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@robopulp's avatar

fascinating to see how grungy the beginnings of pulp where. it goes to show how a tiny improvement can bring big results.

Sara Light-Waller's avatar

So the question for us today is…what’s the next “tiny” imporvement?

@robopulp's avatar

Great question! It's something I've been wondering indirectly when I see people doing horror stories on this platform and others by mixing digital tools in innovative ways.

Sara Light-Waller's avatar

It's worth watching. I'm not making many guesses, yet. Except I expect virtual reality tech to hit a whole new level. Good? Bad? I don't really know. Perhaps it'll change the indie publishing world. What if the next advance for us indies is a step beyond audio books? What if it's AI movies of our books? We'll see.

@robopulp's avatar

I think AI filmmaking is just about there. Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is supposed to be developing an AI series for one of the streaming services, and Roger Avary was quoted as saying that he couldn't get funding for films till he announced an AI production company.

I myself am curious about CYOA in an interactive way, perhaps starting with standard choices to set up your own adventures, and in time you can customize your adventures by creating them yourself, as dangerous as you want them to be.

William Emmons's avatar

I really like what I have read of Mike Ashley's work.

Sara Light-Waller's avatar

He’s good and a reliable source.

Patrick Abbott, Sci-Fi Author's avatar

I loved this short 101. The dime novel era had some wonderful tales of imagination.

Sara Light-Waller's avatar

Thanks! I’ve wanted to do something like this for a while and am glad to have finally gotten it off the ground. :)