by Cooper West | Apr 24, 2011 | Writing Update
The world of Cooper West is always busy, but the last three weeks have really been crazy what with starting a new part time job and surviving finals week (which was more like “finals two and a half weeks”). There has been good news along the way, though!...
by Cooper West | Apr 5, 2011 | Writing Process
The growth of epublishing has opened up the door for many writers who, like me, spent years thinking about “getting published” but were so discouraged by the secret-handshake monopoly of legacy publishers that we did not even try. For my part, the authors...
by Cooper West | Mar 26, 2011 | Editorial, Writing Process
Recently I came across a book review that warned readers about the main characters, who are the love interests of the story, having sex with people other than each other. This story takes place over a period of many years, where the relationship (such as it...
by Cooper West | Mar 13, 2011 | Writing Process
In the interest of being more accountable to myself about my writing, I’ve started keeping track of my daily word count. I had to go back and estimate for January and February, although I’m fairly sure I came close to accurate for those months: 53,221...
by Cooper West | Mar 11, 2011 | Writing Process
I recently posted about figuring out how my writing brain works; clearly, I ignore my own advice. I’ve been stalled out lately on my longest in-progress stories, both novel-length, for a couple of weeks. In the meantime I finished the “skateboarder”...
