by Cooper West | Mar 21, 2015 | Day!job, Modus Operandi, Writing, Writing Life
I think most people who are paying attention know that those of us in the U.S. are not actually living in a meritocracy. While people can and do raise themselves up (the ladder, from poverty, to the proverbial top) by getting an education and working hard, there is a...
by Cooper West | Mar 15, 2015 | Writing, Writing Update
KEEP IN MIND: Sunday Six pullouts are by their nature spoilery. So if you don’t want to know, don’t read! Ahhh! Another teaser from the next Guardsman book! This time from Part 1, Chapter 9, where the lead character Greg is contacting his friend Marsha...
by Cooper West | Mar 14, 2015 | Modus Operandi
Over dinner with my good friend David this week, we talked about exhaustion. Mine, specifically, but also his in regards to his law practice. There is a lot of “powering through” going on in both of our lives. For me, it’s in the fact that many aspects of my life are...
by Cooper West | Jan 11, 2015 | Writing
Finally starting this gig! I love reading the sunday-six of authors I follow and decided before the holidays to start doing it myself. And then…the holidays. Well you know. *sigh* These sentences are from the in-progress work I call “Parker.”...
by Cooper West | Oct 8, 2014 | Writing
I’ve written a series of articles I’ve awkwardly referred to as “Everything I learned from fandom” and they have been some of the most popular posts I’ve done. It’s all pretty subjective but I think pulls on a lot of universal...
