Hello, Readers. Just wanted to leave this little warning. There are mentions of molestation/attempted rape between two underaged characters. Nothing happens on screen but, as this story is listed as no sex, I want to try and prepare my readers for this. Basically, "Reader discretion is advised".
So many of you have seen articles talking about the effect that A.I is having on writers. The intellectual property theft, the over taking of writing space by A.I generated schlock, the snake that is A.I writing, eating its own proverbial tail by scraping A.I writen content to incorporate into itself. As a promise to myself and my writers, I will always be honest about any A.I use that I do. I do NOT use any LLMs for Plot generation, mass writing or research. I do not use A.I art generators for any artwork I may present in the future. I use ONE type of A.I and that is Grammarly to check my spelling,grammar and, at times, I will take its suggestions on how to better word a sentence. Speaking of Word(tm) I also use it's in-house spell check and grammar functions. Therefore all plot devices, spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes, dropped plot threads or other story writing mistakes are mine and mine alone. But so are all of the characters, the phrases that I am most proud of and the scenes that make you feel. This is a promise that I make to myself and my readers. Not sure if this actually matters to you all but it does to me. And if I do ever end up using A.I/LLMs, I will be upfront and tell you where in the text I used it at the end of the chapter so as not to spoil any scenes. To be quite frank, I hope that I never stoop that far. Not to be pretentious but if I never manage to write a single other word for any posted story, I will still feel like I have accoplished more than the people that plug a prompt into Chatgpt and post what it spits out verbatum. Especially after the court ruled against the authors suing Metas A.I. Thank you all for your time.
So guys, small update, nothing has been abandoned and I am currently working on chapter 4 of The Line Between Ruthlessness and Mercy. I know that my updates have been nonexistent and that is because I haven't yet figured out a way to create a habit of writing. Everyone can say things like "write a little each day" but that advice has never stuck with me. Thats not generally how I write, even if it should be. That being said, I hope to have the next chapter up this month. I know thats a long time frame but at least it is a frame rather than a nebulous blob. Thank you all for your time and your attention.