Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Indie Publishing

  • Managing A Big List – 2

    This spreadsheet tracks All. The. Things. I’ve used a variation of it for a while, then attended a workshop by Carrie Ann Ryan that added additional possibilities. (She calls hers a “swipe list”, because she can copy and paste the information she needs from it for marketing campaigns. I use mine more for metadata.) The…

  • Managing A Big List – 1

    One of the tasks that becomes increasingly more time-consuming as an indie author publishes more books is managing his or her backlist. Today, we’ll talk about tracking the ebook files that reside at the various portals. Books might require corrections or new information – like the addition of new titles to the series – or…

  • An Upside Down Month

    Things have been a little quiet around here lately, so this morning, I thought I’d explain why. Four weeks ago, my laptop booted up, then the screen went black. That woke me up faster than a strong cup of coffee! I had everything backed up (twice) and I did manage to coax it back to…

  • New Pub Date for Dragon’s Mate

    I’ve moved the publication date for Hadrian and Rania’s story to November 24. Dragon’s Mate has been challenging to write—these two characters have run off with the story multiple times and made it into their own. I love when this happens because it creates a better book, but I also want to ensure that the…

  • Missing NINC

    This week, I should be at the Novelists Inc conference at St. Pete’s Beach in Florida, learning so much about publishing and promoting that my To Do lists have To Do lists. Instead, I’m home, thanks to Covid-19, and missing the conference, with reps from the portals, my writer friends and that beach. One of…