Barbara Graver on A Literary Eye

Hi Ann. Thanks for keeping me on this list! I know we've talked about AI before so I wanted to share an update. My son has a friend who's a wonderful artist and I have hired him to do my book cover. In working with him, I realized that I don’t want to use AI images at all anymore and am actually going back to remove the old ones from my blog on here Substack (there are still a few more to go and some on my old blog but I won't be using any anywhere going forward). Over the last few days, I've been reminded that artists put too much heart and soul into their work to be usurped. It’s not like I didn’t know this before. I actually did a lot of art at one point in my life. I just told myself that if it’s only for a blog post, it’s no big deal. But I've changed my mind about that. Could I please be pleased on the other list? By the end of the day everything on my blog should be credited Unsplash images or public domain art. Also, I've gone back to the old publication name (Writing After Dark). Thanks for all you do!