Episode Summary
Shae shares his creative process and current projects. He explains how he almost recorded a video but instead sat down to talk about Support Our Savior (SOS), his new serialized fiction about an Uber-style app for superheroes set in The Last Day universetranscript_2025-09-24T00_27_03.….
He dives into how he uses ChatGPT for worldbuilding—dictating long notes, creating character dossiers, and refining ideas in Canvas mode—before transferring them into Google’s Notebook LM for large-scale indexing. This workflow has allowed him to build hundreds of thousands of words of backstory and character detail without yet publishing the story.
The episode introduces Valerie, a half-lion cub, half-human mutant girl who will star in the first eight episodes of SOS. Shae describes building her backstory in a mutant outskirt town, fleshing her out with ChatGPT, and his excitement over how naturally the story started to write itselftranscript_2025-09-24T00_27_03.….
He reflects on his struggles with marketing and “publisher’s block”—not writer’s block, but the difficulty of crafting the right pitch and presentation to hook readers. He expresses a desire for more interaction with his Substack audience, help with marketing, and eventually fan art, but recognizes the “chicken-and-egg” nature of needing fans before fan art can exist.
Shae closes by announcing upcoming releases on Apocalyptiverse Substack:
* The first drops of Support Our Savior (SOS) in October.
* The second arc of Harbinger.
* The Heroes of the Alley storyline.
He emphasizes that nothing is behind a paywall—he writes because he wants people to read it.
Timestamps
* 00:00 – 00:30 · Opening thoughts, almost recording a video
* 00:30 – 02:00 · Introducing Support Our Savior (SOS) and its premise
* 02:00 – 05:00 · Using ChatGPT for worldbuilding and creative indexing
* 05:00 – 07:30 · Dream inspiration and the creation of Valerie (mutant protagonist)
* 07:30 – 09:00 · Building character dossiers with GPT and refining in Canvas mode
* 09:00 – 11:30 · Copying conversations into Notebook LM for large-scale organization
* 11:30 – 13:30 · Writer’s block vs. “publisher’s block” and the struggle with pitches
* 13:30 – 15:30 · Frustrations with marketing and lack of fan interaction
* 15:30 – 16:30 · Desire for marketing help, conversation, and fan art
* 16:30 – 17:10 · Announcements: SOS drops, Harbinger arc 2, Heroes of the Alley
