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    Thread: What music are you listening to right now?
Post: RE: What music are you listening to right now?

I would often listen to these songs while working on my animated novel advertisement. In My Life - The Beatles (1965) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBcdt6DsLQA) Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan (196...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 215 223,346 08-10-2023, 12:35 AM
    Thread: My novel will be launched this Christmas
Post: RE: My novel will be launched this Christmas

I have created a new video advert for Project Heavenstorm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpdwzj1lM0s From Wednesday the 9th to Sunday the 13th, it will be free on Amazon. https://www.amazon...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 30 35,955 08-09-2023, 12:21 PM
    Thread: What music are you listening to right now?
Post: RE: What music are you listening to right now?

What Is Life - George Harrison (1970) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiH9edd25Bc) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X791IzOwt3Q) Baby Blue - Badfinger (...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 215 223,346 06-06-2023, 02:07 AM
    Thread: What music are you listening to right now?
Post: RE: What music are you listening to right now?

This is still the best thing Andrew Lloyd Webber has ever done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw_xEB_CtTU&list=PLSKPkjvYf8NjwW0Hi8ESPCeWlo65TaYMj&index=2
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 215 223,346 04-09-2023, 12:23 PM
    Thread: My novel will be launched this Christmas
Post: RE: My novel will be launched this Christmas

While skimming through my first novel for the 47th time, I noticed a pretty glaring - and embarrassing - oversight that I had not previously noticed in all the years I was working on Project Heavensto...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 30 35,955 04-01-2023, 11:40 PM
    Thread: Devouring Angel: Book Two of the Elixir Trilogy
Post: RE: Devouring Angel: Book Two of the Elixir Trilog...

Here's ChatGPT's reaction to a scene from Devouring Angel (minor spoilers).
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 10 11,537 03-10-2023, 04:57 PM
    Thread: My novel will be launched this Christmas
Post: RE: My novel will be launched this Christmas

Here's a new pic of Olokuvon. (https://www.deviantart.com/manyardbutler/art/Olokuvon-2-AI-Art-952793305)  I got the Dream AI (https://dream.ai/create) to make him look younger and less dinosaur-like t...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 30 35,955 03-09-2023, 03:33 PM
    Thread: My novel will be launched this Christmas
Post: RE: My novel will be launched this Christmas

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-06-2023, 10:03 PM) -- Neat! Congratulations - I hope it is doing very well. :) It would be entertaining to be able to say - We knew Darren Ryding back before he was famous. ...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 30 35,955 03-09-2023, 03:27 PM
    Thread: My novel will be launched this Christmas
Post: RE: My novel will be launched this Christmas

Until the end of Friday the 10th of March, 2023, Project Heavenstorm (https://www.amazon.com/Project-Heavenstorm-Book-Elixir-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B082WW6DVP/) with be available for free on Amazon Kindle. ...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 30 35,955 03-06-2023, 02:04 PM
    Thread: ChatGPT's reaction to jokes.
Post: RE: ChatGPT's reaction to jokes.

Here's another bad joke: Me:  How did Richard Parker (the tiger) go on a diet? ChatGPT:  I'm not sure, how did Richard Parker go on a diet? Me:  He went 200 days without eating Pi. ChatG...
DarrenRyding Real Life But OA Relevant 1 844 03-06-2023, 01:56 PM
    Thread: What music are you listening to right now?
Post: RE: What music are you listening to right now?

Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c7HTl6uaEI)
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 215 223,346 03-06-2023, 01:37 AM
    Thread: ChatGPT's reaction to jokes.
Post: ChatGPT's reaction to jokes.

I have been testing ChatGPT on many subjects, including its ability to understand jokes. I must warn you: if you have an aversion to extremely cringeworthy jokes and puns, please look away right no...
DarrenRyding Real Life But OA Relevant 1 844 02-27-2023, 12:07 AM
    Thread: What music are you listening to right now?
Post: RE: What music are you listening to right now?

Arrittrobi Wrote: (08-25-2022, 01:01 PM) -- I'm listen to Lost In Space by Hubrid. I think the song suits Orion's Arm very well. Link to song: https://soundcloud.com/hubrid-sound/lost-in-space --...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 215 223,346 02-25-2023, 11:44 PM
    Thread: What music are you listening to right now?
Post: RE: What music are you listening to right now?

Lately, I've been playing my Yellow Submarine DVD in the background while cooking and having dinner.   Eleanor Rigby (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuS5NuXRb5Y) Only a Northern Song (https://w...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 215 223,346 02-25-2023, 11:39 PM
    Thread: Howdy do
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Welcome to the Future!
DarrenRyding The Arrivals Lounge 3 1,414 01-12-2023, 01:34 PM
    Thread: My novel will be launched this Christmas
Post: RE: My novel will be launched this Christmas

I have added my 8 characters to Deviantart, with descriptions and explanations of varying length. Vithan Varox (https://www.deviantart.com/manyardbutler/art/Vithan-Varox-AI-Art-944428803) Tilann...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 30 35,955 01-12-2023, 01:33 PM
    Thread: My novel will be launched this Christmas
Post: RE: My novel will be launched this Christmas

Here are some more AI-generated characters. Dahal Savithar - The Big Bad. (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad) The Pinstriped Man - The Man Behind the Man. (https://tvtro...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 30 35,955 01-08-2023, 02:55 PM
    Thread: My novel will be launched this Christmas
Post: RE: My novel will be launched this Christmas

I have recently been playing around with some online art AIs to visualise characters from my first novel.  For the Humans, I have used Nightcafe (https://creator.nightcafe.studio) with an anime filter...
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 30 35,955 01-02-2023, 04:42 PM
    Thread: RIP Greg Bear
Post: RE: RIP Greg Bear

Greg Bear was one of my all-time favourite authors, with a huge influence on the way I wrote and imagined.  Blood Music and Anvil of Stars are still my top 2 favourite science fiction novels. RIP G...
DarrenRyding Books, Games, Movies, and TV 2 1,561 11-30-2022, 01:43 PM
    Thread: A Human Prisoner in the Dragon Kingdom
Post: RE: A Human Prisoner in the Dragon Kingdom

For this series, most of the humour tends to be lighthearted (the main characters joking around at a dinner party, the baby dragon calling humans "walk woo-woos" etc).
DarrenRyding General Off-topic Discussion 17 10,797 08-25-2022, 09:41 AM