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Continue reading →: Restarting Drafting Boudica and The ButcherAfter a break, I resumed drafting _Boudica and The Butcher_, 2nd American Civil War, story; 265 new draft pages. I took a break because of the Israeli invasion of Gaza as the siege and decimation in fiction could have been too parallel to reality. In retrospect, The Butcher’s fictional old-school…
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Continue reading →: Wrappping up the Akiko StorySometimes I have large incomplete draft stories that I drop and then come back to later. Often that incomplete story is essentially done so I just need to wrap it by being willing to say goodbye to the characters. Other times the incomplete story is stuck without a clear path…
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Continue reading →: New Western Adventure SeriesI had an idea for a period western adventure story for boys as there aren’t enough westerns today. As a genre, westerns are primed to stories focused on morality with a gritty realism. Civil war vet turned Rocky Mountain trapper comes into town in the spring to sell his fur…
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Continue reading →: Failure to Launch StoriesI confess that music has been influencing my drafted stories. Ariana Savalas‘ song “What Do You Wanna Know” has been one of those. Yes, your assumption from the name is correct, she is actor Telly Savalas’ daughter. She gained fame as one of the lead singers with Postmodern Jukebox. I…
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Continue reading →: Alone and Invisible at Christmas?Recently, Scott Holleran had a Christmas short story published in Jaded Ibis Press. Possibly it is a personal account and not fiction. His “Do You Need What I Need?” can be read at their site. During the Christmas season, two passing acquaintances see each other again after not having seen…
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Continue reading →: Naming Characters and StoriesUsually, I don’t care about character names when drafting a short story. There are exceptions like Hiro (a Japanese ghost), Chappo (a vengeful Apache warrior), The Butcher (an American Tamerlane), Chad (former lothario looking for marriage), and Nemesis (vigilante) as they were part of a story series. Also, I have…
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Continue reading →: Skippy Verses the MonsterI really should write more kids stories, but my editing backlog doesn’t want to wait for me to write some new stories. A kid story that I have is about a boy confronting the monster who lives under his bed. ** Beginning of “Skippy Verses the Monster” ** Skippy dreaded…
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Continue reading →: DINK BreakupI confess that I enjoy reading my drafted short stories as a prep for editing. Recently, I read my draft novella with the working title, “DINK Breakup.” DINK is the slang acronym for Dual-Income-No-Kids. Emily and Martin have been in a 20 year relationship beginning in high school. They live…
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Continue reading →: Trends in Female SuicideI did a little research on trends in female suicide. Contrary to the Ophelia narrative, women are most likely to self-delete between 45-54 years old. Further, divorced women are 3x more likely to commit suicide than married women. While men are 4x more likely to self delete than women, in…
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Continue reading →: Ladyhawke (1985)I recently rewatched the movie “Ladyhawke” (1985) on Tubi resulting in two takeaways. 1) The terrible soundtrack almost ruined the movie for me. Too much ‘do current thing’ instead of focusing on integrating the music and the scene to set the emotional tone. By the time the music improved, I…
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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