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Continue reading →: Naming The Butcher: Gideon SheridanWhen I worked on doing a second pass edit for the first time, the draft still pretty incomplete. At that point, the dialogue, action, and narration is completed. In addition to general editing, the purpose of this pass is to add the immersive detail and world building to draw the…
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Continue reading →: Research: Human Eye ColorsI asked Copilot some questions about human eye colors as I considered character descriptions. Question: What is the distribution of natural human eye colors? For example, % green. The distribution of natural human eye colors varies globally. Here’s a general breakdown: Brown eyes: 70%-80% Blue eyes: 8%-10% Hazel eyes: 5%…
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Continue reading →: Naming Geronimo’s SpiritsI had decided to change the working title of Chappo’s 21st century Apache-Mexican war story from Geronimo’s Sons. At first, I was thinking, Geronimo’s Ghosts but according to Copilot AI ghosts have a negative connotation in Apache culture. After some back and forth with Copilot, I decided to shift to…
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Continue reading →: Research: Using Flower Names for Female CharactersI have several teaser stories written to promote my draft Boudica and The Butcher. For fun, I decided to try name the female characters after flowers. So, I asked three different AIs for a list of potential character names. In the table below, I identify which AI listed each name.…
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Continue reading →: Angry-Woman, The Heroine We Need?One old story idea that I might never write was inspired by a character who appeared for 3 seconds without any spoken lines on the show “In Living Color.” This occurred in the introductory sketch for Handi-Man. She was described as the world’s only black feminist lesbian superhero, Angry-Woman; it…
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Continue reading →: Research: Using Weapons Names for CharactersI have a number of teaser stories written to promote my draft Boudica and The Butcher. For fun, I decided to try name the male characters, who were all soldiers, after weapons. So, I asked three different AIs for a list of potential character names. In the below table, I…
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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 Translation
I 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…
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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