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Continue reading →: Creating an AI Accent CoachIn my first Chappo short story for Geromino’s Spirits, Chappo goes to a border shanty town populated by fraudulent asylum seekers. There he met a prostitute named Aisha, an Egyptian woman held in debt bondage by the cartel. His goal was to identify one of the cartel’s lawyers from her…
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Continue reading →: Research: Formatted for e-BookI asked Copilot a series of questions about formatting a book for e-book publication. Me: For e-book publishing, should printing style headers, footers, and page numbers be included? Copilot: For e-book publishing, it’s generally best to avoid including printing style headers, footers, and page numbers. E-books are designed to be…
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Continue reading →: Chief’s BackstoryI thought of some backstory for Chief (aka Tak) in my draft novel Boudica and The Butcher beyond being Chappo’s nephew. Chief had been regular army before the war but was discharged with a partial disability; a parachuting accident during jump school caused an injury (knee or back). After he…
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Continue reading →: Research: Scythe vs. SickleIn my “Harvest of Blood” draft, I had to pick the right word for the sentence: “Ares strode the land again with a sickle to harvest the corpses of the nation’s youth one stroke at a time.” Below is the dialogue I had with Copilot to help me make my…
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Continue reading →: My Valerie ProblemI think that I have a solution to my Valerie problem. Independent film maker Brett Mauser has a reoccurring archetype character named “Smokey,” who is the informant with the critical piece of information needed by the investigator. As Mike tells Diane in the first episode of the Innocence Saga, “There…
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Continue reading →: A Chappo Sequel?Sometimes when doing research using Copilot, I end up having a conversation with the AI about characters, story progress, and ideas for additional story development. Me: The Story is doing well. Chapters are written about Chappo tricking his brother’s dealer (Smokey) into giving him information, getting information from an Egyptian…
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Continue reading →: Naughty JournalistsSomething when drafting stories, my own story has been starting to think to myself, “Nah, that might be a bit much,” but then reality says, “Hold my beer.” An example of the latter appeared in the New York Post, which reported that Olivia Nuzzi (a journalist with New York Magazine)…
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Continue reading →: Research: Naming the ApacheJust because we call them Apache does not mean that is their only name, so I asked Copilot. Q: As Apache is likely an English use, what do the Apache call themselves? Copilot: The Apache people refer to themselves using several terms in their own languages. Commonly, they use Indé…
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Continue reading →: Mad As a HatterI was formatting a drafted story when I recklessly read one line that caused me to get something in my eye. The story had an innocuous working title, “Ex Wf.” The premise was a woman coming over to her ex-husband’s home for her once-a-month two-hour court ordered visitation with their…
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Continue reading →: Research: Apache CultureWhen I was in college, I would supplement each class by reading a book or five beyond the assigned reading, so reading a book on Apache culture makes sense for me. Q: Is there an academic book on Apache culture? Copilot: Yes, there are several academic books that delve into…
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I’m Jaycee
Currently, I am a drafter and plodding editor of my own fiction stories. Looking towards the future when edited stories turn into published ones.
Here I am starting to bare my soul to give you a preview of what I have been working on.
See “Harvest of Blood” in this site’s menu bar for a preview of a draft chapter from Boudica and The Butcher, a novel set in a future Second American Civil War.
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