Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Miscellaneous Musing

  • The Scary Closet

    There’s something about this time of year that compels me to clean up and get organized. Most people do that in the spring, but for me, it’s always a fall ritual. The other day, I emptied the scary closet. You probably have a scary closet like this one. It’s jammed full of odds and ends,…

  • Thanks to ORWA

    This past weekend, I travelled to Ottawa to teach my Business of Writing workshop at the Ottawa Romance Writers (ORWA). I had such a good time! Thanks to everyone at ORWA who made this possible, all of those who attended my workshop, and all of you who facilitated the event. It was wonderful to see…

  • Just for Fun

    Here’s an online quiz to determine which Jane Austen heroine you most resemble. It’s fun. Check it out right here, then come back and tell me who you are. 🙂 I’m Anne Elliot, which means I need to read Persuasion again…

  • Metropolis

    It’s funny how certain ideas recur in little clusters. When I was in Atlanta last week, we went to the Margaret Mitchell Museum and somewhere along the way, someone talked about the disintegration of film masters like Gone with the Wind. I came home to discover that Mr. Math had picked up a copy of…

  • The Juice

    Last week, there was a bad storm here, as in so many other places. Our variant was an ice storm, combined high winds. Trees and tree branches came down and took power lines down with them. We were without power for just over 24 hours, which made me both realize and appreciate a few things.…