![]() Author has written 16 stories for A.I.. 7/10/19 Next chapter of Alive is almost done. It was supposed to be posted last weekend but turned out to be longer and more complicated than I intended... and then we had a little earthquake some of you may have heard about. That was a bit distracting. Should be up by the weekend. It's a longer chapter to make up for the absense and tie some loose ends together, and move the characters in new directions... Also, I am considering doing an audio version of Book 1 of Alive. Haven't decided yet. My audio fan fictions don't get much traffic, but I do 'em for fun anyway, sooo... we'll see. 9/18/18 FINALLY! The audiobook of The Porcelain Doll is up at YouTube. Editing took a bit longer than I expected. I was recording text during our SoCal heatwave and didn't realize my fan was so noisy until I started editing with my headphones. Had to do some filtering and fix a few segments. In the end it worked out pretty good, imo. Anyway, I can't post hotlinks but you can search it at my 'Iyamni' account as The Porcelain Doll playlist. Now it's back to work on Alive. 8/19/18 I have not forgotten Alive. I am still editing Porcelain Doll audiobook. Down to the last 4 chapters. Probably another week to go. Then resume Alive. 7/7/18 Dropped in to check stats and saw a whole lot of new readers on Alive. I haven't forgotten about it. About a third of the next chapter is done. But I am finishing up on audiobook of Porcelain Doll. Reading is done. Now I am just editing and adding bg music etc... Should be done in a couple weeks. Then post to Youtube account and get back to work on Alive. FYI. Ciao for now. 3/10/18 I finally got around to fixing the unintentional "klan" references in "A Tale Of Flesh And Fiber". When I first started writing it, I thought "Klan" was an archaic spelling of the word Clan. I was wrong. I fixed my offline files but forgot to update them here. Not that I've done anything on that story for years but wouldn't want any readers to misunderstand me... especially in the light of recent events. Another thing I have been procrastinating on for years is the audio version of The Porcelain Doll. Now with new hardware, I will start recording that soon. 1/4/18 Notice: The audiobook version of "Artificial Intelligence: A Fan's Novel" is posted at Youtube. I cannot post links but you can find it on my "Iyamni" account in my "Where The Lions Weep" playlist. A search should bring it up. It's a total of 19 separate chapters of audio, enhanced with music and effects. I recorded it back in 2002 when I was just learning how to use my Cool Edit Pro software. There are things I would have done differently now, but it still came out pretty good, imo. I still have the original scripts and files, but it would be much too time consuming to remix everything. I cleaned up the original mixes as well as I could. Happy New Year to all and may it be a great one. As I am writing this a hell of a storm is bearing down on the continental east coast. I wish you all well. UPDATE: I have decided to give "Artificial Intelligence: A Fan's Novel" it's own self-titled playlist and keep Where The Lions Weep for shorter fan fictions. 11/13/17 Hey all! Since I have abandoned my old "Where The Lions Weep" fan site site, I am posting enhanced audio readings of my fanficts on my youtube account. I recorded about 5 or so of them way back in the early 2000s and they're just sitting here on my computer doing no one any good. I have uploaded only one so far "Here Comes Another One". It's the first I ever recorded. I was using old equipment and was in a learning process, but it turned out pretty good. I also enhanced it with some original music.I can't post live links here but you can find it by searching: "Here Comes Another One" - An AI Fan Fiction I also recorded "The Girl From Not Around Here", "A Matter Of Compatibility", "In The Dream" and "Devin's Day Out", all enhanced with music and some effects. I am particularly proud of "Devin's Day Out" because of the work I put into cutting and pasting clips from Stravinsky's "Petroushka" to create a quasi-fairy tale feeling. Older FF fans might know I recorded an entire enhanced reading of "AI: A Fan's Novel," my novelization of the film. I might post that after I research the legal issues. I had the text here on this site, but was asked to take it down due to copyright problems. The audiobook is a long, long work and I use a lot of Williams music in that reading. I am also working on a reading of "The Porcelain Doll" and might embark on a recording