The Wanting

The Wanting

How to Remain an Author in an Age of Automation

On using AI without surrendering voice

Jessica Kantor
Feb 18, 2026
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A few weeks ago, I sent the latest draft of my first novel to my agent, and then came the waiting.

Writers know this particular kind of silence. It is the strange, suspended moment between finishing something and knowing what comes next. I did not want to lose momentum, but I also did not know where to direct it.

Around the same time, Anthropic released a…

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