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December 27, 2024
AI Is A Camera
This post presents my thinking today on using AI in the arts. I'm also writing in part to respond to the more salient arguments from the anti-AI activists.
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December 4, 2024
AI Art for Fall 2024
AI-generated image services are still entertaining enough to keep me off the streets and out of the karaoke bars. The greatest hits are still dominated by MidJourney, but Ideogram and others are rising up the charts. These are my adventures in AI art for Fall 2024. Want more AI art? See these previous posts for...
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November 18, 2024
The Pets of Starlane Crossroads
Starlane Crossroads, my story in the Pets in Space 9 science fiction romance anthology, takes place on a space station. The pets of Starlane Crossroads have a starring role.
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November 17, 2024
Starlane Crossroads Has Heroes
Starlane Crossroads is my story in Pets in Space 9. It's also the name of the popular space station where the story's action takes place. As you might imagine, Starlane Crossroads has heroes.
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August 11, 2024
Artist with a Capital A
I am an artist with a capital A. This post is part manifesto and part positive affirmation.
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August 5, 2024
Kickstarter: Ice Age Shifters Deluxe Paperbacks
Check out my new Kickstarter for Ice Age Shifters deluxe paperbacks! Full-page illustrations, decorated chapter headings, and more.
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July 13, 2024
AI Art for Summer 2024
These are my continuing adventures in AI art for summer 2024.
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April 12, 2024
AI Art for Spring 2024
As far as generative AI art services, I find that MidJourney (MJ) is still the leader for most things I want to do. Not all, mind you, because sometimes MJ whiffs it. As I've mentioned before, the services vary significantly across the platforms in terms of prompts. What works well in one may be a...
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March 19, 2024
Audiobook News for 2024
2024 News about Audiobooks In audiobook news for 2024, if you've been looking for audiobook versions of my stories, there's been a glitch. The good news is that my Ice Age Shifters® paranormal romance series has audiobook versions. My Central Galactic Concordance space opera series had audiobook versions, and will have again. The bad news […]
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February 17, 2024
Galactic Pirates Collection: A Kickstarter Special
Galactic Pirates Collection: Kickstarter Special Announcing my first Kickstarter campaign — whee! I'm calling it the Galactic Pirates Collection, a Kickstarter special. It's in pre-launch right now while I finalize all the parts that make it special. The campaign will start a short run at the end of this month. If you don't want to […]
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