Deborah Cooke: Author

Author: Deborah Cooke

  • Perfume

    I think we’re due for an analogy around here – maybe even past due – so here we go. Many of you are aspiring writers, and many of you – as aspiring romance writers – belong to a writers’ group like RWA. Those writing groups tend to meet regularly, either formally or casually, and one…

  • The Other Stuff

    One of the things that I often seem to discuss with new authors – or authors who have just made their first sale – is their productivity. That’s how much they write per day, per week, per year, and it’s important because deadlines are always set by the author. So, the author needs to know…

  • Trophy Time!

    I had a fun phone call this weekend – the contest coordinator for the Colorado RWA phoned to tell me that KISS OF FIRE had WON their Award of Excellence, for Best Paranormal Romance of 2008! W00T! Hurrah for Quinn!

  • Silver Linings

    Good things can still happen in tough times, and we’ll talk about one of them today. The book market had been going through a lot of changes in the last six or seven years, and although that creates challenges for everyone in publishing, one of the nifty things that has been happening is that authors’…

  • Fave Movies

    Do you have a favourite movie? I have a whole bunch of them, and it’s interesting to analyze what’s similar between them. Recently, I found an old fave at the video store – do we still call them “video stores”, even though we rent DVD’s there now? Hmmm. – and brought it home for a…