Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Spring Cleaning

    A peek at changes ahead for spring 2025

  • Choices for The Carpe Diem Café

    Choices for The Carpe Diem Café

    Here’s what to expect from the contemporary romances in my new The Carpe Diem Café series.

  • Reorganizing – and Substack

    I’m always reorganizing. It’s kind of a habit. Part of it is that putting the details in order helps me to make plans. It works for my knitting and sewing stashes; it works for my research books and my office; it works for writing and publishing, too. I used to post a lot about writing…

  • An Interview

    I did an interview last month with Mariëlle S. Smith who writes about creativity and creative people. We talked about one of my favorite subjects, the balance between commerce and creativity, as well as some other things. She posted the interview today on her substack – which is called Illuminate – and you can find…

  • Following Me

    Today, I thought we’d talk about following an author – specifically following me, or my alter-ego Claire Delacroix – because things are changing. This once was a pretty easy task, but now there are options popping up like proverbial mushrooms. It seems every portal wants to host a paid subscription for me. Reviewing the options…