by Cooper West | Oct 5, 2014 | Day!job, Health, Modus Operandi
So this photo is of my on-going “To Do” notebook. I know, fairly old-fashioned to have an actual hand-written list for that, but I take visceral pleasure in crossing things off my list when they are completed. The other side of that coin is the unremitting...
by Cooper West | Sep 1, 2014 | Modus Operandi
It’s no secret that I love Grumpy Cat – her picture is plastered all over my office, for one thing – but this drawing seems to capture the last month of my life. No, actually, this captures how I feel when I’m grieving: angry, annoyed, and...
by Cooper West | Jul 24, 2014 | Writing Process
I’m back into a writing schedule in a way I have not actively done since about 2011. Writing every day is critical practice for any author, but I put my writing career on hold in order to finish graduate school. It was the right move (I graduated on track), but...
by Cooper West | Jul 22, 2014 | Announcements!
This one got delayed a bit in re-writes, but it’s a better story for it. It’s out now! It’s a labor of love, a contemporary romance about two very mismatched guys who somehow try to make things work despite their epic trust issues and, well, issues....
by Cooper West | Jul 20, 2014 | Modus Operandi
This was actually a very rough week for me, I lost my dear cat Dobby, who wasn’t too old but developed a very aggressive cancer. I now live in an empty house for the first time in…ever? I mean, grew up with dogs, and got cats as soon as I got out of the...