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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 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…






