I’m writing a book and my editor needs to be able to alter/comment on the document as we go. I’m afraid AI is gonna use my work so I wanna move away from Google.

      • tyrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I’d carefully review policies of Dropbox or any company to make sure you aren’t just jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. If I was you I’d look into one of the encrypted services others have mentioned. Or even just email an encrypted PDF to them on the regular.

        • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOP
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          2 days ago

          I’m going to review my options EXTENSIVELY. My book is the best thing I’ve ever written and my beta readers are already fans of it and I’m only 3 chapters in.

            • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOP
              6·
              2 days ago

              Thank you! I plan to share it here on Lemmy once I get published. I’m having so much fun with it. It’s SUPER different than my usual writing an it is honestly a blast

                • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOP
                  1·
                  9 hours ago

                  I will! I’m hoping to have it done within a year. I’m fast tracked for publishing because my cousin is my editor in the startup publishing company I’m going through and we devised a chapter by chapter editing process that makes the whole thing quicker. Also nepotism lmao.

                  I also manage to write every day, whether it be just a single sentence, a paragraph, or a whole lot more. I wfh full time, which gives me loads of free time to work on stuff while somehow being hella productive for my day job lol.

                  I have little side projects (fanfics. Pls don’t judge me too hard lmao) to practice my craft with established lore and characters. It allows me to experiment with imagery and dialogue.