{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/6ae5e23c7f979512c1163fe2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Adventures in Publishing-land: AI Literary Awards?! Plus, Author-led AI movies and Patterson's Romantasy Debut","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/1793450253464-bf949c11-6cb8-49b7-8276-d109054a49af.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Watch as a full video episode on YouTube</p><p><br></p><p>After a slightly longer than expected break between episodes, we are back to discuss - you guessed it - AI! First up, we are looking to France, where a prize for AI-written novels has been announced (), then we talk about bestselling authors teaming up with AI to make films and TV series…! Not great. Finally, we chat about Romantasy’s new entrant - a small writer named James Patterson…</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>01:21 From the Slush Pile - Listener Comments</p><p>08:56 Oh là là - French Fiction AI Prize</p><p>21:38 Production Prompts - Big Authors, Bad Tech</p><p>35:01 Chasing the Maas Market - Patterson’s Romantasy Debut</p><p>45:51 Stranger Than Fiction - Nadine&#39;s Idea Factory</p><p>49:58 The Final Chapter - RIP Patrick Stewart &amp; Entertainment Catch-up </p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p><u><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/new-prize-launches-books-co-written-with-ai-france\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New prize launches for books co-written by AI</a></u></p><p><u><a href=\"https://authorsfirst.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Authors First - the new AI book-to-film studio</a></u></p><p><u><a href=\"https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2026/10/22/james-patterson-romantasy-book-firedance/92352248007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">James Patterson is writing a romantasy with this Scottish author</a></u></p><p><u><a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmp3gnep35gko\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Australian woman charged with lacing colleague&#39;s curry with snail poison</a></u></p><p><br></p><p>Adventures in Publishing-land is brought to you by STET Podcasts - the one stop shop for all your writing podcast needs, featuring Page One - The Writer&#39;s Podcast, The Conversation with Nadine Matheson and more!<a href=\"https://linktr.ee/stetpodcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> </a><u><a href=\"https://linktr.ee/stetpodcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Find all our shows here!</a></u></p><p><br></p><p><u><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/stetpodcasts.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Bluesky</a></u></p><p><u><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stetpodcasts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Instagram</a></u></p>","author_name":"STET Podcasts"}