Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Happy Holidays!

    Well, the usual frenzy has begun – and really, it’s part of the fun of the season. As usual, I’m way behind! I still have cards to write and gifts to buy, gifts to wrap and calls to make. I haven’t baked any cookies yet or decked the halls. (We won’t even talk about the…

  • Holiday Music

    Pam got me thinking about holiday music yesterday — so, of course, I spent a bunch of time rummaging through cd cases last night, rediscovering some old favourites (and wondering why some unfavourites are still kicking around). There are two cd’s that I always come back to each December, even though I’ve had them for…

  • Thanks!

    Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. of A. Although we Canucks had our turkey day so long ago that the leftovers are forgotten memories, I thought we’d give some thanks. We did this last year, but unfortunately, in moving the blog, all of your fun comments were lost. Remember Ten Things? Ten things I’m…

  • Tick Tock Two

    Did you remember to start Daylight Savings Time this weekend? (Did K get her extra hour of sleep and enjoy it?) Fall back now, before you mess up your week. And tell your ‘puter to do it, too!

  • Skeery Bits

    I can’t give you an attribution for “skeery bits”. A reader used it in a chat I attended a year or two ago, as in “I’m reading Book X more slowly, even though it’s really good, because I’ve gotten to the skeery bits.” I love that expression, even though I forget who said it, and…