by Cooper West | May 15, 2011 | Editorial
Recently, I’ve had several friends go through crises because of abusive editors. Personally I’ve been fortunate, but this upsets me on the behalf of writers I care about, so I’m here to dispel the whole bullshit myth about editors. Urban legend has...
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...
