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Continue reading →: Imagining BoudicaFor the longest time, I had unsuccessful at a sample image of my character Boudica in Boudica and The Butcher. I knew that the AI would have trouble with such a character as she starts the story as a 17-year-old child soldier conscripted into the rebel army. I tried to…
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Continue reading →: Research: On Female BondageOne of the advantages of modern life in most of the world is that slavery does not exist. However, this is a historical anomaly. Therefore, to amp up the horror in Boudica and The Butcher, I thought that the enslavement of captured female rebels would be so shocking to contemporary…
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Continue reading →: Famine, Disease…Now FireI am pleased with myself for solving a problem with the siege of Pilgerruh in my _Boudica and The Butcher_ story. The Butcher lacks bombers, artillery, and tanks (politicians deployed such tools outside the civil war in part to defend international interests over ending the civil war quickly through decisive…
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Continue reading →: Research: POW Labor in WarAs Boudica and The Butcher in an anti-war horror novel, I try to include the worst historical antecedents as inspiration for elements within the story. Copilot proved helpful in evaluating some of these horror elements. Prompt: Given lack of resources, might it make sense for a Union commander to use…
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Continue reading →: Dr. Walton, Marriage CounselorOne of my reoccurring characters is Dr. Walton, a marriage counselor. I tried to make him the opposite of a stereotypical marriage counselor by making him a bro. In the first story he appears, the counseling session takes place on a rooftop half court where the husband and therapist play…
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Continue reading →: Research: America’s Great Lakes NavyOne player in Boudica and The Butcher is Admiral Porter operating US naval forces on Lake Erie. However, what does his ad hoc navy look like? I bounced some of my ideas against Copilot to test options. Prompt: What treaty constraints does the US have for navy vessels operating on…
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Continue reading →: Bang Bang is FunOne of the aspects that I love about my character Bang Bang is that he is so innocently crude and borish. Having grown from orphaned war refugee to a mascot of a mercenary company to a veteran, he is full of blunt humor and surprising moments of reality centered wisdom.…
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Continue reading →: Research: Limited Civil War PoliciesIn Boudica and The Butcher, Gen. Gideon Sheridan’s no-quarter policy is out of step with four years of Union politicians attempting to limit the lethality of the civil war. Besides asking Copilot questions, sometimes as part of brainstorming I describe aspects of the story to get feedback. Sometimes these ideas…
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Continue reading →: Research: Combat Medic Treatment PrioritiesWhen editing “Harvest of Blood” as Chapter 1 in Boudica and The Butcher, I relied on Copilot for factual information about treatment of Boudica’s head injury. Prompt: Question about a combat medic treating a head wound: victim unconscious, bleeding scalp laceration, contusion, no exposed brain matter. Does the medic give…
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Continue reading →: Death in a MarriageRecently, I was formatted my “Meggy” draft. The story begins with a marital spat that had been ongoing for weeks. Meggy was avoiding her husband Sean, who sat in the living room nursing a headache. She confronted him when he went to the kitchen to get water. Slowly he reveals…
Hello,
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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