Im Researching Light Symbolism While Editing My Book And Its So Weird That The Healing One Is The Green

i’m researching light symbolism while editing my book and it’s so weird that the healing one is the green light when it’s so often used in movies to depict something evil

*white knuckle grip on the bathroom sink, through clenched teeth* you write because you love it - because you love it

Billford is so… interesting 👀💛

Alternatives To Using AI Art For Visualising Your Writing

General:

Pinterest boards

Paying for commissions

Finding people online who are already asking for drawing ideas (NOT requesting free commissions from people)

Using your own art

Art swaps if the problem is that you can't come up with the ideas solo

Characters:

Picrews

The Sims

Any other form of game that allows for a good level of character customisation

Interiors/Exteriors:

Minecraft

The Sims

Home design games

Landscapes/Cities:

Minecraft

IRL locations

Animal Crossing

Maps:

Minecraft

Map creation tools online

Spill something on a piece of paper and draw around the outline

time to rewrite two whole scenes a few hours before they need to be finished just cause the pacing is weird. fuck me

I really do not understand the culture around authors who post online.

I've been following a lot of indie authors especially on tiktok. it gives me some good insights into how things work for these types of authors and also it helps me find some really good books. But it feels so... dead? People never talk about their characters, or their favourite scenes or make memes about their stories or answer questions about their characters or world. there's no whimsy. Like when I draw my ocs I expect to make jokes about them, and chat with people about them. But that culture seems to be severely lacking around written ocs.

and then even worse authors seem scared to review books. I saw one woman today who said she doesn't even like to say online WHAT she's reading because what if the author turns out to be problematic or she doesn't like the book and then has to admit that.

like girl you are still a normal ass woman. you're allowed to have opinions on books.

Idk it just feels so sanitized and like almost gross how people who write books just have this culture of never talking about the contents of said books and also you're now meant to be this opinionless being who has 0 opinions on other literature. I write cause I love my characters and cause I love stories. why the fuck would I not gush about my characters and review books to my hearts content?!