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Continue reading →: If I Had Been a Better ManI observe that often my drafted stories have a musical influence. In this century, Colin Hay, famous as the lead singer for Men at Work in the 80s, made a mature and reflective song called “If I Had Been a Better Man.” As inspiration, such a song risks venturing into…
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Continue reading →: Research: Apache TranslationI have two characters, an uncle and nephew, who are Apache and appear in two of my draft novels. During editing, Copilot helps me with research during editing to add a little spice. Question: What is the Apache word for dog? The Apache word for “dog” is góshǫǫ. In Apache…
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Continue reading →: When Adam Offered Eve an AppleI have noticed some reoccurring events across my draft stories as I edit them. One is a man offering a woman an apple. Looking at these recently, it seems like a riff on the woman choosing between a man or bear in the wilderness meme by having her choose to…
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Continue reading →: Research: Describing Being TaseredOne of my short stories involves a restrained prisoner who is threatened with being tasered to extract intelligence. Never having been tasered I needed some hints on how to describe the effects. Below is my exchange with Copilot to gain some details to include in the story. Question: I am…
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Continue reading →: The Massive Chad StoriesI have been editing my Chad Seeks Wife stories, which are my largest block at 51 stories with more than 600k words drafted. I estimate that at 3 books, The Misadventures of Chad Seeking a Wife novel plus 2 anthologies of short stories that were not essential to the novel.…
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Continue reading →: Research: Naming a Succubi HunterI asked Copilot questions to help me name the assassin in my Succubus Queen story (see below). I decided to name him Tofano as a masculine adaptation of Giulia Tofana, who feminists have been celebrating as a killer of men. My short description of that short short is “Tofano offers…
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Continue reading →: Butch and Nasty at CollegeI had been working on drafting an experimental short story that could go horribly wrong as it crashes and burns before completion. Butch and Nasty are new college roommates without having known each other previously. Nasty thinks Butch is an effeminate scrawny shrimp but attributes that to Butch growing up…
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Continue reading →: Research: Naming a Succubi
One 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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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.
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