by Cooper West | Mar 26, 2011 | Editorial, Writing Process
Recently I came across a book review that warned readers about the main characters, who are the love interests of the story, having sex with people other than each other. This story takes place over a period of many years, where the relationship (such as it...
by Cooper West | Mar 13, 2011 | Writing Process
In the interest of being more accountable to myself about my writing, I’ve started keeping track of my daily word count. I had to go back and estimate for January and February, although I’m fairly sure I came close to accurate for those months: 53,221...
by Cooper West | Mar 11, 2011 | Writing Process
I recently posted about figuring out how my writing brain works; clearly, I ignore my own advice. I’ve been stalled out lately on my longest in-progress stories, both novel-length, for a couple of weeks. In the meantime I finished the “skateboarder”...
by Cooper West | Mar 5, 2011 | Writing Process
I think there is a difference between popular writing and fine literature; certainly, some “fine literature” is nothing more than mental masturbation, and some pop fiction is artistically and beautifully crafted. More than being two ends of a continuum,...
by Cooper West | Feb 9, 2011 | Writing Process
Dealing with a lot of self-directed anger. It’s…insidious. I’m an over achiever. I don’t know any other way to be (although I’m learning to remove judgmental values of “good” and “bad” from my productivity or lack thereof). The thing is, I’m an overachiever who has...
by Cooper West | Feb 7, 2011 | Writing Industry
I was talking book covers with my friend Sarah Madison, since I’m designing a cover for a small, non-fiction book I’m self-publishing under my real name concerning mourning issues for people who have lost their parents. It’s a very important book to me, and while I...
