The Sun Will Soon Arise

Years and years ago, I used to write novels with my partner, Jonathan.  In fact, we even put one out long ago on Amazon, not that it ever sold a solitary copy, I might note, but still.. And yes, we did it under a nom de plume. Don’t get me started on the cover art I did *shudder.* Well, this was before the days of accessible AI, so I get a bit of a pass!

But I digress.

I was having so much fun with prompts for Suno, I thought I would tinker with ChatGPT to see if I could get some inspiration for a new novel.  I, of course, got all emotional because going back and forth with AI about crafting a world really took me back to my days creating endless worlds, vistas and characters with Jonathan.

I think we ended up writing like four novels and a screenplay. We even got a good nibble from an agent on one of the novels – a Supernatural Romance novel with a mummy as a love interest.. not as gross as it sounds, at least not the way we crafted him lol.

Anywho, I was never great at plot (more of a character/world builder), so Jonathan filled out that for me while I helped him with what my strengths were. We made a good team. Not to say there weren’t some heated head-butting sessions over stuff, but it was fun. More importantly, it really drew us together, first as friends and later as so much more. 

So, coming to today, I have to say AI really gave me some direction tonight. I haven’t felt this energized about crafting a story in a long time. Will it go anywhere? Probably not, but it is a lot of fun and good for my soul… makes me oddly feel connected to him. Maybe this is his way of still helping me out from beyond the grave, heh. I am just being silly, but it certainly is bittersweet to start creating again, without him.

So below is a little taste of what I am starting to try and build. It’s going to be a big project… if I were to see it to any kind of fruition. At least working on this has got to be a better use of my time than doomscrolling and watching way too much TV and news! (Better for my mental well being too lol)

The woman below (to the right) is the protagonist of the novel Isolden Nightvale. The AI song fits the plot. 

I am burning through so many credits between ChatGPT, CoPilot and Suno haha