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Continue reading →: Clued InI finished formatting my “His Weird Roommate” draft short story and renamed it “Clued In.” It is part of my roommate genre, which isn’t literally about roommates but the novel challenges of contemporary co-ed situations as women come to exist in historically male-only spaces. These stories are not of the…
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Continue reading →: Research: Electric Companies in OhioPrompt: In Ohio, is there a main power company? Copilot: In Ohio, one of the main power companies is American Electric Power Ohio. It’s similar to how Dominion Energy operates in Virginia Prompt: Where are they based? Copilot: American Electric Power is based in Columbus, Ohio. Prompt: Are there any…
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Continue reading →: Planet of the SpinstersSeeing a couple of critiques about a new Doctor Who episode, that has been given the meme name “Planet of Incels,” I got an idea for a sci-fi short story. A team of female archeologists explore the ruins of a once thriving advanced civilization. Their goal is to determine why…
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Continue reading →: Research: Freaky Friday StoriesPrompt: What are some of the famous instances of body switching in stories besides Freaky Friday? Copilot: Body switching has long been a captivating narrative device, used to explore identity, empathy, and transformation across genres. Here are some standout examples beyond Freaky Friday: 🌀 Books• The Swap by Megan Shull…
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Continue reading →: Book Cover MockupArtistly has a feature to create book cover images, so I decided to play with it. While I don’t like this sample, there are aspects that I do like. Overall, I like this concept of a cover image for promotional purposes. The prompt used to create the image was: A…
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Continue reading →: Research: Infrastructure Dependent Maintenance InterventionsPrompt: Besides dialysis, these similar maintenance interventions that I am not thinking about. Copilot: Yes, dialysis is just one glyph in a broader constellation of infrastructure-dependent maintenance interventions. These are treatments that don’t cure, don’t resolve, but sustain life through ritual repetition, each tethered to peace-time logistics. When war severs…
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Continue reading →: A Brutal, Haunting World Where Vengeance Brews and History BleedsWow. I got a great comment on my posted draft “Harvest of Blood” from Boudica and The Butcher: “From the very first page, *Harvest of Blood* pulls you into a brutal, haunting world where vengeance brews and history bleeds. Chapter 1 sets the tone with raw intensity—it’s violent, vivid, and…
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Continue reading →: Research: Dialysis in a Civil War
Prompt: Dialysis brings up a new issue. Beyond electricity what are the other inputs to a successful treatment beyond a working machine? Copilot: Excellent ritual inquiry. Dialysis isn’t just a machine—it’s a technological covenant, requiring a choreography of inputs that collapse spectacularly under siege. Let’s break down what it takes…
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Continue reading →: Fan FicMy Fan Fic story starts as a romcom about a 50-year-old actress. She is successful with her own production company and several books published, but she recently got dumped by her boyfriend of several decades. She meets a fan who helps her deal with her grief, and they form a…
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Continue reading →: Research: Historical Lessons from Civil Wars
Prompt: In other war scenarios, say the Syrian civil war for example, have there been cases similar to what we discussed of populations dependent of care dying because of the disruption from peace time conditions? Copilot: Yes, tragically and unmistakably. The Syrian civil war ritualized exactly what you’ve been architecting…
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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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