IWSG Blog Post - Book Three Progress Update

The awesome co-hosts for the August 7 posting of the IWSG are Feather Stone, Kim Lajevardi, Diedre Knight, C. Lee McKenzie, and Sarah - The Faux Fountain Pen!

August 7 question - Do you use AI in your writing and if so how? Do you use it for your posts? Incorporate it into your stories? Use it for research? Audio?

I have used AI for research but nothing else. It is useful as a tool, but I hate seeing it used for “art.” That’s all I have to say about AI, so on to my update…

Writing Progress Update
Good news! At the start of July, I finished the first draft of my book. That alone was cause for celebration. I put the manuscript aside and didn’t look at it for two weeks so I’d have a fresh perspective. While my kids were in summer camps, I began editing. This is where the even better news comes in… The first draft is pretty decent! This will be much smoother than editing book two. I’m so glad I took my time. It was totally worth it. I think the third book of the trilogy will be published before the end of the year, as planned.

But, before I get ahead of myself, there is the matter of the tagline and synopsis. Those are the hardest parts, but I can’t get the cover design started until I nail those down!