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Marion Writes a Book! In this episode, Mandy and Jenny follow up on the Marion Mystery from the previous episode, and Mandy introduces NaNoWriMo to Jenny! Mandy also discusses more about Chat GPT and its uses.

0:00: Podcast Intro


0:45: Greeting


0:50: Marion mystery comments


1:00: Mandy says people are into Murders in the Building


1:15: Mandy and Jenny say their theories were wrong, but Mandy shares another theory


1:50: Saddest part of the Marion Mystery


2:30: Mandy thinks nothing nefarious actually happened


2:53: Someone was pretending to be someone else to get information


4:10: Mandy’s questions about the Marion judge


4:30: Kafia! Kansas Mafia


4:40: Nobody cares what Marion County does


4:55: Journalism is serious


5:20: This is something that would happen in Russia


5:37: Break


5:42: Someone will get sued in Marion County


6:00: This situation is a real life Ozark


6:15: Newspapers and their research 


6:40: Something fishy going on in Marion 


6:50: More theories and questions about Marion


7:23: Everyone in Marion is drunk driving and getting caught


7:55: Getting information illegally


8:15: The sheriff’s past


8:50: Is everyone drunk in Marion?


9:30: Actions caused a woman’s death


10:20: Break


10:30: What month is it? 


10:45: NaNoWriMo! Jenny should sign up


11:00: Jenny misses the point of NaNoWriMo


11:20: What is NaNoWriMo?


12:20: Jenny thought NaNoWriMo was some gen Z slang


12:30: Write 50,000 words in one month!


12:40: What is Mandy doing for NaNoWriMo?


12:50: Mandy is using Chat GPT for her book


14:10: Can Chat GPT do what Mandy came up with correctly?


14:20: Jenny asks how it is going to work


15:55: Jenny thinks Chat GPT won’t do what Mandy is wanting because it is unpredictable


16:30: Can Chat GPT be creative?


16:40: Popular sayings


17:11: What will happen at the end of Mandy’s Chat GPT book? 


17:25: How much can Chat GPT read our minds?


17:35: Break


17:40: Chat GPT has to have input


18:05: Everyone has to write real books, not use Chat GPT


18:15: Breakdown of NaNoWriMo 


18:40: How many words are on a page?


19:10: Jenny should do NaNoWriMo!


19:25: Breakdown of NaNoWriMo


19:50: Branches of writers


20:05: No editing during NaNoWriMo


20:25: What happens with the writing branches?


20:50: Jenny has flashbacks from her writing retreat


21:20: Anyone can join NaNoWriMo


21:30: Put the quiz link into Mandy’s Instagram bio


22:05: Instagram, fix your link problems!


22:34: Join LinkedIn, the serious and nice platform 


23:10: Takeaway tickets


23:30: Taking the quiz helps get results for the branches! 


23:45: Next week’s topic! 


24:10: Podcast Outro