by Cooper West | Jul 31, 2013 | Editorial, Writing Process
The act of writing is a touchy subject for writers to talk about, even if we seem to talk about it endlessly (sorry?). What concerns me is why readers read what we write. Those two subjects are actually related. Porter Anderson recently wrote a thought-provoking post...
by Cooper West | Jul 30, 2013 | Writing Process
I’m working on a book cover for my M/F/M paranormal romance about Ursula the werebear. As you can probably tell, I’m also still working on a title. The series is called “The Chatelaine” but I want a book title that can be riffed on for subsequent books, much as Janet...
by Cooper West | Jul 29, 2013 | Writing Industry
What do you love to read? The same thing, all the time? Me neither. Nor do I like to write that way, but I’ve found that there is a certain constraint I need to be aware of, which actually works to my advantage. So, there are 1000 different flavors to...
by Cooper West | Jul 28, 2013 | Editorial, Writing
I’m riffing here about my writing career, which may not interest all of you but certainly is fascinating to me. 😉 What brings up the question of the subject, “What it means to be rich,” is the intersection of success, wealth, and being rich as...
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...
