My sincere apologies for having neglected this blog for so long
For the past two years, I have been spending a lot of time promoting my 16 indie books on TikTok and learning how to market my work via video for the Booktok audience, the platform’s community devoted to books. You can check out my account here if you are interested. I am proud of the 500-plus videos I have created for the site.
It has been a rewarding experience overall on Booktok, but it frankly hasn’t lived up to the media hype that drew me to the site in the first place. I am going to start spending more time back on Twitter (No, I will never call it X) to promote my indie books. You can find me there at @gpwriter I may eventually start a Bluesky account. I will keep you updated.
I have also completed and am editing five new indie books including the sequel to my novel, “Life In Public Relations Hell,” which picks up where volume 1 left off with the protagonist Jake Wilson out of work and questioning the future of his public relations career. Jake becomes desperate after a long job search and takes a position at a public relations agency specializing in crowdfunding public relations. More client and co-worker millennial hell ensues. I am seven drafts into the sequel and happy with how it is coming out. The sequel is funny and honest about my public relations career like my first book. I am looking to bring it out in late 2025.
You can check out my indie books on my Amazon author page.
Also in the past year, I have been learning about AI art and have worked with AI platforms OpenAI, ChatGPT-4, and Midjourney, among others, to create some fascinating developmental art images for my indie books. I have used the art mostly in my Booktok videos and for inspiration for a new book cover for my indie science fiction novel, “Robot Troubles.” I think AI art has brought a whole new dimension to the visual side of my work.
Below are some images I created for my Life in Public Relations Hell novel. They are the characters in my novel – Lulu Yilmaz, Miriam Letti, Jake Wilson, Lorne Whitney aka Cage Boy, Bob Hampton aka The Tommy Boy of PR, and Dane Flynn, the Big Agency Fool.
These are only some of the many AI images I have created for my novel and my other books. I am hoping to share more soon on this blog.
One series of images I call the Art of PR Hell was influenced by the Edvard Munch painting The Scream. I imagined that image in a modern office setting. See below for a couple of examples of my concept.
Although I support AI technology and embrace its possibilities, let me stress that I will never use AI to write my indie books. The writing in my indie books should always come from me and my experiences.
I promise not to abandon this blog again as I have many more stories and images to share about my ongoing public relations career, and life in public relations hell novel series.
GP
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