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Continue reading →: Research: Naming a SuccubiOne of my draft short stories began with the idea of a Succubus Queen. In trying to name the character, I asked Copilot a few questions to identify some options (see below). I ended up naming the character Aaliyah as I thought her image in “Queen of the Damned” (2002)…
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Continue reading →: Single Mom at a BarIn a draft with the working title, “Single Mom at a Bar,” I examine the often-asked question, “Where have all the good men gone?” from a male perspective through the character of Liam. Snip from beginning of draft below. **** Despite Liam’s many attempts, he had met with failure every…
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Continue reading →: Research: French PennyCopilot helped with some detail for a short story set in 15th century France. Question: What is the medieval French equivalent to an English penny? The medieval French equivalent to the English penny is the denier. The denier, also known as a silver penny, was a coin first issued in…
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Continue reading →: Pilgerruh StarvedWhile editing the teaser short stories for the Boudica and The Beast story world, I found that the dialogue between a rebel sergeant and a smuggler to be the most horrific as it was the one that was hopeless. The sergeant offered five diamonds looted from graves for the promise…
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Continue reading →: Research: Shinto MarriageIn setting some of my draft short stories in Japan, I rely on Copilot for information to get some of the immersive detail to my story and validate my ideas. Question: In Shinto, for a marriage to be valid, may the couple agree privately between themselves that they are married…
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Continue reading →: A Blood Thirsty Killer who Drowns Puppies for FunBelow is a snip from a different Boudica and The Butcher teaser short story. These teasers are planned to be an ad-like introduction to the story setting within the Second American Civil War. Formatted but still raw and laconic. ***** Colt ran for cover after his raider team got ambushed…
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Continue reading →: She’s Got a KnifeLet me share a snip from one of the teaser short stories set in a future Second American Civil War of my in progress Boudica and The Butcher novel. As a draft, the snip is raw and laconic. ** Aaron was in an abandoned building near a rebel garrison. Suddenly…
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Continue reading →: Apache DoveSometimes I just gotta hope that Copilot AI is not feeding me BS as its points work out so well. When I was formatting my “Chief and Little Dove” draft teaser short story for the Boudica and the Beast novel, I decided to make Chief (a Union army sniper and…
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Continue reading →: Research: Traditional Japanese Beliefs About Deceased Unborn
I have a draft short story with the working title “Byoukondere Patient.” My short description of the story is “Dr Shohei Akamatsu agrees to marry his terminal patient Suzu, so she will not be neglected in the afterlife.” The story did not start with that direction in mind. Instead, a…
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Continue reading →: The Divided KingdomI keep dreaming about stories only to wake in the middle of the night without being able to fall asleep. Am I the only one? I am noting the core idea of one dream to hopefully get it out of mind for much later. Ideas for character names? For diversity…
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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