AC Cooper Writes

Fiction author

Category: Writing process

  • Mayhem…It’s what I need

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    Mayhem Definition, according to dictionary.com 1350-1400; Middle English maheym, maim < Anglo-French mahe(i)m, mahaim < Germanic; akin to Middle High German meidem gelding, Old Norse meitha to injure. Not a nice word, but I’m told I have to do it to my characters if I want to make them real. Of course I’m not saying…

  • Quick update

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    Keeping up the blog writing streak. Busy day today, still catching up on client work, which means that I’ve got to wrap up my week on Saturday. That’s life….at least I’ve got client work and for that I am thankful. God has truly blessed me. After wrapping up the client work then more on Visitor to…

  • The Publishing Wars

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    Well, not wars, actually…more like friendly competition. 😀 Smashwords, Draft2Digital, Pronoun, BookBaby, KDP, Nook Press, Lulu, Barnes & Noble…argh!!! So many publishers/distributors!! Last year I put stories up on both KDP and Smashwords. Out of all of the distributors that Smashwords sends to, Barnes & Noble is, by far, where I’ve sold the most. Wondering…

  • Lies, Damned Lies and More Lies

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    I remember history in school. I remember it as being boring…snooze-inducing. Dates, names, places…all dry, dry dry and nothing to do with my life growing up in the middle of America. Until I had a world history teacher in college. I was amazed. She’d walk into the class, sit on the edge of her desk,…

  • On Being Social

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    Good day. Stayed home all day, created some more mock-ups and am in the process of creating headers for this website and Facebook. The one above is for three of my published stories. Needs a better background, though, but I was just playing around.  Have no idea how (or if) I’ll use the mock-up but…

  • What’s in a name?

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      I’m discovering that the hardest part for me…well one of the hardest parts, actually…is coming up with a name for my characters. I can usually come up with a main character name, but the other people that get drawn into the story…well, I usually find myself using name generators, lol. I think it’s because…

  • Structure and Story

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    This room gives me the creeps…you? I’ve been listening to some great videos put out by Nick Stephenson and Joe Nassise, called Story Engines. While Joe is a plotter, I think I’ll be able to put some of his method to use for my pantser style. He comes up with a premise, then adds characters…

  • My First Ever Mock-Up…So Exciting!

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    Yesterday I did a mock-up using a template from a great guy, Mark Monciardini of Covervault. The first one is the template…obviously…and the next is the one I did of one of my stories…Murder in Blue Lake. This was just a test…me learning how to do it in Gimp. I’ve used Gimp before, but I…

  • Oops…Too Much Fun!

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    Nearly forgot to post here… was having fun learning how to use mock-ups in Gimp. What fun!  It’s late so I’m off to bed, but I’ll share my masterpiece tomorrow. 😏😁 Good night! 😊

  • Is It Only January?

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    No, I’m not in a rush for the year to get going…I’ve got way too much I’d like to do, God willing. But what does make me ask the question is the weather here in Wisconsin. We’re melting like the Wicked Witch in a sauna…temps in the high 30s and rain? Rain? In January? Wouldn’t…