Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Final Check – The Artist’s Way

    This was my week #12 – the final week – in the Artist’s Way program by Julia Cameron. As always, I’ve found it a really helpful program in keeping me writing happily. As always, I did really well with the morning pages and the exercises, and wasn’t so consistent about taking a weekly artist date.…

  • Back to School

    Yesterday, I visited a high school English class to talk about being a writer. We talked about publishing, about the use of pseudonyms, about getting ideas, about world-building and about the daily rhythm of being a working writer. It was a lot of fun, and the kids had lots of good questions. I’d never spoken…

  • More Dragonfire

    I’ve some fun news to share with you about Dragonfire. There will be three more books and – here’s the really neat part – these will be YA Dragonfire books, focussed on the story of Zoë coming of age as the Wyvern. Along the way, we’ll find out the resolution to Sophie and Nikolas’ story.…

  • Finishing Books

    Do you finish all of the books that you begin to read? I don’t. It’s quite common for me to put aside a book after a chapter or two, if I’m not engaged by the story or the voice. My TBR pile is always stacked high and there are always other choices. Plus a finite…

  • Thanks to ORWA!

    A big THANK YOU is due to all the writers at Ottawa RWA. I had a wonderful time teaching at that chapter this past Sunday – plus we had some great conversations at lunch and dinner. Thank you all for your hospitality and your attention, and for the invitation in the first place. It was…