Scrolling through FB for five minutes this morning, I came across no less than four ads offering support for generating AI novels and getting them published via Amazon. One even claimed to provide tools for writing and publishing at least one book daily. Many of my colleagues fear AI will replace us—as born out byContinue reading “Creatives Doing Manual and Robots Creating”
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A Little on How I do it
With 35 years as a professional editor, plus 26 novels published at time of print, Phil has jotted down a few words on the processes he follows when writing a book. A Technical Approach to Novel Writing has a foreword from acclaimed historical fantasy novelist John De Búrca. “Why? Why apply a technical approach to creativeContinue reading “A Little on How I do it”
Galley-Proof
Really impressed with this cover from the designers at PerchedCrowPress. I don’t think anyone could misunderstand what the book’s about. Like the look of it? You can get it at https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CHL19RDQ.
Foreword: A Technical Approach to Novel Writing
Writing is hard. Writing, is hard. Writing: it’s hard. From early on in one’s writing journey, speed bumps, pitfalls, and diversions can stifle creativity and cast a shadow over the work. Writing is hard. It’s easy to include purple prose, adjectives, POV issues, plot holes, passive writing, and using a go-to word or phrase 437Continue reading “Foreword: A Technical Approach to Novel Writing”
A Technical Approach to Novel Writing
As professional writers, we are currently under attack from both cowboys looking for a route to easy money and AI. It has got to the point where the cowboys — without the requisite skills — are using AI to disguise their charlatanism. One way to counter the attack is through quality. The output from charlatansContinue reading “A Technical Approach to Novel Writing”