by Cooper West | Aug 6, 2013 | Announcements!, Writing Update
Back in the fall of 2011, I started work on an idea about a were-dog shifter who loses his bondmate in a tragic shooting, but then a few years later finds himself unexpectedly bonding, and falling in love, with a man he barely knows. Then whooping cough and grad...
by Cooper West | Jul 31, 2012 | Editorial, Writing Industry
I really don’t want this space to become yet another blog about writing; there are plenty of excellent ones already out there, and I don’t feel qualified to teach/lead people in their writing careers, and I’ve got plenty else going on in my life to...
by Cooper West | May 21, 2012 | Editorial, Writing Industry
In all the talk going on about agency pricing and legacy publishers and indies and self-publishing phenoms, one aspect that generally gets ignored is the psychological affect that the legacy system had on newbie writers. Now, this isn’t a rant about how unfairly...
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...