This is one of those loops I'm currently finding myself in. I'm writing a "quick" (that's in fricken quotes for a reason) MM Romcom - mainly for YT and also to test out Spoken (@Alexis Sacco is now certified to take projects over there)... My last STUPID edit (this is why I need to leave well enough alone) cut the book in half. Now I'm rewriting because I wasn't paying attention and it can't revert at the moment. How's your Monday going 🙄

Anyone else in AG running into errors only with Opus 4.6? I'm getting weird issues (i'd copy and paste if it would let me) and it's only with 4.6 - which I was trying to push today... but my patience has run thin with it. Thank goodness Sam's Club delivered me apple juice boxes instead of scrubbing bubbles or I'd have to really do something such as "work!"

I love em dashes. I hate what has become of them thanks to the anti AI crowd. Must I get rid of them? Gemini 3 said no. Claude also told me no. But those two have an obvious bias toward em dashes...

Hello everyone! Been a part of the community since Nov/Dec last year. First time posting so please be gentle and hopefully supportive! :-) I have purchased a few Codex's from Dana and I grabbed 4 this weekend (between server crashes!) and I am wanting to know the best way to do. I have used Claude Sonnet 4.5 with the codex files in a project. I also do have Novelcrafter as well. I am able to get a first draft of a novel done. However, then when it comes to editing I get so lost in the weeds!! I find that Chat and Claude will suggest edits. I tell them to do them and then it seems to get better. I then read and listen to the book and there are things that are off...like timelines, and remembering what happened previously. I have a romcom that they are talking on the phone, she finds out he is a school teacher in one chapter, then finds it out again in 2 or 3 chapters after that. Seems like most of the story is her just learning he is a teacher and I am like yelling at my computer, YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY. So then I hope maybe Novelcrafter will help with the "rereading 650 words of the previous chapter". I have 2 drafts and I ask Chat and Claude which one wins...it picks the one with the constant learning issue. UGH. I purcahsed Dana's NC course and did watch it. During it, she mentioned that she takes it a chapter at a time and doesn't do much if any editing...i was like HOW!! Is there anyone with some magic prompts or a easy to follow process. I have a handful of purchased Codex's and I would like to get these written and ready to publish quicker. I may just watch the NC course again from Jan but I am feeling like I am spinning my wheels here!

2026 is my year of trying to streamline my processes. I am trying to get faster at producing my cozy romance books from idea to publishing. Currently it is taking me about 30 hours to complete a book. Yes, I know I'm slower than most but I need to learn to automate better and I always get hung up on the editing (a very unpleasant task) and book covers (but I'm working on improving all of this). I am keen to learn how long it is taking others on average. What's achievable? It will inspire me to improve my practice this year! 🙂