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Claudia Befu's avatar

It is not too short. So far, you have chunked the story in perfect bits. And if some bits are shorter, so be it. It works as a standalone bit, and I love it. Your novella gives me a feeling... I don't know how to describe it, but I love getting that feeling every time I read a new chapter. I read the first three in one go, butt looking forward to following along each new chapter at a time. I will definitely want to read this as a book when its done. I love, love your writing style.

Midjourney... I understand your concerns and I read several articles about people concerned about using it. Or who stopped using it. At the same time, I read that a lot of writers are using ChatGPT...

For me, I decided that I will never use any of the Midjourney images outside of Substack. They are not even how I imagine my worlds to be. But I need visuals for my stories and I won't use Unsplash or other generic stock images.

I am not a visual artist and I don't pretend to be one. I write. And I decided for myself that I will never use ChatGPT for anything related to writing.

But attempting to get an original piece of visual art created by an artist for each of my stories would be like commissioning a short story for each piece of visual art an artist produces. You can do it, given enough time and money. I will definitely look into getting original art for my stories down the road. But first, I want to finish my writing project.

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E. A. Fareman's avatar

I rather love that Renn's o'erhasty tongue and Brae's storming off all happened in a tavern called The Patient Owl. 😆 And I am very intrigued by the idea of a night ranger--what comes out at night in Dusk's Weald that is never seen by day...?

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