by Cooper West | Sep 21, 2013 | Modus Operandi, Writing
I graduated with my master’s degree just about a year ago. As I’ve talked about before, it was the end of a 2+ year journey that started with my divorce in 2010 (we divorced in April, I started grad school that August). But let’s face it: 2012 is SO...
by Cooper West | Sep 16, 2013 | Modus Operandi, Writing
I don’t consider myself someone who suffers from panic attacks, although I have gotten them in the past. It’s just not a regular thing but rather something that happens in very specific situations, and they always catch me unawares. If nothing else, having...
by Cooper West | Aug 28, 2013 | Health, Modus Operandi
It was still dark when I went for my run this morning. Fortunately I live in a well-lit neighborhood. I’m in a bit of a funk over the job situation I talked about earlier, so it was nice to get out and focus on something that is just for me. (I kind of hate...
by Cooper West | Aug 26, 2013 | Modus Operandi, Writing
I was asked last week if I was interested in a job. This would be a job as the director of the same department I’ve worked in part-time through most of my graduate degree studies, which makes it a “real” professional position in my field, i.e. a job...
by Cooper West | Aug 21, 2013 | Modus Operandi
Last night my co-worker and I met up with a former intern and her boyfriend for a dinner and a few drinks. The intern has graduated our program and is moving out of state to be with her boyfriend, who is still finishing up his own master’s degree. It was a...
by Cooper West | Aug 19, 2013 | Modus Operandi
Most of you probably know that “Cooper West” is a pseudonym. Back in 2010 when I was first contemplating, then submitting, my first M/M story to Dreamspinner Press (the short story Connections), I had just started graduate school. While my field is a...
