January 2025

Is Microsoft Using Your Words to Train AI? Here’s What Writers Need to Know (and Do)

/ INDIE PUBLISHING, Technology, Tools & AI / 2 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

Let’s talk about a topic that’s been making the rounds lately: the idea that Microsoft is using your Word documents to train its AI models. Recently, concerns have been raised about Microsoft potentially collecting data from Word and Excel to enhance their AI algorithms. However, Microsoft has clarified that they do not use customer data […]

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Harnessing the 3 A.M. Dread to Supercharge Your Writing (and More)

/ Creativity, Getting Ideas, Notetaking / 4 minutes of reading / 2 Comments

Ah, the dreaded 3 a.m. wake-up. You know the drill. You’re drifting in and out of sleep, and suddenly, your brain decides now’s the perfect time to replay that awkward email you sent at work. Or it spins a delightful doomsday scenario about how your project will implode, your reputation will be ruined, and your

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Dash It All! A Writer’s Guide to Em-Dashes, En-Dashes, and Manuscript Dashes

/ WRITING GENRE FICTION / 5 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

Ah, the dash. That versatile little line that writers love to use—sometimes too much. Recently, I was asked to assess an ebook prepped for sale. There were many formatting errors in the book, most of them arising because the author, a long-time trad published writer, was making the transition to indie. They knew standard formatting

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