AuthorLissa

I'm alive.. I think. Just lacked the desire to post to social media lately.

Jellycat Fuddlewuddle Retired mouse plush

I can’t with how cute this guy is!!!

Also, super rare. I’ve been keeping an eye out for Jellycat stuff, but I was not expecting to stumble across one like this!

Anyway, wish me luck that he finds a good home soon! 🥰🥰🥰https://ebay.us/m/pvCA95

At the same time, if it does turn out that it's not AI, I don't want to change the cover. Yet if it is AI, I'll have to, because AI is unethical. Not knowing either way is stressing me out.. The book cover in question. ⬇️

I've had a few people tell me it doesn't look like AI, but with it being purchased in 2023 and not 2021 like I had believed, I'm again very uncertain. Should I just stop worrying about finding out and move on? I feel like I'll never know either way.

I can't remember whether or not AI was as improved as it is now, but I still have fears that the cover I bought and used for my adult sci-fi novel Turning the Tide is AI, something I am completely against. I have no way to contact the person who made the book cover, which furthers my frustration.

So, I'm a bit upset. I had thought I purchased this book cover in 2021, but a short conversation with an employee of the book cover website I purchased it from told me my last book cover purchase was in 2023.

I think she's talking to us authors who are procrastinating... And for the record, I suck at foreshortening and at drawing hands. #bookthreads #characterart #animestyle

I keep forgetting I have an account here. Oops.

Finally finished the Inuyasha fan art I've been working on. It's not perfect, but I did my best.

Bare chested Inuyasha holding up a protesting Shippou up by the leg. Uncolored and colored versions. Digitally drawn and painted in Procreate. #digitalart #anime #inuyasha #fantasy #art #noai

Work in progress, Inuyasha.

Picture of a sick, black kitty

Picture of the same black kitty feeling much better!

The next test was a glucose monitoring test. His glucose levels were in the 300 range, and he was anemic. A third test revealed he was diabetic. Insulin was prescribed, picked up and given to him at the vet's office. As you can see in the before and after pics, he's feeling much better. (2/2))

For a little while Sage, my furbaby had been really sick. I got him into the vet today and different tests were run on him because there were a lot of concerns, specifically regarding his severe drop in weight. The first thing the vet did was check his thyroid. That came back clear. (1/2)

Finished this piece I've worked on since last night. #animeart #fictionalcharacter #fantasy #digitalpainting #noai #procreate #artistsandauthors

Fictional fantasy girl with wolf ears, wearing a bikini and a loincloth, holding a three blade short sword in her right hand.

Updated pic. Currently working on coloring. #art #procreate #digital #noai #creativity #authorsandartists #fantasy #character

New work in progress. #art #procreate #anime #character

If you're struggling with writing your book, feeling like you'll never finish it and you really want to, please keep at it. I spent twelve years working on my recently published adult novel, Turning the Tide. Life can get hectic and sometimes depressing. Don't give up, but treat yourself kindly.

This is a friend of mine. She's going through a hard time right now, and could use the extra help. If you can't donate, please repost. Thank you so much. <3

I don't get why they just don't learn to draw.

Used the trend to turn one of my book characters into an action figure. I don't know though, he kind of looks like a plushie. 😅

Updated my "packaging" on my action figure. It looks better. #artthreads #digitalart #artsky

Generating an AI action figure/doll? Hell no. Digitally drawing and painting one myself using Procreate? Hell yes!

#actionfigure #doll #digitalpainting #art #noai

Just a couple of my digital drawings, a horse and a wolf.

It's not perfect, but it's also not AI.

I'm one of those indie authors who gets very little support. Even my art barely ever gets noticed. It's depressing.

Thank you so much!

Lissa Gromley- Author Visit the post for more.

I am in the process of slowly creating an indie author's page on my author site, lissagromley.wordpress.com, to help boost Indie authors. If you're interested in being featured, I'll need a photo of your book, the blurb, and the link where people can buy.

My Books The Warriors: Crimson Chaos YA/Fantasy/Urban/Contemporary Eight teenagers with powerful, supernatural abilities must undergo training by the eccentric mystic Chinook to wage war against Tutock, the…

So, here I go again, promoting my current books, hoping the algorithm does me a huge favor by putting it at the top instead of hiding it...

This page has my books with blurbs listed.

lissagromley.wordpress.com/books-3/

#fiction #books #reading #libraries #repost #bookworms #bookdragon #booklover

Authors, you may not be aware, but recently, there have two pirate sites that have stolen several books that are being used by Meta to data train AI. If you have a Threads account, visit threads and do a search, you'll find the names of the pirate sites listed.

I reported them and blocked. I hope others do the same. I chose the option other to let Bsky know the account was a forgery.