by Cooper West | Apr 20, 2016 | Editorial
As an author and a librarian, I love Wikipedia, and I use it for research all the time. That surprises people a lot, who think that as both an author and a librarian, I should be “better than that.” I’m not better than that, though, because Wikipedia...
by Cooper West | Apr 17, 2016 | Writing Update
KEEP IN MIND: Sunday Six pullouts are by their nature spoilery. So if you don’t want to know, don’t read! More from Parker! I’m on the downhill run with this story; it’s already at 95k words, and will probably tip over 100k when finished. So, you’ll...
by Cooper West | Apr 13, 2016 | Editorial
I don’t think anything brings pain to a librarian’s heart as much as losing a library. Collectively, we still raise our glasses in tearful memorial to the ancient world’s Library of Alexandria, but that is hardly the only “lost library”...
by Cooper West | Apr 10, 2016 | Writing
KEEP IN MIND: Sunday Six pullouts are by their nature spoilery. So if you don’t want to know, don’t read! More from Parker! This pullout is from an earlier chapter, where Greg picks up Parker, a rescue dog: “I didn’t put a bowl of water on the floor for...
by Cooper West | Apr 7, 2016 | Bucket List
I love libraries. I love books. I especially love both together, and with a fine patina of age. These are the reasons I originally considered library school, as I thought it might be a good track to take for becoming an antiquarian book dealer. That was a long time...
