by Cooper West | Aug 1, 2013 | Editorial, Modus Operandi
What is it that I want out of life? What do you want out of life? I talked about this last week in my post about the definition of success and wealth, and Sarah Madison just wrote about her own insights into developing her writing life, and my brother is discovering...
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 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 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...
