Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Rituals

    This weekend, I finished Murdoch and Isabella’s book, THE RENEGADE’S HEART, and sent it off to my editor. I’m hoping that she’s not too backed up, and that she finds the ms pretty clean, and that we can still get it published this month. Fingers crossed! But finishing a book means rituals for me. There…

  • Happy Anniversary

    This week, one of my assigned exercises in The Artist’s Way is to create a list of creative accomplishments. (This is a variation of a wonderful exercise that Julia Cameron calls the Ta DA! List. Not many of us instinctively make this list – we go with the To Do list – but we should…

  • Flummoxed

    Isn’t that a great word? I’ve always wanted to use it, and now would be the time. I have a group of letters in my in-box (both the real one and the virtual one) from aspiring writers, asking for advice. The letters are sitting there unanswered, because I don’t know what to say. Once upon…

  • Keeping the Faith

    One of the things that is very frustrating as a writer is having a publisher lose interest in books in a linked series before that series is completed. From a financial perspective, it’s easy to understand why publishers do this. They have bought and launched a series, but sales aren’t as good as they had…

  • Don’t Lose Your Head

    This is a post about Eithne‘s magic. But first a story. When we first did the cover for THE RENEGADE’S HEART, Eithne and I spent a ton of time looking at stock photos. I’ll tell you right here and now that this is the greatest time sink known to mankind. There is so little good…