We've all heard a phrase similar to "Well, a is *kinda* like b, so you really do use b, so why not go all in and buy all of b since you're already *kinda* using it"

Ok, confused yet? Cool...allow me to explain.

I received an email today from a writing 'resource' that I nearly attended a webinar for. This was one in a loooooong line of emails they've been sending me, hoping I'll spend money on their Zoom call webinars talking about how to be a better writer.

Now, that i can understand. Some folks have the desire, but mechanically...eeeehhhhh. I was cool with it until they posted a new subject: How to use AI to plan, write, and market your book all in a day.

To quote one of my favorite movie critics...ahem..."WHAT...THE...FUCK!"

It's the age of the McNovel, I guess...mass produced by machine, and all you have to do is slap your name on it. So now, these guys' emails have all hit my spam folder for now. But then another one showed up today that made me write this.

Did you know that if you're using a spell-checker or a grammer checker to check your work, you're already using AI? So you may as well go whole hog and join the McNovel movement, right?

Um...no. If this is a hot take, then it is what it is.

Spell/grammar checks are just there to make sure your creative work is legible and doesn't give anyone an eye-twitching migraine from reading it. To me that's a far cry from having a machine actually write your story for you. So, to me, that's a bit of a stretch, and a desperate one to get me to buy something.

Now OK, maybe I'm being stubborn and old-fashioned here, but look...folks on here and other art sites are already crying foul about AI generated visual art. In my opinion, that should encompass literary art too. If you want to use it to maybe lay down a foundation in which you can build, that's fine, but to just say 'write me a novel' and have it on Audible the next day? Sorry, no.

But those are just my thoughts on the matter. Now, back to writing...on paper...from my own head...