Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Happy 2013!

    Happy new year, everyone! I wish all the best to you and yours for the year ahead. As usual, I have lots of plans at this time of year, and plenty of new ideas in motion. I’ll update you on all of that in the weeks ahead. First up, I need to award the prizes…

  • A Knock At The Door

    My friend Jen sent me this wonderful book for Christmas. It also exists as a video, so have a peek! Here’s the YouTube link, in case the image above doesn’t work for you.

  • Merry Christmas!

    Well, I’ve been obsessed with a new knitting project and was sure I’d be able to show it to you today, but it’s more knitting than I’d thought. (This is good – it’s a fun project and I know I’ll be sad when it’s finished.) I’ll have to show it to you in the new…

  • Tidying Up

    This week, I’m cleaning up a lot of loose ends. Most of them are jobs I’ve put off, as there always seemed to be something more interesting to do. Invariably, I’d rather write than do any of the other jobs associated with publishing, so I have quite a list to get through this week. I’m…

  • Classic Reads

    Recently, I came across some lovely editions of Georgette Heyer’s work. They’re in trade paperback from HQN, each with a foreward written by a contemporary romance author. As I was admiring them, I realized that I’d never actually read Georgette Heyer. This came as a bit of a shock to me, especially as I enjoy…