Midnight Pals: The Future is Now
Tim Boucher: hello fellow authors! Boucher: it's me, tim Boucher -- author! Boucher: and boy, as an author, let me tell you Boucher: us authors sure love to author around Poe: something's not right here
Boucher: i've written 97 stories in the last month! Boucher: while we're talking, i'm writing 3 more King: that's impossible! no one can write that fast King: except for mercedes lackey Poe: oh yeah she's like a machine
Boucher: yup yup i wrote 97 stories in the last month Poe: how's that possible Boucher: well see i bought this thing from l ron hubbard Poe: ah ok now i get it
Boucher: that's right, I'm an author! Boucher: as you can see by my card Boucher: [hands business card that says "Tim Boucher, Author"] Boucher: and my hat Boucher: [points to hat that says "Authhor" in sequins] Poe: so what do you write? Boucher: write?
Boucher: today's modern a-go-go authors don't write! Boucher: we have the AI do it for us King: Poe: Koontz: Barker: Lovecraft: Boucher: the future is now!
Boucher: i wrote 97 stories Barker: well i've never heard of you Boucher: oh you will! Boucher: i'm getting lots of media attention for being the guy who wrote 97 stories with AI!
Boucher: you fat cat writers have hogged all the glory for too long! Boucher: what about all the talentless hacks out there? Boucher: you saying we shouldn't get the glory just cuz we're bad at our jobs? Boucher: sounds kind of elitist to me!
Boucher: now that we can just have computers to write for us Boucher: now everyone can enjoy the life of a rich successful author! Boucher: [cashing 2 cent royalty check] yeah see this is what you fat cats were trying to keep away from us!
Gretchen Felker-Martin: see the thing about writing is Felker-Martin: you do the work or it doesn't get done Tim Boucher: not anymore! Boucher: [ladling out slop] here, everyone! have some slop! Boucher: don't hold back, there's plenty for everyone!
