Lore & LilacWritten by a human
Show how the book was written
Some readers want to know whether a person wrote the book in their hands. If you'd like to answer, add a short page built from the book's own writing history in the studio — the days you wrote, when you began and finished, the words you added and the revisions you saved — with a record code.
No AI involved The page is built from counts the studio already keeps for your stats. It contains no text from your book and involves no AI.
What you get
Written by a human, in detail
- Off unless you switch it on, for each edition
- Figures from your writing history: days spent writing, the dates it was written between, words added and cut, saved revisions, hours of active writing and words in the finished text
- A calm heading and statement you can edit in your own words
- Front matter (before the contents) or back matter (at the very end)
- A record code worked out by Lore & Lilac from the figures and the date; change any figure and the code no longer matches
- In the paged preview, the print-ready PDF and the EPUB
- A note when your writing history has moved on, so you can update the figures before a final export
Planned The page in DOCX exports (today: paged preview, print-ready PDF and EPUB)
How it works
In practice
Switch it on
In Publish, open an edition and tick “Include a Written by a human page”. The studio reads the writing history and freezes the figures as of today.
Say it your way
Keep the suggested heading and statement — that you wrote the book in a studio that doesn't generate, suggest or rewrite prose — or write your own. Choose front or back matter.
Update before you publish
If you keep writing, the page tells you the figures have moved on. Update them for the final version; each edition keeps its own.
Where we draw the line
What it never does
- Include any of your text
- Claim more than the history shows — the studio can't tell typing from pasting, and the page doesn't pretend to
- Count text you imported from a file as words you added
- Appear in a book unless you add it
These follow from our commitments. The studio never writes, suggests or rewrites your prose, anywhere.
Before you start
Questions writers ask
Does this prove I didn't use AI?
No page can prove that, and this one doesn't claim to. It reports what the studio recorded while you worked: days, words added and saved revisions. Every change you save counts, typed or pasted, and the page says so plainly. It's an honest record of the work, offered for readers who are curious.
What is the record code?
A short code Lore & Lilac works out from the figures, the date and the book. If anyone alters a figure on the page, the code no longer matches it. It's a check on the record, not a certificate.
I imported a draft I wrote elsewhere. What will the page say?
Text brought in by importing a file isn't counted as words added. The page reflects the writing and revising done in the studio since then, so for a book drafted elsewhere you may prefer to adjust the statement, or leave the page out.
Is it in the Manuscript submission format?
No. Submission copies leave it out. It's kept for your print and ebook editions.
Try written by a human on your own draft
Import your draft from Word, Scrivener, RTF, EPUB or Markdown, or start on a blank page. The 14-day trial needs no card, and your book is exportable from the first word.