Author: accooperwrites
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Maybe I Need to Grow Up as a Writer?
Celebrate the little things. Today I played in the imaginary world I’m creating and am happy that I did.
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Need Accountability? Me Too!
Sorry to say I’ve not been completely, 100% consistent with the writing.But that’s okay…it’s a learning process, right? Practice, practice, practice…makes better! My husband has been practicing his guitar for the past 2+ years on a regular basis. Nobody had to tell him to do it…he wants to do it. He does it even when…
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Keep On Writing…and Publishing!
Quick update on what I’m up to and plans to get a book cover done for my most recently [finished] short story. 😀
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Adding Inventory To My Magic Bakery
One of my favorite writing teachers is Dean Wesley Smith. In this blog I share what I’m learning about discoverability from his book The Magic Bakery.
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Getting back to the writing…
No excuses for the absence, other than “life”. That, and the seemingly never-ending battle with The Editor (a/k/a my critical voice). So, we have a truce. She’ll try to let me be, and I’ll let her have her way every so often as I’m writing. I’m a methodological pantser (see video below), so when I…
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DIY Story Structure Guide
Slowly, ever so slowly, I’ve been working on a story structure guide for my personal use. Thanks goes to novel editor Ellen Brock for the suggestion. She recommends that Methodological Pantsers (a description that describes me to a “T”) put together their own structure guide taking a “mix and match” approach for the different naming…
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Have You Been Writing?
As per usual, it’s been a while since I’ve visited this poor little blog. But, that is life, no? I haven’t been writing. It’s not like I haven’t tried, at least a couple of times, but it’s been 6 (soon to be 7) years since I published anything. That, my friend, is a long drought.…
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It’s All Been a Lie!
“Dammit Jane…I told you the Earth was flat. But no, you didn’t believe me. Jane…Jane!” Jane Belkins gaped, staring out the window of the shuttle, trying to ignore her boyfriend’s incessant nagging. Her mind refused to believe what her eyes were clearly showing her. Her home for the past 30 years of her life wasn’t…