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Are you scared of AI?
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AI is a wonderful tool. It can broaden the scope of one's writing. For instance, if one's writing about an adventure at sea, it brings to mind the smell of the ocean, the taste of salt in the air, or a sea eagle soaring. The writer, though, has to ensure that the improvement AI is suggesting fits for the character the writer is developing or for the chapter scene. AI can help in reducing verb tags, creating stronger verbs and improving grammatical structure.It is here to stay,
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It might be good for analyzing data - if I were far enough to consider spending money on marketing, maybe that's somewhere it could help, analyzing the results.
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This is the one I show how you can use AI to analyze your work and help you improve it:
https://sumosizedginger.com/2025/09/2...
This one gives practical advice on getting started with AI:
https://sumosizedginger.com/2025/08/2...
I hope you all enjoy!
So far my experience with using AI has been mostly positive. I started using image generators a few years back to bring my fantasy characters to life. I'd previously made cartoons of them but being able to make realistic images of them added a whole new dimension. I still had to do a fair amount of editing to the images, adding details like tattoos and correcting the dreaded AI distorted hands and feet. I use these images in my promotional material. I also use GPT for research purposes. Most of that isn't related to my writing. It tends to be for more generalised things which I need to research. I've used it on a few occasions for writing research and found it helpful.
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Great question. I'm a first-time author, and I did not dare use AI in any way in writing, editing, or improving my book. I did use it to help me with research - finding me full-text peer-reviewed articles. I also use it to make my social media and blog posts more concise. I'm not sure if I'm being too cautious. I do like have AI as a trusty sidekick.
I really enjoyed reading about the themes you explore in your book. The mix of history and suspense feels very engaging.
I completely agree with your perspective. Artificial intelligence is truly powerful , it has changed the way I work and even the way I think. Like you, I’ve also found freedom and inspiration through it. While its creativity may not match ours, it can think in a far more comprehensive way. With massive databases and incredible computational power, it has a remarkable level of fault tolerance. The answers we receive are often the result of tens of thousands of its calculations
I think it's a tool that can be very helpful, if used correctly. The thing that does worry me is there are people out there who will use it to create full novels and further saturate the market, making it that much harder for the good books to be found.
Actually, there’s no need to worry too much. AI lacks the kind of creativity we have. As it becomes more integrated into our daily lives, I believe people will naturally develop a clearer sense of judgment toward AI-generated content, because it simply can’t create genuine emotion
I have used AI to find out basic info and generally have been pleased with it. I wouldn’t fully trust it to help me with my own writing and still double check the facts I’m given!
I think people use AI the wrong way.Yes it can run a scan of the internet to see what works, study it and then create its own.
However, just because it can create one, doesn't mean it would be good. Sure, you can prompt the hell out of it, but it will still be full of nonsense or soulless as some people point out.
I like to think of it as Anvil.
You need to give it the right material, then mold it properly. People do it to edit, enhance their own prose and whatnot.
So, its a bit of a double edge sword, but as OP pointed out, Pandora's Box has been opened, all we can do now is adapt and survive.
I believe AI takes the spirit and soul out of novels. It’s a quick and lazy way to complete a work. It’s one thing to use it for blurbs and research, but to write the entire book seems unfair to those of us who put in the work. One day every painting, book, and song will be the creation of computer programs that use algorithms and key words to impress us. Dark times are approaching.
I personally feel like Pandora's Box has been opened, and so I've decided to just jump in feet first, and see where it takes me.
Since then, I've added it to my work flow, using it to help me brainstorm and edit my works, and I find it extremely liberating and freeing.
While I still have to look over anything, and make sure it actually stays true to what I want, I find that for building outlines, character maps, and other pieces of writing I used to find tedious, it is amazing.
And using tools like NotebookLM has helped me to map out marketing strategies and consider things I normally wouldn't have approached. While I don't have a big success story to share, I do find that it offers amazing suggestions if you ask the right questions.
It's also a fantastic for trying to developmental, proofread, and line edit. So, how do you feel about AI? Are we all doomed to be relegated to the backburner by AI? Or is it a powerful creative tool that we should learn to embrace? I look forward to hearing your opinions!