I’m rather post-y today. That horrible image is from the same prompt that worked, but a different model. I’m not going to link to it because I’m sure it’s fine for other things and this absolutely, insanely bad (all 36 are; this is not cherry-picked for awfulness). Now that I (sort of) have a cover,Continue reading “Blurb”
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Cover Style
This is only limitedly negotiable. Genres have cover styles, which change over time. If one violates that style, one irritates readers because they don’t get what they expect. This is why “shirtless guys” sends the wrong message. I’m not writing a Gay Romance novel. There is a gay romance, but that’s not the same thing.Continue reading “Cover Style”
Fans Spooling Up!
It’s about time I use this computer. I have Stable Diffusion (a fairly old version) generating images from this prompt: two muscular men in jeans and tight white t-shirt full body hiking boots visible standing close outside dry hills background with a wolf sitting beside them The results are “interesting”. The faces in all ofContinue reading “Fans Spooling Up!”
Chapter 7 Complete!
Not only chapter seven, but chapters one through seven. 8, 9, and 10 are ready to complete, but I’m done for the day. Chapters 11 and 12 are already written. I really need to start pushing forward. I know what happens in chapters 13 and 14, but I need to get to around 25 toContinue reading “Chapter 7 Complete!”
Bestseller? Seriously?
I was looking around for alpha readers for the first third (or so) of my book. When I mentioned it to one of my acquaintances, he asked if I had read Dungeon Crawler Carl. Not only had I not read it, I’d never heard of it. Lo, these many weeks later, I’m in a bookstoreContinue reading “Bestseller? Seriously?”
Humans – Fuck Yeah!
I discovered a new genre. It’s fan-fucking-tastic. As far as I know – I just discovered this last week – it’s a YouTube thing. The quality varies from “remind me, why does the internet exist?” to “Fuck Yeah!”. I’m not entirely sure why these are on YouTube; there’s no video. They’re audio books. I loveContinue reading “Humans – Fuck Yeah!”
Life as a Werewolf
In the normal course of events, this is the sort of discussion one has with people. I don’t have people, so you, my vast internet audience, will just have to do. I’m not sure where I want my werewolf series to go. I know the beginning. I know the thousands-of-years-later state, which is not reallyContinue reading “Life as a Werewolf”
Learning 2 Write – XIII
Explicit Time I’ve already decided that chapters are going to be my unit of story/plot/logical time. My goal is to have each chapter be approximately the same page count, which is right now about six 8.5×11 pages, and cover approximately the same amount of story/plot, which is right now about one level. It’s nothing asContinue reading “Learning 2 Write – XIII”
History Repeating
First off, I just love the song. It’s not actually repeating. It’s definitely rhyming. This should be familiar: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands that have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equalContinue reading “History Repeating”
Dungeons
What is a dungeon? From a utilitarian perspective: A training ground. One can run about in the real world killing things (monsters, humans, random animals), but there are consequences. Even systemized worlds need ecosystems. If people wander around killing everything, the ecosystem will collapse. Dungeons are for training. One can kill everything inside without worryingContinue reading “Dungeons”
Marked Up 