by Cooper West | Jun 2, 2011 | Writing Process
I was shocked to discover that I am a Type-A, perfectionist over-achiever personality. Oh, there are quid pro quos to that label, of course, but on the whole it is accurate. I had no idea, really I didn’t, until about two years into therapy. When I exclaimed to...
by Cooper West | May 31, 2011 | Writing Process
It’s the end of the month, so I get to look at my totals. Joy. *head!desk* I wrote 30,705 words over six stories (four novels, two short stories), with an average of 990 words a day. The first half of the month saw most of that wordage; the second half, not so...
by Cooper West | May 9, 2011 | Editorial, Writing Industry
I have, to close friends, talked about the future of porn, and I’ve often mentioned that I feel the next logical step is for the emergent and fast-growing erotica-for-women industry to branch out into movies. I’ve always found it particularly amusing when...
by Cooper West | Apr 30, 2011 | Editorial, Writing Industry
I am a fangirl. I am proud of that, and also of my fanfic so I’ve made a conscious decision not to hide that part of my life, as so many pro authors feel they need to do (you can find me on the AO3 orDreamwidth). I suppose it might bite me on the ass at some...
by Cooper West | Apr 24, 2011 | Writing Update
The world of Cooper West is always busy, but the last three weeks have really been crazy what with starting a new part time job and surviving finals week (which was more like “finals two and a half weeks”). There has been good news along the way, though!...
by Cooper West | Apr 5, 2011 | Writing Process
The growth of epublishing has opened up the door for many writers who, like me, spent years thinking about “getting published” but were so discouraged by the secret-handshake monopoly of legacy publishers that we did not even try. For my part, the authors...
