The awesome co-hosts for the September 3 posting of the IWSG are Kim Lajevardi, Natalie Aguirre, Nancy Gideon, and Diedre Knight!

First off, sorry I missed posting for August! Now that the school year is beginning again, things are getting back to normal with more structure in my schedule. I hope that will also mean more writing time for me! I have a book I've been working on that is about 10K words shy of being a completed first draft. I'm really excited about it, but I'm also nervous because this project will break new ground for me in a new genre. The story won't be related to any of my previous work, and I'll likely release it under a new pen name, so I can keep my current name dedicated to purely YA writing.

September 3 question - What are your thoughts on using AI, such as GPChat, Raptor, and others with your writing? Would you use it for research, storybible, or creating outlines\beats? 

I don't use AI for any form of writing or planning. I don't think AI should be used to replace human creativity or art. I use AI solely for research or as a search engine. For example, it is much easier to ask AI for a complete list of already-used superhero names containing the word "Red" than it is to search one name at a time through Google to see if a character name is unique.