by Cooper West | Jan 20, 2014 | Writing Update
The Protector is the story of widower Alex Taylor. He’s a weredog, which in this world are known as “Protectors,” who are always bonded to their non-shifting companions known as “Handlers.” His husband, Theo Taylor, was a police officer...
by Cooper West | Jan 9, 2014 | Writing Update
New cover art is in the works! Dreamspinner has given cover-art duties on my upcoming book The Protector to the award-winning cover designer Reese Dante and I’m really excited by what she’s come up with. I can’t share anything yet but it’s...
by Cooper West | Jan 5, 2014 | Editorial, Writing
Most of us don’t think too much about “being popular” once we are out of college — or even out of high school, for the more enlightened of us (can’t say I was one of those). Maybe this is why highschool!AUs hit so hard with people,...
by Cooper West | Dec 30, 2013 | Writing
Thinking a lot about Kristen Lamb’s recent article about micro-trends. In a lot of ways, M/M fiction is one such trend, and while it is growing in popularity it is still, well, niche. But it’s not the only niche out there with potential, IMHO. I love...
by Cooper West | Oct 20, 2013 | Day!job, Modus Operandi, Writing Update
You may have noticed some slacking on my part lately, and trust me, you aren’t the only one. I started a new job last week. It is in a department I’ve worked at part-time through my master’s degree and afterwards, so it was not a complete unknown. As...
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...
