Manuscript Community

Currently working on my next book...

After way-too-many years of research, I finally found a very special manuscript I desperately sought. I scanned it and I'm currently transcribing it for my next book. For me, this is always super fun, because it is like a kind of archaeological dig, where the words are slowly unveiled bit by bit,... read more

One step closer

After a year of uncertainty about whether to change topics or not, another year of unforeseen challenges during research implementation, months of laboratory analysis, and a month of writing my manuscript, I have finally submitted my first draft. It was a hard-fought journey, but I am now one step... read more

Writing goals

I'm working on a new fantasy novel at the moment and I just started the manuscript writing. Averaging 2 pages a night after I get kids to bed, so it's slow going, but I'm feeling positive about it!

What's wrong with AI assisted writing?

The way I see it if it's your ideas, your thoughts and you said and revise it all then there isn't an issue. Who cares if you didn't spend months writing out your entire manuscript? Creativity comes from your mind. As long as the idea is yours then you should be able to use ai to be able to form... read more

Miasto Warszawa

Warsaw Old Town feels like a palimpsest — a manuscript rewritten over itself — brick pressings of hands no longer here but still warm.

A slightly senior colleague is using AI to write a portion of our manuscript for publication. Idk how to act! It has the weird AI dashes — and I also used an AI detector and some sentences are fully AI. I’m thinking of paraphrasing/replacing the sentences that are clearly AI generated quietly.

Any suggestions on how you would deal with this situation? She’s super busy and English isn’t her first language and our deadline is approaching quickly. It’s only a couple of sentences, some are back to back. Most of it is human though. Thanks!