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 | Feb 12, 2012 | PSA, Writing Update
There is a reason I seem to have dropped off the planet, and that’s because I have. Two things have contributed to that, and the primary of those is grad school. I’m in the last semester of classes, although I will have a very time-consuming internship over the summer...
by Cooper West | Nov 20, 2011 | Editorial, Writing Industry
I am not a yaoi expert, nor even a bona fide fan. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read and I’m a regular reader of Teahouse, but on the whole I’m outside of yaoi in fandom. I can wax poetic about Manchester in 1973 (and believe me, that takes work) but...
by Cooper West | Nov 1, 2011 | Income Report, Writing Industry
Another post detailing my financial situation and my earnings as a writer. If that makes you squeamish, turn back now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just got my latest quarterly royalties summary from my publisher (right now, everything is through Dreamspinner Press, although I...
by Cooper West | Oct 11, 2011 | Modus Operandi, Writing Update
To understand my relationship with “accountability” and “discipline”, it is important to understand that I was homeschooled for most of my childhood. And not that regimented, faux-school homeschool, either; nope, I was unschooled, back in the...
by Cooper West | Aug 24, 2011 | Announcements!, Writing Update
If you follow me on twitter than you already know this, but I’m very pleased by the news because “Accismus” is something I wrote early this summer and sent off with a prayer for the “Higher Learning” anthology call at Dreamspinner Press....
