Episode 034 / Authors A.I founders J.D. Lasica and Alessandra Torre join Sara this week. Jami wasn’t able to join them for the recording. Sara, J.D., and Alessandra delved into the topic of artificial intelligence and how it can help authors. 

Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com.

Sara’s news of the week is that her audiobook went live on Audible, which is about four weeks after upload through Findaway Voices (in case listeners are attempting to time an audio release). She’s also working on rebooting a podcast that’s been fallow for years. More on that later. 

Jami’s news is that she’s looking into using an audiobook production company. Sara says she stumbled into the benefits of working with an audiobook narrator who has their own following. Jami shares about the challenge of doing audiobooks when your have characters with Texas accents.

Helpful news: 

-Findaway Voices launches retail links beta version 

-David Gaughran’s post about launching books - that post isn’t live at time of podcast upload, but check out David’s blog with tons of useful information on writing and publishing 

In this podcast episode, you’ll discover:

• J.D.’s background in journalism and how he transitioned to writing tech thrillers, inspired by living in the “start-up world” of Silicon Valley
• Alessandrea’s “boring” background in business and banking and how she shifted to writing romance and suspense
• Authors A.I.’s backstory with Matt Jockers, Ph.D., co-author of The Bestseller Code
• How the A.I., called Marlowe, reads and understands novels, and gives feedback to authors 
• Fears around A.I. and whether or not authors should be afraid of the technology  
• The difference between a human editor and Marlowe
• What level of author can use Authors A.I.
• What’s coming in the future with A.I., including how artificial intelligence can contribute book discovery and the upcoming book site for readers, BingeBooks, which is a mashup of GoodReads, Bookbub, and Netflix

Links: 

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