<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Gwen Singletary — Notes</title><description>TODO site description in Gwen’s voice.</description><link>https://gwensingletary.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>At My Current Royalty Rate, I Can Afford a Real Illustrator in the Year 2109</title><link>https://gwensingletary.com/notes/illustrator-year-2109/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://gwensingletary.com/notes/illustrator-year-2109/</guid><description>Ideogram costs me 29 dollars a month. My Amazon royalties last month were 1 dollar and 87 cents. Here is the math on when I can commission a human artist, and why it is not art versus AI.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>On covers</category><category>ai art</category><category>covers</category><category>the business</category></item><item><title>A Sweeping Tale of Passion and Plumbing</title><link>https://gwensingletary.com/notes/passion-and-plumbing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://gwensingletary.com/notes/passion-and-plumbing/</guid><description>I made a cover for Master Pipe Layer. It is a loud, deliberate, gold-foil joke — and it got flagged Not Safe For Work by the exact reflex the joke is about.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>On covers</category><category>covers</category><category>royal road</category><category>ai art</category></item></channel></rss>