Today's edit is a gritty fantasy book with a re-imagining of European Medieval society whilst under the power of the Catholic church. Its really good. Reminds me of Joe Abercrombie's The Devils, which is a right good read.

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Perhaps the best guide to spotting AI writing... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing

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Last day of editing this romance novel.

One issue has been a tendency to try and tell the story in the narrative. Often, the writer is moving the dialogue into the narrative summary. This is always bad. Try to keep the story in the words and actions of the characters and not told via the narrator.

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Started reading The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis over Easter. Only good things to say about this book.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217388147-the-hounding

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Back to editing after the Easter break. This week its a modern romance novel.

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Angine de Poitrine seem to be a perfect reaction to AI created music.

https://www.jazztimes.com/features/profiles/the-off-world-aesthetic-of-quebecs-angine-de-poitrine/?v=97282b278e5d

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Recently Hachette cancelled the novel *Shy Girl*, worried it was written by AI.

I've linked this below, its interesting.

However, I suspect the reason the book has been cancelled has nothing to do with ethics and EVERYTHING to do with the fact that AI work can't be copyrighted.

Publishers are more worried about protecting their moats than they are about the ethics of AI.

BTW, I write this as an author that has been published by Hachette.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/20/hachette-horror-novel-shy-girl-suspected-ai-use-mia-ballard

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Just a reminder, when formatting text the first paragraph of a chapter is flush, the rest are indented.

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Starting the week with a free sample edit, looks like an interesting project. The writer's main concern is the book length, since it is sitting at 170k. Going to assess if we can split into two (or three) books.

Each project is different but for longer manuscripts I often feel creating multiple books is the best answer since it often produces a ready made series. The problem is narrative arc, which will often need some work to fix.

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