by Cooper West | Jul 20, 2025 | Fandom
On the dark side of fandom are control freaks who try to mandate behavior in their chosen fandom, usually through arrogant condescension and self-righteousness. Word to the wise: It always ends badly. A while go, this little gem showed up on my tumblr dash, written by...
by Cooper West | Feb 11, 2022 | Day!job, PSA
I cannot believe that it has been nearly a year and a half since I updated this. I also can’t believe I managed to get the The Protector re-released in the middle of a pandemic lockdown. wtf. So much has happened to so many of us, and I know it’s been a...
by Cooper West | May 21, 2015 | Modus Operandi
One rarely expects to sit down at a big table at a popular restaurant with the idea that “this is it, tonight is the night we die.” It’s just not a thing that happens outside of gangster movies, usually. Or so I assumed. For the graduation celebration of my friend,...
by Cooper West | Apr 25, 2015 | Modus Operandi, Writing
I’m…a procrastinator. I just talked to my friend Robert, the handsome lacrosse player (am I in Teen Wolf? No? …probably for the best, I would spend all my time trying to pet Derek Hale), and we both laughed and laughed over the fact that my...
by Cooper West | Apr 22, 2015 | Modus Operandi
I have spent a lot of my life in laundromats. Basically, my parent’s house was the last place I actually had an in-house washer and dryer, which I lost after their deaths when I was in my 20s. Since then, it’s been a truism that the more basic necessities...
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...
