by Cooper West | Apr 24, 2012 | Modus Operandi, Writing Process
Today was spent wandering around looking for excuses to go outdoors, because it was gorgeous. High in the mid-70F range, low humidity, bright sun…these are the days when Florida is tolerable! But I still had to work, and then do some research at the library, and...
by Cooper West | Apr 23, 2012 | Modus Operandi
It took me a long time to get away from validating my life according to something that didn’t relate to my true hopes and goals. ~ Chris Guillebeau, “An Academic Confession” That is something I could have written myself. A huge part of my desire to...
by Cooper West | Dec 15, 2011 | Modus Operandi
I came down with whooping cough. I know, I didn’t think it existed outside of Dickens’ novels either, but it does. Oh, it does. So for two whole weeks I’ve been coughing like a consumption victim, unable to sleep, and drinking codeine cough syrup...
by Cooper West | Oct 26, 2011 | Modus Operandi
On Friday, my book Dawn in the Orchard is being released! Just so you know. But this post is not about that. This is about things like…roses. I live in North Florida, but I used to live near Orlando. Bougainvilleas were easy to grow down there, and gorgeous...
by Cooper West | Oct 24, 2011 | Modus Operandi
Alas, the subject line is not the title for a new short story. I know, I’m disappointed too. It is, unfortunately, more like the tease that is my life right now with so many “balls in the air”: do THIS! do THAT! go HERE! go THERE! And I’m not...
by Cooper West | Oct 15, 2011 | Modus Operandi
Society implicitly tells us that if we follow our dreams, we are living in a dream world. If you let people know that you are investing yourself — time, money, energy — into your passion, you’ll get the standard three-penny lecture warning you about...
