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
