A.C. Louis's Blog, page 3
July 10, 2021
Choosing to self-publish a novel just for the thrills
As Goliath Fallen trudges through the late stages of editing, the time for an important decision comes: whether to self-publish or go traditional. It’s a decision every author will have to make sooner or later, and it’s not an easy one—especially if it’s your first book. There are serious stakes involved. Once self-published, your book will be out there forever. There’s a big chance that will kill...
June 21, 2021
About the author
A.C LOUIS is a science fiction writer, software engineer, and LEGO enthusiast. He was born and raised in Costa Rica, meaning Spanish is his mother tongue and he does terribly in the cold weather. He started writing eight years ago, motivated by movies and video games and hasn’t stopped ever since.
Goliath Fallen is coming soon.
After a vicious enemy ambushes the 150-year-long Atlas Mission, Lucas, a young scientist in seek of redemption, Nathan, a widowed father, and Izzy, a fearless 12-year-old, struggle to survive aboard the wreckage of the generation starship Goliath, stranded and isolated millions of miles into space. Sign up for my newsletter and get a free preview in ebook and PDF format.
May 24, 2020
My favorite language learning tools so far
As lockdown goes on, I continue in my personal mission to learn German and Japanese. Last week I had the very rewarding feeling of being able to understand most of the Easy German videos from A1 to B1. There are still some words missing, but damn it feels good to know what’s going on. If you’re learning a language and haven’t heard of Easy Languages, you’re missing out—they’re awesome! Anyway...
February 25, 2020
Decoding feedback: “You could make this more active.”
What they said“You could write this more active.”What it means“I’m falling asleep here! Use a more punchy, quick narrative!”Applicable toAction scenes, rising tension. It’s not only about using active over passive voice, but also getting rid of glue words, using punchier verbs, and using shorter and quicker sentences. Mind punctuation signs; em dash, commas, semicolon, period—they all represent...
February 16, 2020
How I’m learning those scary Japanese kanji
If you’re familiar with Japanese, let’s cut to the chase. Aside from my full-time job and writing fiction, I dedicate my spare time to the fulfilling, enriching, but painful art of learning new languages, among those, Japanese. One thing that drove me to learn Japanese, aside from growing up with a heavy dose of anime, is how different and interesting it is. From how the grammar works...
February 8, 2020
Goliath Fallen’s new website is live!
It wasn’t as easy as I initially thought, but it’s done! My latest novel, Goliath Fallen, is live on its new, revamped website at aclouis.com/goliathfallen. As usual, I’ll be posting chapters as I write them (30 of them are available for reading). I’m looking to update once a week, although I’m not sure yet which day. I hope you drop by and don’t forget to subscribe! If you’re interested in the...