of "Alive" if this proves to be fun. New readings will have better quality sound because I ahve new equipment. My fanfict playlist on youtube is called "Where The Lions Weep" though it only has the one video in it as of this writing. I'll post all the completed ones over the next couple days. Ciao for now. 4/22/17 Hey, ya'll. I'm back Next chapter of Alive is up. Sorry for the lapse (been years huh?) but I hope chapter 44 makes up for it. (There's a small nod to Ex Machina in there, another favorite of mine) And I decided it was time for some action. Get this story moving. I didn't have time or energy to review much, so there might be some small contradictions, typos perhaps. I'll fix those later if I have to. Enjoy. It won't be that long for the next one. And please, if you're going to leave a review, don't just ask when the next chapter is going to be up, ok? Say something nice or say something mean. Either way, say something. Until next time. thanx. 5/22/15 New chapter! And after reading most of book two to remind myself where I left off, I have decided that I've been teasing long enough. It's time for the metaphorical sh*t to hit the proverbial fan. Some action chapters coming. 44 is already started. Thank you for your patience. Ciao for now. :-) 4/11/15 Sorry about slow progress on Alive. I haven't forgotten. It's just been difficult times for a while. I see I have some new followers. I will do my best to get it going again for you. Thanks 10/18/14 Just realized I left the original name of the antognist mimic Mecha in chapter '41'. I had originally named it '1138', as a nod to George Lucas' first feature film THX-1138. But I changed it to '101' during edits. Forgot to change it when last chapter. Sorry for the confusion will edit and repost now. 7/20/14 Hello to those who are still waiting. Thank you. There have been a sh*tload of real life issues I've been dealing with since last posting, including taxes, new roommates, new roommates quickly becoming ex-roommates, new cars replacing old f*ked cars, new computers, the latter which I am typing on now. (Still not used to this keyboard. Why can't they just make them all the same?) Anyway, things are getting back to something like normal. Will post next chapter soon. 2/23/14 Sorry. Got well into the next chapter and then totally changed my view on how I should go forward. My new vision was so radically different than what I had written I had to start over. Decided this is a good 1/2 way point for the second book and it's time to start resolving matters and move on to the 3rd book for which I have already have the framework. That will complete Alive. Still at least a couple dozen chapters to go though. Posting asap. 2/18/14 Yes, I am still alive. Next chap of Alive is in progress and should be up by this weekend. I'll go as epic as possible to make up for the lost time. Thanks for following. 9/6/13 I had planned to have 'Alive' updated by last weekend but didn't have the time or energy. You might already know that Southern California has been experiencing a bit of a heat wave lately. My job requires a lot of travel and getting out of my sweetly air conditioned vehicle. -sigh- So by the time I get home I am quite often famished. But the next chapter is in progress and coming along nicely. I appreciate your inquiries. Hopefully this weekend. One breezy normal SoCal night would be all it takes. :-) 3/23/13 Sorry for delay on Alive. Wish I had more time to devote.I am currently rereading all of book two so I can interpolate the many sub-plots I've started into the next chapter. I don't keeps notes on these things. Hope to have something up by next week. :-) 3/7/13 Family matters keeping me busy. Will update 'Alive' asap. Thanks for patience. (And I have also realized I have to research and update the technological aspects of the story, especially for the next chapter.) 1/2/13 Happy New Year to everyone and may you all prosper in the coming months and beyond. Just out of curiosity, someone keeps reading chapter 30 of 'Alive' over and over again. I am just curious why. If that person(s) would drop me a note, I would just like to know what it is about that chapter you found intriguing. Perhaps there is a subplot that I should expand on. It's just between us, be assured. Anyway, thank you all. Updating this weekend. - Update: Ok. Extra hits on 30 explained. It was just acting as someones default link. I was all like, 'what the heck is it with this chapter??' lol. Thanks for reading. :-) 12/17/12 I had intended to post another chapter this weekend, but