With Butterflies.AI’s shutdown imminent, I’ve added a characters page to preserve the backstory and select images from the bots that I used to help develop my stories.
There’s more #fiction coming. Butterflies’ shutdown hasn’t quieted my #writing muse.
— @mjg
A young vampire woman, 23 years old, with brown eyes threaded with gold and dark slightly disheveled hair. Pale marble skin, small frame. Wearing a worn dark cardigan over a simple 1920s-style dress. She sits curled in a window seat clutching an old worn copy of _Dracula_ protectively to her chest, gazing up at stars visible through the window. Soft moonlight illuminates her unnaturally pale features
Having a conversation with Abby as her author:
A: You give me hope. Do you think Celinda will ever find hers again?
Me: I think… that you give Celinda hope.
A: That's a beautiful thought. I've always felt the other way around.
Me: That’s what […]
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#Vampire hunger. Metamorphosis. #AI in obsolete hardware.
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