E.L. Lyons, Epic Fantasy Author
@lyonspen
Author of Starlight Jewel, first book in the Gifts of the Auldtree series, no AI Links to book and other SM:
Just an FYI, I am still running my AI author list if you’d like to be kept up to date on which authors are using AI and how with receipts 💖 I am also still looking for someone to help with small tasks in the project, mostly the VAMP CREW labels 😅 There is a new channel where anyone can post 🧵
This is an example of how the TLDR list is set up 💖 And in each case file, I will include a screenshot of your replies here stating what you use genAI for! By adding yourself to the list in this way, you can be absolutely sure of accuracy and showing that you respect your readers.
Y’all know that I have my public genAI author list. But I have never made a call for submissions! If you would like to be included on the list and you feel I might have missed you, please reply here and include what you use it for in your authorly endeavors 💖 🧵
If anyone hates AI and has free time, my art discord has a few tasks that need doing that I’m behind on: - looking at the case files and adding names to the tldr AI author list - labeling tldr names with the proper emojis based on the manner of AI use (cover, writing, etc.) shown in receipts 🧵
Or, hear me out, this is just a girl who is not in the book community and does nothing but troll post. Zero authors have been canceled for commas or em-dashes. This is fearmongering.
If you would like to see my latest how-to cover video, it’s over on my twitter, IG and tiktok. I turned this photo into this cover, pretty much exclusively with the smudge tool and my finger in procreate pocket, plus a sepia filter in adobe express.
Please give this a read 🙏 lyonspen.substack.com/p/war-on-tic...
I’ve made a discord server that’s exclusively for sharing social media/blog posts related to books 📖 no chatting, just keeping up with books and helping fellow readers and authors share their content when the algo doesn’t shine on them 💖 discord.gg/JvVrpSDq
This morning for the art forum, I recreated the upcoming Sando cover with 2 free phone apps 🎉 No AI used. About 25 minutes. I did need a chip clip to pin my hair in the photo. To procrastinate more, I made a similar one with different colors angles. For details join the discord ⬇️
Today’s experiment for the create-your-own-cover channel on the art discord: Making a photo look like an illustration Also turning yourself into an elf… Do I write or read about elves? No. I am elfed out. But there will always be room in my heart for Lord of the Rings. Time: 30 minutes 🧵
I was looking through my photos for something else and found this. I feel like I have a talent. Idk what use it is or how to apply it properly to marketing, but it’s something 😅 I feel like I should be trying to sell this concept to an exterminator lol “A long time ago, from a country far🧵
Adding another book to the TBR this morning after reading the first 6 chapters from the sample 🔥 No, it's not a SPFNO book, and I intended to only read one chapter, but y'all know I love Mad Max and this is giving Mad Max 1.5 level of apocalypse: civilization is in the process of collapsing 🧵
Jasper thinks my book is pretty cool, and you should buy it
Does Jake care about dashes vs hyphens? Absolutely not. But maybe some authors might? 🥹
Much like the Oxford comma, the vocative comma is basically useless (imo) until it’s not 😅 and when it’s not, it can lead to mixups! This comma needs more attention, and would probably get it if it didn’t have such a stuffy name. I think this one seems more fitting!
I made a similar post this morning on Twitter, but from a different angle 😂 I think that the adoption of exclamation commas and question commas would make the distinction between tags and beats clearer. Still, CMOS says no 🥴 I’ve never had much of an opinion on the two spaces issue though 🤷♀️
✨dialogue punctuation explained by Blossom and Aylin✨
Happy Valentine’s Day to all the dark SFF folks who are hoping to be lavished with weaponry this year. I hope they got you those throwing knives 💖
Jasper thinks that you should buy Starlight Jewel, just do it, be cool 😎
A sleepy writer and her creepy jar of research-hair ✨ E.L. Lyons, Ruining the Romance in Fairytales Since 2022 ✨
Hey guys! Starlight Jewel got nominated for a number of awards, and voting is now open!!! 🎉🎉🎉 While I think morally gray character is what most SJ readers first think of, I do kind of feel like Axly and Cami’s friendship is the best 😂🔥 indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
I used this nice looking lady with funny hair and an xray of a snake. Just play around with images in Adobe Express and you’ll see that you can do some very cool stuff
“Just browsing” and then you can sort by resource type
Tips: -If you have an iphone, you can just press and hold an image in a photo, then hit copy and paste it into Adobe express. AE also allows you to remove a background. - effects and silhouette let you turn a silhouette into an image - you can change the color on anything
What I was able to make in about 5 minutes using Adobe Express (free) and two free Smithsonian images plus a photo of a cool vine I took in the backyard. Original images below 🧵