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Ash and Amber

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William Aizan, a chain smoking, sharp dressed jaded investigator from a clandestine global agency who fights above his weight class through wit and adaptability. When he's not chain‑smoking his way through cold cases, he's the one the agency calls for the strange, the world‑ending, and the politically impossible.

After an unusual case goes sideways, he disobeyed a direct order that leads him to be partnered with an amnesiac Magissa who can destroy everything around her if she loses control.

Now partners, they are thrown into a world of complex moral structure as they uncover a larger conspiracy that looms over them through a series of cases that peels back a sinister layer that leads to more questions than answers.

Together, they must learn to live by their choices as they learn to work with different types of people - both within and outside their organization.
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Author Notes #1 New
About Me:
Hi everyone, I'm zeafiyr. This is my first post here and first real step into a writing community.

I'm not much of a prose writer. I used to write short stories and ones that are written never really goes beyond Chapter 1. Recently, though, I began dabbling in AI-assisted writing. I found myself with a burst of inspiration (and fool myself) that I can actually write using this tool. It's such an advanced (if not a shortcut-y way) to realize my visions. That said, I don't want to purely rely on AI as a shortcut. I'm interested in pushing since then past its usual limitations: the flatness, the generic phrasing, the uncreative figures of speeches. It's a bit laborious that sometimes fruits and makes me want to push and develop my own writing skill.

This is my most ambitious, if not my proudest project that I wanted to share with you all and get some feedback. I've gotten feedback from these AI models and I take them with the immense amount of grain of salt, they are built to be kiss-assers. I want to get the human voice underneath it all and apply it to the novel as well as my writing skill. If there's any interest, I'd be happy to share more about my workflow and approaches or vice versa—if you want to share your own takes, I will be happy to hear that as well.




Points of Discussion:
You can discuss any topic that you'd like that is related to the novel, but here's ones I'm specifically concerned about:
1. How do I recognize where AI has basically written it too flat or too generic? Are there any specific tells, obvious ones, egregious ones?
2. Does the story actually make sense as it unfolds? I built the world first (pre-manuscript), and I'm expanding it chapter by chapter and arc by arc.
3. How do you think the subtext is handled? Am I prone to over-explaining? If yes, what are the failure points of it?
4. If you find the scenes flat, the tropes too generic lacking depth, how would you improve it?
5. The figures of speech is the most important, it's what gives flavor to novels. How would you insert and apply it into this novel?


FAQ:

Q: What AI do you use?
I've experimented with several: DeepSeek V4 (my main tool), Claude 4.6, Kimi 2.5 (mostly for proofreading), Qwen 3.5, and others. Since I'm using free versions, DeepSeek is my primary assistant.

Q: What inspired this novel?
My biggest influences are The Witch and the Beast, The Witcher, The Dresden Files, and Lord of the Mysteries. I'm especially drawn to strong worldbuilding, and I'd appreciate any insight on whether my work leans too heavily on these or stands on its own. If there's any I've missed, please do add.

Q: Your commitment to the novel?
I intend to complete this story. While update frequency may vary depending on real-life constraints, I will continue posting whenever I am able. I have a rough vision and specific outline I want to take with the story. I will post multiple chapters at once (arc) whenever I can, only releasing chapter updates whenever larger releases are not possible.

A\N:
I'll post the rest later or tomorrow (up to Chapter 20 is basically completed, functions as 3 separate arcs). With that said, I'm learning to navigate this website and how to use it. If there's anything I've missed or any tips you can give, that'd be much appreciated. Thank you taking the time to read!
 
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