I watched “12 Days of Giving,” because it has Eli Wallace from Stargate: Universe in it. He was just as charming in a mediocre Christmas movie as in the far reaches of space, and it was a surprisingly nice little movie.
Rationally, I know I’m better off on my own than saddled with a publisher that didn’t reply to emails, delayed my books by years, and would end 12 years of working together with a curt email and zero warning.
But… every time I think about it, I still want to scream.
The Rainbow Dash principle of AI art:
Sometimes DALLE3 gives me something very close to what I want, but I don’t quite love it. If I simply respond, “could it be 20% better,” then generally it’ll give me something fundamentally the same… but yeah, 20% better.