A cartoon image in a bold black outline style, depicting the backs of an anthropomorphized computer and a grown man, both as silhouettes, holding hands and joyfully skipping down a brightly lit city street at sunset. The scene is framed from a slightly low angle, emphasizing their playful gait. The silhouettes are detailed enough to suggest their forms, with the computer's silhouette hinting at a screen or monitor shape. The street is suggested by simple lines and a few subtly rendered buildings in the background. The image purpose is to show that writing a children's book and self-publishing it will require you to interact with computers, and in a lot of cases, at least moving forward, that will be with AI and ChatGPT.

Field Guide to Writing, Illustrating, and Self-Publishing Books

Sharing 15 Years of Mostly Harmless Experience Creating Kids’ Books and Adult Fiction, Big and Small

This book on self-publishing is (being) written by David O’Boyle, Esq. and ChatGPT. David is a human (mostly). ChatGPT is a machine (mostly).

Coffee Table of Contents

All this preliminary material is making a mess. Tidying them up here before moving to the main course.

Kitchen Table of (Dis) Contents

I’m getting to this. Need to find seabed before I can throw down all the anchor tags…

Dining Room Table of (Dis) Contents

Same thing…sea bed, anchor…you get it.