AuthorTiffanyRoundy

  Like many people I held off on accepting AI into my life. To delay robots and AI from taking over all of human kind's purposes and jobs. (j/k) Also,Like many people I am discovering ChatGPT for msyelf now. It is my new best friend!!!  As an author I was against using AI. It should not provide illustrations and especially not the words for books. If AI is doing the work then the "author" is not the author!   It also damages the market for real authors and illustrators. Not just by taking their jobs but by saturating the market. If it is too easy for anyone to produce books then the real author's works can get hidden among the sea of available product. Yet, finally I looked into AI generation for the average Joe. I tried it out on illustrations I already painted and sell in my animal book series. The results were astounding. 1) The quality of the art  was so professional and beautiful compared to my dinky paintings. To be fair , for children's book the bar for ...

 Writing and publishing children's books takes time!  When you are learning how to do everything correctly; even if the story is simple and short the process is anything but that.  There are also times when all you can do is wait... Submit your book and wait for the format to be approved.   Fix the problem with your format, submit again then pray it goes through this time. Order a proof and wait for it to come in the mail.  Hire an illustrator and wait for the art to be complete. Order the final book and wait for it to come in the mail so that you can make social media content with the actual product in hand! Work hard, wait. Work hard, wait. Work hard, wait. Then comes the advertising and promoting of the books! That is a job in itself! True work! And that my friends is where I'm about to be. My books will be in my hands by the end of the week! Then I can work, work, work to spread the news of my series!  As well as the next book series which is alrea...