The Novelist Studio

The Novelist Studio

Hosted by: Ana del Valle

Hey there, writer, and welcome to the Novelist Studio. I'm your host, Ana del Valle, award winning author, ex Silicon Valley gal, and book coach. I help writers like you craft, edit, and launch your best sellers into...

Episodes

#55 The Authors Guild Got This AI Warning Wrong

Season #3

The Authors Guild has updated its AI guidelines for writers, including new guidance on AI-generated text, copyright registration, disclosure, publishing contracts, manuscript privacy, and reader trust. In this...
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#54 Did AI Just Win A Literary Award?

Season #3

Pattern density of narrative techniques makes this first place win very suspicious.... Serpent In The Grove Short Story by Jamir Nazir https://granta.com/the-serpent-in-the-grove/...
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#53 AI Wrote That (AI Tells #2)

Season #3

Can readers, agents, or editors spot AI-generated writing? In this episode, I break down 21 AI writing tells in one 451-word novel excerpt. βœ… FREE EBOOK AI-Assist for Creative Writers: What Real Writers Already Know,...
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#52 Three Types of Writers Using AI

Season #3

Discover the 3 types of writers emerging in the AI era and learn the difference between using AI as an ethical tool. If you are a novelist, or aspiring author trying to use AI or already using it, this episode will...
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#51 AI Tells In Writing

Season #3

Think editing with AI is helping your manuscript? Think again. I break down the most obvious AI writing tells showing up in pages today so you can avoid costly mistakes, and keep your manuscript query-ready. βœ… FREE...
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#50 AI Cost Him + Protect Your Book Before It’s Too Late (AI & Film Rights)

Season #3

If AI writes your novel, you may not own the rights. Bestselling author Aaron Ryan breaks down writing craft, AI’s impact on creators, and how to protect your work for publishing and film adaptation. πŸ‘€ ABOUT AARON...
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#49 Her Book Got Pulled + Copyright Lawyer Breaks Down The Case

Season #3

A copyright lawyer breaks down the Mia Ballard case, AI-generated prose, and what writers need to know about copyright, publishing risk, and authorship in the age of AI. If you are writing with AI or using ChatGPT as...
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#48 Tell Agents That You Used ChatGPT + Jane Friedman's Article

Season #3

Do you have to disclose using ChatGPT to literary agents? Learn what counts as authorship, how AI-assisted writing fits within publishing norms, and what agents actually care about. Clear, practical guidance for...
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#47 The Unsellable Novel (Mistakes Writers Make)

Season #3

How to write to market: In this podcast, novelist and AI Creative Writing Academy founder Ana del Valle explains what determines story structure, reader promise, and commercial positioning for first-time authors. πŸ”—...
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#46 AI Detection 99% Accurate?

Season #3

Can publishers detect AI writing? Is AI detection software really 99% accurate? In this episode, I sit down with the CEO of Originality.ai to break down how AI detection actually works β€” including accuracy rates,...
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#45 This is NOT AI-Assist (Writers Still Confused)

Season #3

If you’re using ChatGPT or Claude to write your novel, you need to understand the difference between AI-Assist and AI-Generated (and so many are still confused by this definition). πŸ”— WORK WITH ME (Keep exactly as you...
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#44 Prompting ChatGPT Is Ruining Your Novel

Season #3

If you’re prompting ChatGPT scene by scene to write your novel, you may be weakening your story structureβ€”here’s how serious writers use AI to build strong novel architecture instead πŸ”— WORK WITH ME (Keep exactly as...
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