Deborah Cooke: Author

Author: Deborah Cooke

  • A Frustrating Detail

    One of the things that’s starting to drive me nuts is the lack of control over distribution for indie-pubbed books. This is funny, as I never have any control over the distribution of my traditionally published books. On the other hand, indie publishing gives control over so many things that discovering any area with very…

  • Popular Fiction

    One of the things I’m constantly saying when I teach workshops is that popular fiction – like romance – is a mirror of popular culture. Sub-genres become popular, then less so, as a reflection of our concerns in our day-to-day lives. This makes sense to me – when we’re working out some facet of gender…

  • Lost in a Book

    Today, I got lost in a book. It wasn’t planned and it certainly wasn’t expected. The book was one of my own, which I hadn’t read in a long time. The idea was that I would be formatting it and getting it ready for republication – the reality was that I started reading and couldn’t…

  • Happy Fourth of July!

    Here’s wishing a happy Fourth to everyone south of the border. May you have a fabulous, safe, red-white-and-blue day!

  • Stuff Comes – and Stuff Goes

    This week, I’m having a stay-cation. Of course, I can’t completely stay away from the computer (or the internet!) but I’m focusing on things other than writing and publishing this week. Job one is to weed the garden and get the delivered mulch into the beds. Job two is to clean out closets. Ugh. We’ve…