the last thing on my mind right now is my fan fiction hobby. Of course I am referring to the senseless murders from last Friday and especially the children. Theirs are not the first young souls extinguished before their lives had truly began. All around the world the innocent perish from war, from starvation, from disease and abuse. But they are emblematic and their loss must serve as a symbol of a turning point away from the madness that has gripped our society. Little is known about their killer at this point, but to hate him and dismiss him as simply evil is a way of ignoring whatever it is eating away at the core of our society. We may not agree on political or religious ideas, we may see life completely differently. But I hope we can all agree that this should never happen again. And I hope that all of you will take the time to write your representatives and share with them whatever you feel should be done. Hold those dear to you close. And try to cherish all life. We are all we have. RIP to the students of Sandy Hook and to all the innocents taken from the world by madness and greed. I'll update next week. 12/13/12 After a few inquiries I've decided to finish Where The Pretty Things Roam, my first and probably only M rated story. Try to wrap it up before the end of the year. I have a week off and not going anywhere, so I'll be able to update that and Alive. 12/3/12 Regarding "A Tale Of Flesh & Fiber". I finally realized that the the word "Klan" refers ONLY to the infamous racist organization. When I used that spelling (instead of using "Clan") to describe my wandering band of rejected Mecha, I thought it was an archaic spelling, one that preceded the KKK. (Sort of like the Swastika preceded the Nazis) But now I understand that the KKK was the first and only group to use that spelling. I am now changing that and will be uploading the corrected chapters. Sorry if I offended or suggested an incorrect subtext to the Mechanique Clan. It was unintentional. 11/3/12 Sorry for "Alive" delay. Almost done. But it's election season, mind on other things. To my fellow Americans, no matter what your political ideology or party, whether we would agree or disagree, go out and VOTE on Tuesday. (Assuming you're old enough of course.) We're supposed to be the seat of democracy. Let's represent! 9/23/12 Next chapter of Alive in progress. End of week probably... if it cools down a bit because my desk is next to a window and since SoCal is not used to this kind of sustained heat, our air conditioners are not usually up to the challenge. I write best on cloudy days. Makes me think of A.I. :-) 9/8/12 Sorry for the delay. Been out of it for a couple of days. Try to have it up by tomorrow. Working now. 9/2/12 Alive update in the works. Up sometime this week. Thanks for the reviews and for your patience. :-) 7/1/12 David is 11 years old! Happy birthday A.I. Part 31 of Alive is in progress. Maybe a couple of days. :-) 5/18/12 It might be a few weeks before the next chapter. Other projects dominate now. Thank you for reading. 5/3/12 Well, I hope at least one or two heads spun. :-) Next chapter already started. No post date this time... but soon. 4/28/12 Will post by tonight. This chapter is much longer than I'd intended, and I have a lot of editing to do. A lot! 4/22/12 Around 500 words into the next chapter of Alive. Not going to make the mistake of promising a date this time, but it should be up before the end of the week... and I am pretty sure it's gonna make heads spin. At least that's what I'm aiming for. 4/19/12 - Sorry, but busy work schedules past couple days. Too tired to write. Will update by Friday. 4/16/12 - Wow. I have noticed a flood of new hits on "Alive" in the last few days and want to assure readers that I will strive to post more often. The next chapter is already 1/2 way finished. I should be posting within couple days at most. And thanks to all who spread the word about the story. 4/16/12 - Started reading for an audio version of The Porcelain Doll. Will be posted at my homepage when completed. Maybe couple mos. 2/12/12 - FF.net has disabled links to fight spam. So my homepage is www.WhereTheLionsWeep.net (not '.com' - That is someone else.) 12/17/11 - Audio version of "The Girl From Not Around Here" has been posted to my homepage. You can hear that and other stories at my Audioworks page And you can read my full length novelization of "Artificial Intelligence: A Fan's Novel" as well as stream the AI Audiobook at Where The Lions Weep |
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