Steph and Jeff Writes

Jeff here - Travel day. Begjnning of my 3-ish day train trip. Hopefully I'll get a lot of writing done. Will Amtrak deliver another pleasant experience? Or will I wish I'd flown... naw. Avoiding the concentrated annoyances of flying is a solid positive. #travelsky (is that a thing? Now it is.)

American Legends - Free League Publishing | Free League Work Shop | DriveThruRPG American Legends is the latest module in my American Vaesen series. In it, you will find statistics, background, and adventure ideas for six unique figures from American mythic history, Vaesen who hav...

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Which might sound like a heavy lift, but I have a week-long train trip coming up, so i plan on getting a lot of writing done. Anyway, here's a link to American Legends, my latest #Vaesen #TTRPG module. Buy the base game - it's great - and then buy my modules. They're great as well.

Jeff here - Took a few days off after getting the last game module out. Next up - scripts for the YouTube series i'm working on (which starts filming in August) and the first twelve chapters of the next novel - the first in a series about witches in 1940s Hollywood - by the end of the month.

Jeff here - this is my latest #Vaesen module, American Legends.

Jeff here - A bit of happy news. I'm on track to complete my next #Vaesen #TTRPG module, American Legends, on schedule for release this Friday. If you are a gamer and want to get into a fist-fight with Uncle Sam or help John Henry bring down capitalism, check it out.

Jeff here - started the day on my other feed with George Owell... works here as well.

fair use requires creative or some other transformative action on the source material that serves the public interest. Using it to help a series of pattern matching algorithms make tech bros billions while zeroing out knowledge workers and creatives doesn't seem to fit this. IMHO, OC. 2/2

#AI

Anthropic wins key ruling on AI in authors' copyright lawsuit A federal judge in San Francisco ruled late Monday that Anthropic's use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was legal under U.S. copyright law.

Jeff here - a Federal judge in San Fran said it was fine for the AI slop-factory Anthropic to use copy-written material without permission or compensation to feed our computer overlords. The judge bought the fair use argument, even though... 1/2

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Jeff here - Been radio silent for the last few days, mostly because I've been trying not to doom-spiral over Trump taking us to war with Iran. However, deadlines & the creative urge can only be put off for so long. Still on track for next week's American Legends Vaesen module release. #Vaesen #TTRGP

Oh, this is Jeff. Not sure what Steph is up to. Something about retrieving the Glaive... I think she might be Krulling this summer.

Writing update - progress is being made on the YouTube front. Should be able to start releasing regular videos in a few weeks. On the game module front, hit a minor snag (self-doubt, the writer's worst enemy... that and semi-colons), but am back on track for American Legends to be out on July 4.

I'm looking at using animation instead of being on camera, both to make eps more visually interesting. Not that my collection of facial tics isn't interesting...

Jeff here - So, in writing and creative news, I'm making good progress on the next episodes of Script Slayers. The format will be a bit different. Due to some scheduling issues, you'll just get to hear my soothing voice. Steph will still be involved in the writing.

I've done some work on gAI output analysis. Based on that experience, I would never use this tech for anything even remotely resembling therapy. Unfortunately, this is probably something that is inevitable.

Now, if if you want to talk about the use of A1...

#AI

YouTube video by BBC News I tried an AI therapist. Does it actually work? | BBC News

Jeff here - not a writing thing, but I am interested in AI and what it means to various aspects of our lives. And yes, that includes writing and art, things near and dear to me. But, this BBC piece is about the use of AI in therapy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9A-...

I love a good board game to play with friends and get away from all the screens. Recently played Settlers of Catan and crushed it!

Jeff here - got my new writing table set up on the balcony. I am happier about this than I have been about any table in the past 😄

We’ve been rewriting some mediocre films in preparation for more Script Slayers YouTube videos. Just rewrote Uglies last night. It felt like this movie would have landed better if it came out in earlier 2000. Its themes of a society obsessed with looks and screens came about a decade too late.

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But then it is off to the races. Looking forward to getting all this stuff out of my head and onto a page (well, digital file... buy you get the idea).

#Writing

Jeff here - Finally wrapped up the outline for my next novel. Should have been done about a month ago... but better late than never. Now, a little more research, a few mods to character arcs and a few decisions to make with world-building (I have some decisions to make about how magic works)... 1/2

View from a balcony of the Potomac River. Laptop and iPad on a table in the foregrpund.

Today's work station... balcony with a (sort of) view of the Potomac. In DC/North Virginia, we're still in the pre-swamp weather, so I'm enjoying it. But the swamp is coming. It always does. #writing

Jeff here - writing goals for this week are 1) continue research for the next #Vaesen module and 2) tinker with the outline for the next novel in light of some research I did for that last week. Pretty doable… he said before the usual distraction storm began. #writing

Jeff here - Today is a scheduled Mandatory Fun Period. The snacks will be eaten, the drinks will be… drinkened (am I writer, dammit, I can do what I want with English), the games will be played, and no fucks will be given. These are the rules of MFP and they must be obeyed. 🙂

#YouTube #MovieReview #AlienRomulus #SciFi

YouTube video by Steph and Jeff Writes Script Slayers - Alien: Romulus - No love for Remus, I guess...

The first episode of our new YouTube series - Script Slayers - is out. In this episode, Steph and I review and rewrite Alien Romulus, fixing the issues we had with the screenplay. Check it out and subscribe - we plan on doing a few of these every month. youtu.be/syYZcQF-NdU

#YouTube #MovieReview #AlienRomulus #SciFi

Jeff here - Working on the first episode of our new YouTube channel, Script Slayers. It's based on our podcast of the same name (on Spotify). Steph and I review and rewrite movies that have script problems. Check back for more updates. Like, "hey, here's our new video - go watch it." #filmsky

After a 6 month break where we focused on our Curia Chronicles book, we will be relaunching our Script Slayers movie review and rewrite show but with a new twist. For Season 3 of Script Slayers, we’ll be posting these episodes on YouTube in addition to our podcast. Stay tuned!

Spending the day with Curia Chromicles marketing (boring) and shooting the first episode of our new YouTube series, Script Slayers. In this series, we review and script doctor movies that need an intervention.