by Cooper West | Apr 24, 2012 | Modus Operandi, Writing Process
Today was spent wandering around looking for excuses to go outdoors, because it was gorgeous. High in the mid-70F range, low humidity, bright sun…these are the days when Florida is tolerable! But I still had to work, and then do some research at the library, and...
by Cooper West | Apr 23, 2012 | Modus Operandi
It took me a long time to get away from validating my life according to something that didn’t relate to my true hopes and goals. ~ Chris Guillebeau, “An Academic Confession” That is something I could have written myself. A huge part of my desire to...
by Cooper West | Oct 11, 2011 | Modus Operandi, Writing Update
To understand my relationship with “accountability” and “discipline”, it is important to understand that I was homeschooled for most of my childhood. And not that regimented, faux-school homeschool, either; nope, I was unschooled, back in the...
by Cooper West | Jun 26, 2011 | Writing Process
I’m a professional writer, and I’ve been through a number of classes and seminars on writing, so I can say this with absolute certainty: fandom is not a master class. Other people have pointed that out, usually as a way to discredit fanfic writers. However...
by Cooper West | May 31, 2011 | Writing Process
It’s the end of the month, so I get to look at my totals. Joy. *head!desk* I wrote 30,705 words over six stories (four novels, two short stories), with an average of 990 words a day. The first half of the month saw most of that wordage; the second half, not so...
