Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Ch-Ch-Changes

    Yesterday, I heard that executive editor Tracy Farrell had left Harlequin and HQN. Tracy was my first editor. She bought my first book out of the slush (well, not the first book I wrote but the first one that sold). It was a medieval called THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE and this happened in April…

  • Be Afraid…

    I had a moment the other day. I went to a new yarn store, intrigued at what stock they might have. They were lovely people, very friendly, and the store was quite attractive. It was busy, too, packed with excited knitters. What fun! And they had some yarns I didn’t know, so there were woolly…

  • Week Two Check-In

    So, how is your journey with The Artist’s Way going? Did you do your artist date? What did you do? How about those morning pages? Doing them every day? I found it really easy to get back into the habit of doing the morning pages. I’ve done this program so many times and each time…

  • Eye Candy

    Sadly, I don’t have a cover to share with you yet. It’s close, though! This is about a different kind of eye candy. FABRIC! Alicia’s comment yesterday – and my recent rummaging through my fabric stash – has got me looking for fabric eye candy. Here’s a designer who creates some wonderful fabrics – Amy…

  • Week One Check-In

    So, did you start the Artists’ Way with me last week? This first chapter contains what might be my favourite metaphor of all time – that of stocking your pond with new images and new ideas so that you have a new store to use in your creative work. Are you doing your morning pages?…