OK, Saturday morning, coffee in hand and I have already read several articles on the use of AI in publishers work, the pros and cons, the publishing issues, etc. I just finished an email from ALLi on The Detection Wars and its now stating that maybe we need to have our personal AI Position Statement prominently displayed on our website. Here is there words: "Whatever your position on AI, a clear policy tells readers, collaborators and retailers where you stand. Our free guide explains where ALLi stands and includes a sample policy to use as a starting point, in your own voice:" https://selfpublishingadvice.kit.com/ai-policy-orop26 I'm wondering your thoughts on this.

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For next week's coaching call, I'd like to discuss what's working for authors right now. Was it Amazon Ads? A podcast? Library sales? Something else? Let me know below what's working for you, and pop in next Monday to join the crew!

I wrote a cute little children's story titled: George and Ralph and the Great Piggy Toe Hunt. This stems from when grandpa and grandma (my wife and I) would babysit our grandkids, who were maybe 3-7 or 8. Every time we would sit the grandkids were running around in jammies with bare feet. Being the crazy grandpa, I would grab 2 of their dinosaur toys and chase the piggy toes, and of course laughter abounded. My oldest grandson who is now 19 and away at college, it was his birthday the other day. I decided to immortalize the piggy toe hunt with a cute kids books for him, as a keepsake. I wrote the words, with wife's input, and then I had ChatGPT do the artwork. If I was to ever turn that into a published children's book I would need to copyright it, and there would be an issue with the artwork. Therefore if I have an illustrator draw as close to possible what AI did, then I figure I would be better off copyright wise. I am no lawyer, and never wanted to be one, so I am wondering - get an illustrator or...? What do you all think? BTW here is what the cover looks like.

I am going to try to get back into the swing of life after a rough September. I just wrote this blog about Ai and I believe, everyone in this room would relate to it. https://www.rogermagalhaes.com/using-ai-without-losing-your-voice/