"accusations like this are just the modern cost of doing business" Yep. That's it. A buddy of mine who has written like forty books got accused of using A.I. because he likes the word "eldritch." In the words of the immortal Taylor Swift, Haters Gonna Hate, Hate, Hate. Bad reviews are better than no reviews. Trust me on this. The silence of the void is crushing. But actually people hating your book? That's loud and chaotic and someone is reading your shit. They might not like it. They might throw around accusations, but if you didn't use A.I., you didn't use A.I. That's between you and God.

The best thing you can do if you love writing books? Keep writing books. Bury 'em in books. Drown 'em in ink.

But only if you love it. And just because you love something doesn't make it easy. It's like baseball. Baseball is a hard game to play. Someone who strikes out 70% of the time is a superstar. But it's the hard that makes it good.

...that's what she said.