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AI training isn’t any longer a tech experiment you read about in the news. It’s happening in real-time and probably scanning your writing right now. All your blog posts, chapter drafts, or articles you’ve published or shared online are precisely the sort of material AI crawlers vacuum up every minute of the day. I know…
You always want to improve your writing or workflow, and free cloud writing apps can be a tempting and productive idea. At first, you might think you have found the perfect tool because it has a great interface, cloud storage, and comes with a few handy little features; and all for free. After some initial…
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Using AI-generated images in your ebook or blog is a logical consideration because they can quickly add unique visual appeal. However, issues regarding copyright and ethics have made the use of these images far from straightforward. As is the case with most advances in technology, laws and legislation are extremely slow to react and enact.…
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Writing with perfect grammar is so easy now. All you need is a grammar checker, or use one of the many new AI tools to help you. In a way, this is a good thing because poor grammar is an easy way to lose a reader, and it’s so easy to avoid now. However, grammar…
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How much thought do you give to the ways you start a sentence? Because you do it every ten, fifteen, or twenty words, it’s easy to overlook the first few words you use. Maybe you don’t realize it, but are your sentences often beginning with I, he, she, or the or an? Perhaps, there is,…
Interrogative pronouns include the words who, whom, whose, what, and which. While they are words you often use, they can pose issues in certain situations. We use the words to construct clear and precise questions, yet even experienced writers sometimes have to double-check. That’s why it never hurts to occasionally brush up on your basic…
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Almost every day, I see posts on Reddit, X, or Facebook where authors say, “Someone copied my book.” It’s so frequent that I rarely pay attention any longer. Why? Because every book I have published has been copied, pirated, or made available for sale or free on shady websites. It’s the same for most authors,…
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An ever-present danger in writing is relying on your assumed facts. We tend to trust our memory when writing, so simple slip-ups can easily happen. The most common involve dates, geography, and historical events. Innocent mistakes with facts like these can easily happen because our memory is never 100% accurate. However minor they seem, mistakes…
If you’re new to self-publishing and ebook formatting, it’s easy to think that your ebook text justification will look just the same as it appears on your screen. However, ebooks follow a different set of formatting rules. Unlike a print book, an ebook uses dynamic reflowable text. Because of this, justified text options can create…
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Of course, you always want people to discover your writing, whether it’s an article, a short story, or your latest book. However, after you hit publish, you wait, and wait, and nothing happens. But it’s not just happening to you. Until recently, writers and authors could pretty much rely on search engines to deliver regular…
