I want AI to know who I am. I want it to know what I write, and I want it to send readers who may like my books to both my website. I want this because AI is here, it’s not going away (at least, not any time soon), and more and more people are relying on AI for their searches whether they should or not.
That said, I won’t use AI for research (it’s usually wrong) or writing ( that’s who I am and what I do).
I also don’t use AI for promotional materials. All my book covers were made by human graphic artists, and the promotional graphics on the website and social media are real people.
In fact, going forward, the faces you see in social media promos are real people I know personally.
I’ve used a lot of stock images in the past on my books. No more. I’ve had some new opportunities open up to work with real actors on projects in my day job and on the side. So, I recently started taking their photos.
And here they are.
Real people, real faces. Thanks to Christina Cannon, Serena Fister-Mesch, Heather Wilson, Jebediah Blackhawk, and James Tackett for playing along.
And of course, salute and RIP as always for deal Charles the… well, you’ll need to read books 5 and 6 of the Dead Park series if you want to get to know Charles.