by Cooper West | Jul 26, 2013 | Writing
When I posted about my new set of goals the other day, I went on twitter and talked about my first one on the list, which has to do with writing something so awesome that people write fanfic about it. My friend and fellow author Ada Maria Soto tweeted back at me: And...
by Cooper West | Jul 24, 2013 | Writing
Recently, author and friend Jamie Fessenden talked in a writers’ group we belong to about hitting some major writing goals he set for himself — not just “word count yay!” stuff, but career building goals. I was really impressed and happy for...
by Cooper West | Jul 19, 2013 | Announcements!, Writing Industry
Welp. That’s that, then. Tumblr has decided censorship and unilateral enforced prudery is the best way to alienate serve its customers. That is, they’ve instituted new rules that make “adult” rated tumblrs unsearchable. HelloTailor has more...
by Cooper West | Jul 14, 2013 | Editorial, Writing
I was thinking about the A/B/O phenomenon in fanfic (also known as omega!verse fic), which dates back to a kink-meme prompt from 2011. It’s a pretty recent development, but it’s damn popular. At first I was not too interested in it (mpreg, which features...
by Cooper West | Jul 8, 2013 | Writing, Writing Process
Ahahahaha, I bet you’re thinking that this post is about writing erotica! Well, it is. Sort of. A little. This weekend was pretty productive for me, not optimally so but I wrote about 2k both Saturday and Sunday and then did line edit on 30k today as well. As...
by Cooper West | Jul 6, 2013 | Writing, Writing Process
Kristen Lamb is pretty much required reading if you are an author these days. The media guru gives fantastic advice at her blog about all aspects of marketing, social media, and the process of writing itself. This particular post of hers, When it comes to success, is...
