by Cooper West | Sep 3, 2012 | Modus Operandi
Soooo much to do! I got a three-day weekend and pretty much blew it, though, by sleeping absurdly late and not doing laundry (uhhhh…kinda important) and reading too much fanfic. I think maybe I slept more than the cat. Today I’m trying to make up for it....
by Cooper West | Aug 21, 2012 | Fandom, Modus Operandi
You know I’m a fangirl, right? Yes, that was me squeeing like a banshee at 7am this morning when I got on the computer to do actual work–yes! I was!– only to get completely blindsided by the Avengers movie gag reel. It has been leaked about 2000...
by Cooper West | Aug 20, 2012 | Modus Operandi
Like a lot of people, I discovered Joel Runyon and his Blog of Impossible Things via his post about his amazing encounter with Russell Kirsh. I genuinely like self-improvement blog sites, because they are simple, convenient motivation. We all need motivation. You...
by Cooper West | Jul 17, 2012 | Modus Operandi
I like to write characters who are not perfect; they are usually broken in a way that is particular to their circumstances. Gary Winston (Dawn in the Orchard) has stage fright, which is his natural reaction to the stress of a bad relationship and trying to push his...
by Cooper West | Jul 15, 2012 | gradschool, Modus Operandi
I spent the past week in New Orleans for a conference where I was co-presenting. Due to the nature of my participation (I was not a member of the organization the conference was for) I got the chance to spend two of those days wandering around NOLA in the dead of...
by Cooper West | Jul 9, 2012 | Modus Operandi
I love to travel, although I do it rarely enough that it makes me a nervous wreck. A huge personal goal of mine as a writer is to make enough money to be able to travel the world…maybe not all at once, mind, but in pieces over time. Meanwhile, I have a...
