Somebody posted a list of ideas.... Michael copied this list and handed it to his projects team in Claude to do a gap analysis against what we already have... They found FOUR new things to fill in gaps... Michael added FOUR more and one of the suggestions lead to.... Anthology, Series, flash fiction and short story updates to BookCrafter and BookWeaver Michael opened two more discussion windows to talk about 3 new ideas... TarotCrafter is essentially done but Michael has to wire it into the system by hand EmpireCrafter got six new features (and it's not released yet)... The 141ways site is done but Michael has to wire it into the system by hand Manus 2.0 came out with a whole host of new things to play with Sonnet 5.5 was released, haven't even looked at it yet GPT's are going away, Skills won! LM Studio released BIONIC (I missed this one) Bionic looks like Claude code and runs locally. Free coding?? hrmmm... Michael may never sleep again... Video will now be integrated into WCP (it was only a thought before)... Which means THREE more new skills. Scripts, Screen Writing, and Adaptation (in progress)... Which gives us Scenes to Cinematic Video, Scenes to Vertical Dramas, Better Scenes to Keyframes (and a few more things) Side by Side editing is coming in WCP. Original with markup and changes with options Michael needs more Claude time, unless Bionic pans out Michael should sleep more...Someday... But tonight is woodworking in the shop. I have a couple of things to make for my lovely and wonderful wife... Don't forget WCP price change is coming in TWO Days. You only need to be trialing before then to keep the current rate and ALL Features including everything in WCP above. Some of the above will be for sale separately, some will be free in skool at the upper tiers or at different user levels if you just participate in the discussions. Attached is a short video I made with manus, testing something (of course) of my desk as it has evolved in the last year and where it could end up. This was 3 real pictures, the last put into google pics new tool with the prompt "my desk as a starship bridge console". Google Pics gave me the next 3 key frame images. I set it at 20 seconds and create music. Then Manus asked " Would you like to make the final image more holographic displays?" I answered " Create and add a final image with more holographic displays. Extend the time length to 30 seconds and start the music ten seconds later". I really liked the music but its a minute long and given a minute I'm not sure how far thew desk would evolve.

This page can explain it better than i can https://workspace.google.com/products/pics/ basically upload a style and give it a quick prompt and its magical. select the part of the image you want to edit and tell it the change. I'm still trying to get my head around all of the uses and how to use it best in the last hour I've had to play.

It was asked on another channel if anyone had tried this site for 3d Mockups https://trythreed.com/m/novellas These are a breeze and no reason to pay any service. I sent this answer there so I'm sharing it here to.. and of course... something new to add to WCP's image tools so I just tried this in chatgpt with this: i need a prompt to put a cover image on a 3d mockup of a book or a series box of an [x] number of books. it needs to create a spine with the title and authors name from the cover image. the book size is a standard 6x9 paperback book with a 1/2" thick spine. the view should b 3/4 view showing the spine at the left of the cover image. can you give me the prompt and create the image? It gave me the second image below. ( I should have said on a white background) So i asked: "can i have the prompt that created this?" Absolutely. Here is the prompt that created the mockup, cleaned up slightly so it’s easier to reuse: Create a cinematic, high-end photorealistic 3D paperback book mockup using the uploaded cover image as the exact front-cover artwork. The physical book is a standard 6 × 9 inch trade paperback with an approximately 0.5-inch spine. Show the book standing upright in a three-quarter view, with the spine clearly visible on the LEFT side of the front cover. The front cover should remain the dominant visible surface. Preserve the uploaded cover artwork faithfully: - Deep red and black leather-like texture - Ornate antique gold corner filigree - Crimson occult/ritual compass design - Large silver-white title typography - Red ampersand and decorative flourishes - Gold subtitle - Framed author-name panel Do not redesign or substantially alter the original cover. Create a matching professionally designed spine based on the cover artwork. The spine should have: - Matching worn black and deep-red leather texture - Subtle antique gold ornamentation - The title “BLOOD & SHADOWS” - The subtitle “THE LEGACY” - The author name “MICHAEL CULP” - Typography and decorative styling that visually match the front cover - A small tasteful occult compass/sigil ornament near the bottom

How to Start a New Project: From Spark to First Draft There's a moment, right at the beginning, that nobody talks about. It's not the spark. The spark is easy — that flash of an idea, the character who walks into your head fully formed, the "what if" that won't let go. The spark feels like flying. No, the moment I'm talking about comes right after, when you actually sit down to begin. You open a blank document. You stare at it. And somewhere in the back of your head, a small, insistent voice starts cataloging everything else you're supposed to be doing. The outline. The character profiles. The research. The platform you should be building. The newsletter you haven't started. The marketing plan. The cover concepts. The comp titles. The — That's not a voice, actually. That's overwhelm, and it has a way of dressing itself up as responsibility. It looks at your spark and says, patiently, reasonably, "you're not ready yet." And then it hands you a to-do list that stretches to the floor. I've watched this happen to writers at every level — from first-timers staring down their debut to authors with six books under their belt, frozen at the start of number seven. The problem isn't a lack of ideas, or talent, or even time. The problem is that starting a book feels like you're supposed to do seventeen things simultaneously, and nobody ever tells you which one comes first. So let's fix that. Not with motivation. Not with "just write." With an actual sequence — a path through the rooms that turns "I have an idea" into "I have a draft," one manageable step at a time. This is how it works in WordCrafter.Pro, but the sequence itself — the logic of what to do and when — will serve you no matter what tool you're using. Step Zero: Give the Spark a Container Before you write a word of story, you need somewhere to put it. This sounds obvious. It's also the step most people skip, because creating a project folder doesn't feel like writing. It feels like admin. And admin, when you're itching to get to the good part, feels like a delay.

It's probably my fault. I Spent most of the night last night finally getting the encryption key issue fixed and it was every bit the herculean task I was expecting but I believe its fixed. This has been holding up development in a number of side projects for WCP and was preventing long runs and background tasks in BookCrafter and PlotCrafter. If you tried to run a detailed or ultra plot idea it would not work or not complete. Now it does! you may have to re-create and re-add your API keys for the language modes, but so far in my testing this is unnecessary for most. after 8 hours of reading code and talking to Claude the final solution waa a *duh*. And so in the next post I will give out our lovely and wonderful free plot Sunday that I have missed the last two weeks due to this bug.