Things are moving along nicely with A Healing Love. I’ve completed the thirty-third chapter, which has taken the word count up to 150,000—over twenty thousand more than my next longest novel, A Tortured Soul.
While I’m thrilled with the progress, I recognise that the book is far from complete. And Paul’s story is even further from a resolution—although I’m now very confident that the fifth book will indeed be the final one.
I’m starting to feel like the Douglas Adams of my own little world – this is turning into a “trilogy” in five parts.
Gemini continues to be a very useful writing partner and, at times, it really does feel like I have a human editor in an instant message chat as we go back and forth with revisions to a scene. Is it perfect? Not by a long way, but is any human editor perfect, either? Despite its flaws, Gemini is proving to be an invaluable tool in my writing process. Its ability to provide instant feedback and suggest improvements has, I think, significantly enhanced the quality of my work. With its help, I am confident that A Healing Love will be my best novel yet.
Of course, there’s not really any way for me to know that until the book is out in the wild, so to speak. Once readers get their hands on it and start offering feedback, then I’ll know if using AI in this way has been a help or a hindrance.
