Hey Creators, Y'all! I stumbled across something verrrry interesting...$7 Billion Micro Movie/Story Empire! So, by now, since summertime you should have heard me ranting, raving and posting about my latest project I called my micro-stories...bedtime stories for adult women. Just by chance, if you believe in chance, a video crossed my YT feed about the new $7 BILLION dollar mini-movie trend! I actually noticed these on the Tok that I mentioned back in summer and how expensive these were. But they are very addictive as well as costly. I had NO IDEA people and companies have been $7 Billion on these ALREADY! So, although my stories are just written and audio...I've been testing out different audio versions the past months with chapters from the longer stories yet still shorter than a full book because I was thinking of making an audio book and seeing what it would take from a production standpoint as well as a credit stand point because I'm using AI for the voices. In my last version I created a complete short story with a 3 Act structture...beginning, middle and end to see how an entire story would sound. I set this one in Florence, Italy. OMG! It came out great. That was just a test I did a month ago. But now, I have new eyes since these micro stories are a hit with Gen Zers! That generation has the attention span of an ant! But that may work in my favor. What was once a test run can actually be a viable project! It's the return of the serial story on radio...eh em...computer radio! Spotify and patreon and YT and the like. I'm still seeing how to use AI to create visuals but that still takes a LOT OF credits and sometimes I do not like the first results. I've tried 3 different platforms already. The AI tech isn't there yet. And it's too expensive for do-overs. BUT in the meantime, it would be easier and cheaper to just create some still images to flow with the audio. That may work even if people are just listening. These stories are ten minutes or less so I would only need about 5 to 10 beautiful images to capture the essence of the story...that's where I will be in the rabbit hole this weekend.

Hey Creators, This grant only asks for your website! So, if they like what's on your website you just may win! Deadline is Oct 1st. Here's the link: https://tryskip.co/s/77b41c5f95a2

Hey Creators, It's grant season! I just applied for a $50k grant sponsored by AT&T. Five (5) finalist will get $5k each. I'll take either at this point but the $50k could really get my MediSim project off the ground! The deadline is today at 8pm. Here's the link if you are interested. https://tryskip.co/s/c68b90469e37

Hi Creators, Here is the LeVar Burton Interview. There's an echo for some reason. Does anyone know of an audio cleanup AI tool to fix this perhaps because it was an awesome 20 minute interview. Too bad there is an echo for some reason. Drats!

Hey Creators, If you signed up for the Zapier AI Summit, LeVar Burton is on stage as a keynote in 10 mins. I will see if I can record my screen to share it with you.