Continuing on from my last post, let’s see if we can modify the prompt provided to my model to generate better content or provide additional ideas for exploring in the story. Following the output from my first prompt, I added the following: Expand on Roran’s motivation for entering into the woods. Make him much moreContinue reading “GAI & the creative process (part 2)”
Author Archives: Charlie Foxtrot
Run one ad….a PSA
This is a Public Service Announcement for any authors who run ads on Facebook or Instagram. You should know that you will start getting phishing emails within two days of the ad starting. Following the tips I got from an editor for self promotion of books, I have been cross posting these blog entries toContinue reading “Run one ad….a PSA”
Using GAI to jumpstart your creative process
There are a lot of fear mongering articles about Generative AI subverting the role of creatives such as actors, screenwriters, and other authors. While the fear is real, I’m not convinced the threat is. Rather than taking the articles against GAI at face value, I wanted to explore what the current state of the artContinue reading “Using GAI to jumpstart your creative process”
Writing a mind-worm
As authors, we all want readers to want to come back to our story to either re-read it, or to eagerly await the next tale in the series. Commercial science fiction and fantasy seem to have raised the bar for these types of engaging tales with truly epic arcs. I call them ‘mind-worm’ tales. ToContinue reading “Writing a mind-worm”
Bringing it together: Why Erotic Sci-Fi
As I’ve reviewed several mainstream sci-fi stories and looked at the themes they share with erotica and erotic science fiction, it becomes apparent that all stories that tackle complex human interaction will touch on the erotic or open doorways into more explicit encounters and thoughts. It seems to support the concept that the most erogenousContinue reading “Bringing it together: Why Erotic Sci-Fi”
Neuromancer : Erotic Sci-Fi in the Mainstream
As I previously mentioned, Erotic Science Fiction (ESF) is viewed by many as “just” porn. While some of it is or may be, much of it simply expands on themes that have been explored in mainstream science fiction as well. I like to learn from the masters, so have undertaken a review of some ofContinue reading “Neuromancer : Erotic Sci-Fi in the Mainstream”
Cosimo : Available Now
My newest novel “Cosimo” is now available on Amazon Kindle and KindleUnlimited. The story is set in the distant future after a small band of humans flee the solar system and strike out on a virgin world. Centuries after their landing, the descendants of the colony ship’s original crew rule over an empire with theContinue reading “Cosimo : Available Now”
“Xenogenesis” or “Lilith’s Brood” series : Erotic Sci-Fi in the Mainstream
As I previously mentioned, Erotic Science Fiction (ESF) is viewed by many a “just” porn. While some of it is or may be, much of it simply expands on themes that have been explored in mainstream science fiction as well. I like to learn from the masters, so have undertaken a review of some ofContinue reading ““Xenogenesis” or “Lilith’s Brood” series : Erotic Sci-Fi in the Mainstream”
Dune: Erotic Sci-Fi in the Mainstream
As I previously mentioned, Erotic Science Fiction (ESF) is viewed by many a “just” porn. While some of it is or may be, much of it simply expands on themes that have been explored in mainstream science fiction as well. I like to learn from the masters, so have undertaken a review of some ofContinue reading “Dune: Erotic Sci-Fi in the Mainstream”
Stranger in a Strange Land : Erotic Sci-Fi in the Mainstream
As I previously mentioned, Erotic Science Fiction (ESF) is viewed by many a “just” porn. While some of it is or may be, much of it simply expands on themes that have been explored in mainstream science fiction as well. I like to learn from the masters, so have undertaken a review of some ofContinue reading “Stranger in a Strange Land : Erotic Sci-Fi in the Mainstream”
