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Continue reading →: Imagining Bang BangSome of my short stories are fantasy. Within the Selfish World story universe, I think of these as part of a legendary past, so similar to such stories in our own world where there were once imagined elves, trolls, cyclops, etc. The last time I did a D&D campaign my…
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Continue reading →: Text-to-Speech ToolsIn terms of advertising stories, I would think YouTube videos could be a channel. However, looking for minimal additional production costs like a startup enterprise. AI can generate images to appeal to the visual sense, but what about audio? If the ad includes an excerpt that could me multiple voices.…
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Continue reading →: Rewriting and ReuseOne of my influences is independent filmmaker Brett Mauser of Not So Sane Entertainment. Frankly, his ability to tell an entertaining story on a low budget demonstrates his talent. While I just need to imagine something for a story at the cost of words and time, Mauser’s storytelling is constrained…
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Continue reading →: Imagining Lord AkamatsuOne of my in-development novels has a working title “Kedakai.” Set in feudal Japan near present day Yokohama, the novel is intended to be like a Disney-princess story, which examines moral virtue. Kedakai’s origin chapter introduces her as a speechless orphan living wild in the forest. Young Lord Akamatsu, son…
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Continue reading →: Rogue ElementsThe Critical Drinker shared, “The time has finally come! Looking forward to sharing our humble short film Rogue Elements with all our Kickstarter backers on Wednesday, October 2nd. For everyone else, expect a wider public release right here on this channel a couple of weeks later. Believe that!” While renown…
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Continue reading →: Purple Boxers with Yellow DragonsI have a running gag in several stories that the male lead is wearing purple boxer shorts with yellow dragon designs on them. One character explained that he did so in case he was ever in an accident. His theory was that whimsical boxer shorts would make him more sympathetic…
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Continue reading →: Imagining ChappoOne of my novels in development is about a 21st century Apache-Mexican War. The concept was to take a historical event and have it reoccur in a contemporary setting. In _Geronimo’s Spirits_, Chappo, a retired Army sergeant, returns home because his younger brother, Tak died of a fentanyl overdose. As…
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Continue reading →: Online Book Launch Event: 9/30/2024 The Garden Variety GrimoireAuthor Scott Holleran has a short story included in The Word’s Faire anthology The Garden Variety Grimoire; to be published 9/30/2024. Holleran described his contribution “Speakeasy” as a dystopian story about a boy sneaking into a banned broadcast. He will read an excerpt of his story at the one-hour online…
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Continue reading →: Imagining PurpleIn my draft novel The Misadventures of Chad Seeking a Wife, Purple was one of Chad’s impactfully blind dates. She was an unsuccessful painter, who made ends meet by posting OnlyFans content. Purple may be her chosen name, but the colors of her flags were all red. After failing Chad’s…
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Continue reading →: No Quarter FlagThe draft novel Boudica and The Butcher dramatizes the horror of war set in a future Second American Civil War. During the siege of Pilgerrah, present day Cleveland but renamed by the rebels in respect for the original native settlers, a previously captured rebel soldier named Ella sewed a new…
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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