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Chapter 12 of Jacob the Breeder is in the queue. It took me a couple of tries to write it. Once more the characters drive the action, and I don't necessarily know in advance how events will unfold. Sorry if the end of the chapter is a little light on detail. I wanted to get it off my plate and onto yours. Bon appetit!
I just pushed Chapter 10 of Jacob. It's a short chapter, with no frills, but I wanted to get it out there as I work on the next one.
I promise Chapter 11 won't be completely stroke. I've already written some backstory for it. But it also will have a lot of stroke material, and I'm not sure how long that will take to write. So in the meantime, have Chapter 10.
It's mind-blowing to me how many people are reading about Jacob. The chapters are being downloaded thousands of times, and over 200 readers cared enough to rate the story. I started writing the story for myself, and the interest on here motivates me to keep adding to it.
Many thanks to my readers and especially those who have shared their thoughts about the story. Pointing out my blind spots helps me to round out the story and give it depth.
It might come as no surprise that I've poured a lot of myself into Jacob. He tries to be a nice guy, because he does care about people. At the same time, he takes advantage of the situation before him. He knows that older women in relationships are most likely to want to get pregnant, and yet he selects mostly teens, many of them virgins. Perhaps the candidates don't seem like real people, with hopes and fears, until they're waiting on the bed for him and their fate is sealed.
The Selective Service universe is in some ways convenient for me as a writer. The breeding program is an institution of male power. I can explore nonconsensual situations and largely blame them on the universe. You might call it a sort of moral magic realism, though even in this universe Jacob is far from perfect.
It's not all bad for the women. I very much enjoyed writing about Abby's session, for example. I hope to write more scenes like that in the future. And Jacob does try to make the best of bad situations for his girls.
In contrast, the darker side of my imagination has also been calling, and I haven't decided whether to listen. I'm thinking of scenes that would require a breeder less kind than Jacob, a selfish young man, perhaps even evil, who would fully exercise his power over the women he breeds. Would readers be interested in that that sort of story?
One issue I've struggled with while writing in the Selective Service universe is that of codes, particularly level of consent. There is no question the "Nonconsensual" tag applies to many of the scenes. But what about "Coercion" and "Rape"? It is true that on some level the young women are coerced by the government to attend their breeding sessions. So far, up to chapter 6 of Jacob, my feeling is that the coercion has generally been off screen, so I have not coded it. That may change for future chapters. As far "Rape", SOL defines it to include only violent rape. But what is violence? So far there hasn't been any intentional physical harm, so I haven't used that code either. I kind of disagree with with SOL's definition here, but it is what it is.
Looking forward, I have ideas for chapters 7 and 8. One breeding is consensual and one is not. I'm currently hammering out the details.
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