Melissa Maygrove

  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...

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for January 2026. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are: Shannon Lawrence, Olga Godim, Jean Davis,  &  Jacqui Murray! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .   💻💻💻💻💻 January question: Is there anything you added to your writing plans for 2026 that you couldn't get done in 2025? I investigated going wide with my other pen name, and I've positioned myself to do it, but I haven't actually pushed the button. Besides lack of time and other projects taking priority, the learning curve of going from dealing with one retailer and their rules to multiple ones with different and sometimes conflicting rules makes my brain say, "Nope, nope, nope."  I'll do it eventually. On the publishing front... I'm ducking into my writing cave every chance I get, trying to finish my current WIP . This is the first time I've put a book up for preorder before it was written. I'm not sure I like thi...

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for March. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  Kristina Kelly,   Miffie Seideman, Jean Davis,   and Liza @ Middle Passages! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  💻💻💻💻💻 [Image purchased from Depositphotos] Believe it or not, I wrote this before Alex posted the March question. Imagine my shock when I went to get the names of the co-hosts! Have you "played" with AI to write those nasty synopses, or do you refuse to go that route?  How do you feel about AI's impact on creative writing? A few IWSGs ago, the topic was AI and whether it would replace writers. I posted, but I didn't know much about it at all.  Since then, I've dabbled a bit. Wow. *mind blown* I'm going to pause here to say that AI is a very  controversial and often divisive topic.  AI bashing within the typically altruistic writing community has risen to a shocking and frankly saddenin...

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for October 2023. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  Natalie Aguirre,   Kim Lajevardi,   Debs Carey,   Gwen Gardner,   Patricia Josephine,   &  Rebecca Douglass! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  💻💻💻💻💻 October's question: The topic of AI writing has been heavily debated across the world. According to various sources, generative AI will assist writers, not replace them. What are your thoughts? I'm still learning about AI and forming an opinion, but I agree.  From what I understand, it is not without significant limitations.  It can't be trusted for accuracy, and asking it the right questions is imperative.  This AI-generated image says it all. "Jesus flipping over tables at the temple." I don't fear AI. Honestly, it seems like a lot of hype over nothing.   I might let it help me brainstorm or outline a story, but I doubt I...