About Novel Mage
What is Novel Mage?
Novel Mage is offline-first AI novel writing software for Windows and macOS. It costs $99.99 as a one-time lifetime purchase — no subscription, no cloud storage, and no data sent to AI training servers. Every feature runs entirely on your device. Your manuscript never leaves your machine.
Writers connect their own AI model — either a free local model via Ollama or LM Studio, or a bring-your-own API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google. No AI subscription is required. The app works fully offline when using a local model.
Why We Built It
Most AI writing tools are built on the assumption that you write every day. You pay monthly, you stay subscribed, and your manuscript lives in their cloud. But most writers don't write every day. Life gets busy. The subscription charge hits. Guilt builds. The novel gets abandoned.
Novel Mage was built to break that cycle. One payment. Your software. Your files. No renewal. No pressure. Come back after three months and everything is exactly where you left it — because it lives on your machine, not ours.
What's Included
Every plan includes the full writing suite:
- —AI Writing Agent — reads your manuscript, searches scenes, generates and edits prose
- —Character Codex — lorebook for characters, locations, and world details, referenced automatically by the AI
- —Story Planner — act, chapter, and scene planning with word counts and draft status
- —Character Interviews — AI-conducted character interviews to develop voice and backstory
- —Writer's Voice Presets — style configuration so the AI writes in your voice, not a generic one
- —Local model support — Ollama and LM Studio for fully offline AI
- —Cloud AI support — bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google API key
Our Principles
Privacy by Design
No servers handle your manuscript. The app is installed on your machine. This is architectural, not a policy promise.
You Own the Software
A lifetime license means the software keeps working whether you write every day or come back after six months.
AI That Assists, Not Replaces
Every feature is designed to help you finish your novel — not to write it for you.
Contact & Community
Have a question, found a bug, or want to share what you're writing? We'd love to hear from you.