I want readers to know (and in fairness to other authors and artists) that the
stories attributed to me are conceived, written, refined, and completely authored by me.

In the case of book cover art and character images, I make some use of AI as follows:

• In all cases, I follow the guidelines provided by the Authors Guild in their 9 April 2024 statement: AI Best Practices for Authors.
• All illustrations used in my book covers, or in the images of my characters, are fully licensed through Shutterstock.com. These images, whether individual illustrations or AI creations, come from, or are solely generated from, Shutterstock's proprietary collection, which is licensed for usage directly from artists and illustrators, thus providing compensation to those creators for usage of their work, and guaranteeing creators' copyright is not violated.