Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • On the Reading List

    To my delight, I’ve been able to do some reading for pleasure again. And now, that I’ve finally caught up on all the administrivia associated with making my backlist available again (and gotten Murdoch out into the world), I’m looking forward to doing even more. This past week, I read That Book (as discussed yesterday)…

  • That Book

    You probably know the one I mean. Have you read it? Fifty Shades of Grey is a publishing sensation, and has been selling like crazy this spring (along with the other two books in the trilogy). I tend to avoid reading books that are so wildly popular, because invariably, I don’t like them much and…

  • Phew!

    Is it hot where you are? It’s hot here and has been hot for quite a while. It’s always hot and humid in southern Ontario in July, but this started in June. Unlike most years, we haven’t had much of a break yet. Usually, we have two or maybe three bouts of very hot weather,…

  • Popular Fiction

    One of the things I’m constantly saying when I teach workshops is that popular fiction – like romance – is a mirror of popular culture. Sub-genres become popular, then less so, as a reflection of our concerns in our day-to-day lives. This makes sense to me – when we’re working out some facet of gender…

  • Lost in a Book

    Today, I got lost in a book. It wasn’t planned and it certainly wasn’t expected. The book was one of my own, which I hadn’t read in a long time. The idea was that I would be formatting it and getting it ready for republication – the reality was that I started reading and couldn’t…