Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • The Day After

    Yesterday, I sent Wulfe and Christina’s book, The Crusader’s Heart, to my editor. Phew! I like this book a lot. This pair surprised me a few times and their story made me cry a couple of times. This is all good and I can’t wait to hear back from my editor on her thoughts. Today,…

  • Summer Writing 8

    The big finish. After seven weeks of writing full out, where do I stand? Last week, my tally was 73K words written in six weeks. This past week was insanely productive. As is so often the case with a book, Wulfe and Christina’s book poured from my fingertips as it came to its conclusion. I…

  • Summer Writing 7

    What a crazy week I had. It’s a summer thing, I think. There are so many distractions. Plus, this past Saturday was the date of a Writers Making Connections workshop on marketing that I hosted. We had a terrific presentation from Kobo, then a panel discussion with three authors – myself, Jessica E. Subject and…

  • Summer Writing 6

    Last week, I made good progress with my writing. I added about 12,000 new words to Wulfe and Christina’s story, The Crusader’s Heart, but this word count is deceptive. I was at the ugly bit, which happens with each book, when I have to scrub through everything I’ve written so far and ensure it’s consistent.…

  • Summer Writing 5

    I’m past the halfway mark on this seven week sprint and have written almost 50,000 new words on my various works-in-progress. (It’s actually 48,000 words.) I wrote 12,000 words on Project 2 (The Crusader’s Heart) this past week, because Wulfe and Christina wrestled me for every one of them. This is a typical working pattern…