Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • An Url to Remember

    As I’ve mentioned bunches of times, I’ll be the Writer in Residence at the Toronto Public Library this October and November. There are some public events associated with the residency and a critique possibility for library patrons, but for those of you living farther afield, there is one more resource. I’ll be blogging at the…

  • Crowded Office

    There’s a line in my office, and I’m working my way through it as quickly as I can. Actually, it’s more of a queue, and it’s a queue of fictional characters in groups. They know each other, you see, so there’s also a background noise of chatter as they await my attention. First in line…

  • Rosamunde’s Story

    So, I teased you with this last winter, but now it’s all official. Rosamunde’s story will be told in a short story, which will be part of this anthology THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF IRISH ROMANCE. It’ll be available in January 2010. Here’s the backstory about Rosamunde, for those of you who have missed this saga…

  • August Holiday

    We have a holiday today in much of Canada. The best part is that there’s no real reason for it, other than someone at some point in time having decided that there should be a long weekend in August. When I was a kid, the first Monday in August was known as – ready? this…

  • Performance

    You might remember a while back that I wrote about listening to a “live in concert” CD set, Loreena McKennitt‘s NIGHTS AT THE ALHAMBRA. Well, my ears got lucky recently – we went to see Loreena perform live for the first time. It was wonderful. It might have been the same set of songs as…