This is my Insecure Writers Support Group post for October 2026. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month are: Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Liza at Middle Passages, JH Moncrieff, & Jemima Pett! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you . 💻💻💻💻💻 October 7 question : Many people are calling for writers who use AI to disclose it. Most who employ ghostwriters do not admit it. Do you think authors who use ghostwriters should have to disclose that, too? (Thanks Melissa Maygrove for the question!) (Thanks, Alex, for outing me. 😅 ) Short answer : If authors are going to be forced to publicize AI use, then authors who utilize ghost writers should have to publicize that, too. Novels are published all the time that bear the name of only the author and not their ghostwriter. The author takes all the credit, even though he or she didn't do all the writing. Yet you don't see ghostwriter witch hunts like those that are happening in regard to AI. At l...