Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Revising Reverted Works

    Last week, in my post Widgets and Books, I was talking about the art of scheduling the writing of a book. I talked about the need for authors to figure out when they’re going to be finished a work before they start writing it, so that the book can be scheduled for production at the…

  • Widgets and Books

    Someone made a comment to me at WotS on Sunday which has been rattling around in my mind ever since. The comment was to the effect that some authors write too many books per year in order to ensure their income, and that they might be better off writing fewer books and doing a better…

  • Word on the Street

    I had a great day at Word on the Street in Toronto yesterday. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect, and there were a lot of people in attendance. I spent a few hours in the Toronto Romance Writers‘ booth, plus had time to wander around. I bought a lot of books. (So much for…

  • Seasons

    I love the changing seasons of the year – and where I live, those changes are pretty dramatic! It’s only recently, though, that I’ve realized that my work habits and creativity change with those seasons. September here is cool. The air changes, becoming drier and chillier. Nights can be cold. It’s time to get out…

  • Miss Me?

    I took a little time away from the computer and the internet in the past couple of weeks, so the blog posts slowed down a bit. I didn’t go away but instead got around to a lot of things that had been waiting on me. Weeds were pulled. Mums were planted. Seeds were gathered. Pears…