Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Indie Publishing

  • Flashback

    I’ve been struck lately by how prolific many indie authors are. That, in turn, makes me think about changing expectations from readers and publishers. Let’s start off with the publication schedule. There are authors who publish works monthly, even biweekly, which is a truly amazing feat. In an ideal universe, the next work in a…

  • Indie Bestseller

    Well, this is pretty exciting news. My Rogues of Ravensmuir Boxed Set is #6 on the Indie Bestseller list as of today. I’ve never made this list before, so am pretty excited. Look! The boxed set remains on sale at Amazon, Apple, B&N and Kobo until tomorrow night, so don’t miss out on the special…

  • To Do Lists

    Every time I go to a conference, I come home with a To Do list. This has always been the case, but my lists have become longer with conferences in the past year or so. RWA Atlanta was no different – and I still have list items from BEA in May and even Novelists’ Ink…

  • Writers Making Connections

    I belong to a local writing group that meets most months. We have lunch and talk about our writing, our books, and the publishing business at large (as well as other things). We get loud, we have fun and we share a lot of experience with each other. I’m convinced that our new world of…

  • Visit from Mark LeFebvre

    Yesterday, I told you about the Stratford Authors blog that I established last fall with a local librarian, Melanie Kindrachuk, to focus on local authors. I mentioned that we’d started to co-host some events with the local library. At the beginning of March, our monthly event featured Mark LeFebvre, the Director of Author Relations at…