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The problem is that tagging a document takes time, and the new Gemini TTS model has problems with long passages. So I started developing a tool that I could install on a virtual machine.

Speech synthesis is a double-edged sword when it comes to literature. Narrators’ jobs might dry up, and even if TTS audio becomes very good over time, having another person involved with the narration is still something different from using an AI. But I would not have a person narrate my beta text. It would cost too much, and it would not be a good use of someone’s time. This is one place where I think AI can be useful without being harmful.

I’ve been running a promotion campaign on Amazon and Freebooksy this past weekend, and the results were amazing! The book reached #4 on Amazon’s Top 100 list for free Sci-Fi, #1 in free Friendship Fiction, #2 in free Family Life Fiction, and even #91 on the overall Top 100 for free books.
I’m thrilled that more than 1,400 readers have already chosen to give my book a try, and I truly hope you’ll enjoy it.

It’s official! Not That Kind of Companion is published and ready for you, in paperback and Kindle editions:) I hope you all will enjoy it.

It’s available globally, but here are some quick links:
Amazon DE – https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FLLN9P86
Amazon US – https://www.amazon.com/dp/8269425109
Amazon UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/8269425109

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In less than 72 hours my first book will be published on Kindle. Paperback will come shortly as well (I just need to tweak the cover a tiny bit).
I’m really happy to have come to this part, getting my book out there:)

The manuscript has been formatted, and the cover resized and made into a PDF. A bunch of questions and options are set, and now it’s just a bit of waiting and last checks before publication. First as a paperback and then soon after as a digital version.

It’s been 2517 days since I started writing on book one. And though I’ve had long breaks, including writing the first draft of another book, it’s been a fair while. But what an experience it has been.

The first day I wrote, I wrote eleven pages (4333 words). However, that text required extensive editing, and as I continued writing, I also revised my previous work. That helped me remember where I was in the story, and also get a handle on some of the worst errors right away. I have had days where I wrote as much as on the first day, but not more than one or two.

“We don’t do it because it’s easy. We do it because we thought it would be easy.”

I read this quote a few days ago and think it’s both funny and, to a large extent, valid. I didn’t know what I was getting into when I first started writing. And I’m delighted I didn’t. Because it’s unlikely that I would have prevailed as a starter at all. When the first draft was done in mid-2019, I still had to do a lot of editing to get the text presentable. But I did it, and now I know that I can (even if I easily forget it). If anyone wants to read the first book, well, that’s another story. But because I have written the book and will publish it, I will find out. Either way, I will most likely continue to write my story. Since it’s not done, it’s good fun to do, and I know I can.

With some great help from the artist Aleks Szczubełek the cover for book one is now finished, and I’m stoked about it. And the book title is now in place. It’s Not That Kind of Companion.

I’ve been working on last minute edits and formating the manuscript to work with Amazons print on demand service. It’s been a journey and I’m starting to see the finish line. Looking forward to publishing day.

It’s been a fair while since I posted last. About three and a half year, jikes. Well for a fair amount of time I’ve not written any, but dealt with a new job, some health issues and all the normal things that happens in a life. But I got back to writing a while back. So I have finished the first draft for book two, and I’ve for the last few months been doing the final polish on book one. It’s now 99% ready for publishing.

The picture above is a draft for the cover image for book one. I’m really happy that I was able to get an artist to help me really mirror my vision and a key scene from the book. More will follow very soon.

Progress has been slow this last year.
Book one in Jane and her robots series is close to ready for publication but awaits completion of the second book. Book two first draft is at 30k words (goal is around 60-70k).

My day job is writing-related, and it has taken a toll on my creativity surplus. I have also been troubled with headaches several times a week much of this last year. I have had more success on my writing this last month, and I’m therefore hopeful for the future. My goal is to have the first draft of book two done by the summer of 22 (no promises)

Have a good holiday and new year
T.B

Progress on Jane and her robots book two has been slow the last month (AKA not done any writing), but I have spent some time working on another project (temporarily named sky) that’s in early development.

I wanted some portraits of the main cast of Jane and her robots. I got help from Boomi_art, a freelance illustrator and concept artist, and the result is, in my opinion, very close to what I had envisioned. To begin with, I have gotten portraits of Jane and Mei. And hope to get more made soon.

Character design Jane

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