Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Peach Pie

    This weekend, I made a peach pie. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a peach pie. My family doesn’t make peach pies. We make pies of all kinds of berries and of apples and rhubarb, but not of peaches. We make raisin pie and mincemeat pie, but not peach pie. I’m not sure why. Last…

  • Unleash Your Story – First Week Totals

    I’m on track, if a little farther behind than hoped. I wrote 9700 words this week, which puts me right on schedule for writing 40,000 in the month of September. I actually wrote a lot more than that, but I also did a lot of cutting. 9700 words is my net gain for the week.…

  • Unleash Your Story

    This is a fundraiser that I’m participating in this month. Here’s the homepage for the event – the graphic is linked too – which runs through the month of September. The idea is that we sponsor each other to write more and read more, and raise money for Cystic Fibrosis on the way. It should…

  • New Page

    I moved the list of upcoming signings and workshops here to the blog. You can see it in the side panel there – My Booksignings & Workshops. Hmm. I’m starting to feel organized. Think it’ll last?

  • New Workshop Page

    I finally got around to this bit of admin. The list of workshops I’ve taught – and where I’ve taught them – now has its own home on the Delacroix site. Workshops are HERE. Don’t you love getting those items off your To Do list that have been there half of forever? I do.