Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Goodreads and Books

    Well, I finally have moseyed over to Goodreads and started to poke around. I had signed up last year (you can find me right here) to host some contests, selected a bunch of my books and not really had time to go through things. This past weekend, I had the brilliant idea that I’d add…

  • TAW – Week Two

    This week’s exercises in my Artist’s Way volume focus on perfectionism. This builds on the concept presented in earlier volumes of TAW of the inner critic or censor, and the notion that the critic (by insisting that nothing is good enough) keeps writers from getting anything done at all. Julia Cameron presents techniques to manage…

  • The Artist’s Way

    I’ve been thinking for a while that I was due for another twelve-week journey through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way and this weekend, after a writers’ meeting, I pulled out the book and started. I’ve been doing my morning pages even since the last time I worked through the exercises, but lately had started to…

  • Enough of Winter

    Every year, around this time, I get fed up with winter. This year, the feeling seems to be a bit more intense. I’m not sure why as winter has been pretty much a non-event here this year. At any rate, I’m always ready for gardens and flowers and colour at the end of February, and…

  • Guest Blogging at Denise Agnew’s Blog

    Today, I’m guest blogging at Denise Agnew’s blog. She’s asked a number of authors who write in multiple sub-genres to discuss their reasons for doing so. I think this is an interesting topic. Come on over and see what everyone has to say. My post is right here.