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I just finished my 1st time reading of an AI generated story. The story was full of typos, stranded letters, wrong pronouns, inconsistent capitalization, often repeated exact descriptions, and more. It feels as though the 'author' didn't bother to read the story before uploading it. I feel cheated...

I must say the story's idea was interesting. I have no idea what involvement this purported 'author' (or any 'author' using AI) has in the creation of an AI generated story. But I do expect an 'author' to respect us readers by cleaning up the story before posting it.

Had this story been submitted as a writing assignment by a high school senior, it would have been graded maybe an 'A' for originality but an overall 'D' or 'C' by depending on how much Ms. Pruett decided to take off for bad proofing and repetitive style. On SOL, readers rated it over 7.5. I guess for those willing to read AI generated stories, this story is above average.

I plowed through it to see if my perception of AI generation was valid. My attention continually drifted to other things because of the number of errors. I'm not likely to read another AI generated story - especially not by this author.

Interesting... Could the owner or programmer of the AI claim authorship by extension? For example, my brother-in-law designs and builds in wood. Furniture, chess pieces... if it enters his head, he does it. He enters designs and specifications into a computer-run lathe, laser whatever. He selects the wood he had collected and cured, and bang - out comes either a complete object or a beautiful part that he assembles into a whole. He does not hand-carve anything.

I don't use AI, so really have no dog in this fight, but I do use many editors/beta readers/proof readers for my stories. Each is a blessing that adds new insights that help me hone the whole. I can't believe that an AI would do as well or get my story to the same or better place. That said - I'm curious to what extent the "story writing AI" is supplied instructions and raw material. Is it like my brother-in-law's woodworking, or a few dollops?

Some day I may have an AI look at one of my stories just for the helluvit - but I'd never consider publishing it.

The almost final draft of Bonnie Princess Charlie has been sent to my editors and the target date for posting is the 1st weekend in June. This is my third Damsel In Distress story, and while I think it reads well as a standalone in that universe, several previous characters are mentioned or have minor parts in this newest story. You might want to read or re-read Pēteris and Monica Mechanic to make sure I haven't lost you.

I've spent more time on this story than any of my others - of any kind. I'm not sure why that's true. I tried a little different twist in this story: The story follows the Damsel, Charlene, on her way to find her Hero. I had fun with the idea and hope you will as well.

BTW: the Hero is a matador, a descendant from a squire of El Cid. It turns out El Cid and his squire were both Heroes on Chaos...

As usual, the characters tell me their stories as we go along. No outline, no AI, just really good help from my editors, beta readers, and proof readers...

BTW: I mentioned that I expected to achieve 900,000 downloads by my 10th year anniversary in March. That total was reached before February ended and now stands at almost 902,500. I hope this latest effort will please you enough to push the total over a million. Only two of my stories have exceeded 100,000 downloads: The Harem Tales 1 and Siobhán. Pēteris is close.

For those of you who enjoyed Gina Marie Wylie's Kinsella stories - jump right into Thinker's Tyrone Colla's Rise. It is an entertaining read based in Gina's universe.

While others would likely enjoy the story, Thinker does little to explain 'existing' technology, etc. so reading Gina's stories first is highly recommended.

All that said, the story fits well into the tone and 'canon' of Gina's writing in that universe. The story would benefit from tighter editing and proof reading, but there's nothing that seriously interferes with a reader's enjoyment.

Definitely recommended.

After a long down period, the mailing list is up and active. Two new stories are in the mill.

In January, invitations to join were sent to everyone who previously expressed an interest, but over half did not respond.

New invitations were sent out today, and we are requesting that you respond, or let us know you are no longer interested.

All Readers: If you have an interest in writing, beta reading, proof reading, or editing in the Swarm Cycle, this is an invitation for you to let us know at https://groups.google.com/g/swarm-authors/ approval will follow within hours.