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Continue reading →: Tool: World Anvil ResearchI asked Copilot for some tips on how World Anvil might help my writing projects within a shared universe. Me: So if I have over 300 stories that I want organized into a coherent story universe across time, locations, and possibly planets then World Anvil has the advantage for managing…
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Continue reading →: Why Editing Takes So LongWhy does editing take so long? A draft sentence like–“She had been a female soldier of the opposite side; his enemy on the battlefield.”–can turn into the following clip. A new 700+ words added, but it remains rough. 🙂 The below is a clip from chapter 2 of Boudica and…
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Continue reading →: Tool: ScrivenerI had heard positive things about Scrivener but I am not ready to make a decision. I asked Copilot about how Scrivener might help me. Me: Are there any advantage to developing the document in MS Word, then importing it into Scrivener for final polishing and publishing? Copilot: Yes, there…
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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)…
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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