 AI Consultation with Elizabeth Ann West (Affiliate Link)AI COMMUNITY #WANTK (Affiliate Link)Elizabeth’s Short Walk-Thru with Mark of SudowriteYouTube Interview/Walk-Thru about AI / Sudowrite with Joe SolariElizabeth’s 20BooksVegas Presentation – “Selling Mr. Darcy”EP 265 – Elizabeth Ann West and Randall Wood from ScribecountEP283 – Doing LSB with Amy S. PeeleSanderson Takes on AudibleApple Digital NarrationBe a guest on the Stark Reflections PodcastSuperstars Writing Seminars (Save $100 with code: STARKSSWS2023Findaway VoicesBuy Mark a CoffeePatreon for Stark ReflectionsBest Book Ever PodcastLovers Moon PodcastThe Relaxed AuthorBuy eBook DirectBuy Audiobook DirectPublishing Pitfalls for AuthorsAn Author’s Guide to Working with Libraries & BookstoresWide for the WinMark’s Canadian Werewolf BooksThis Time Around (Short Story)A Canadian Werewolf in New YorkStowe Away (Novella)Fear and Longing in Los AngelesFright Nights, Big CityLover’s MoonHex and the CityThe Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles

A Jane-of-all-trades, mistress to none! Elizabeth Ann West is the author of 12 novels and 11 novellas, 22 of which are story variations of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. Her books have won reader conference awards and hit the Historical Bestseller lists on Amazon, Kobo, and the iBooks stores multiple times. A lover of all things geeky, Elizabeth codes websites, dabbles in graphic design, and is always looking for new technology to learn and master. She teaches authors at conferences like 20Booksto50KVegas, RWA Nationals, on topics of technology and business in the digital publishing world.

The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0