Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • 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…

  • Strategies II

    Yesterday, we used a simple strategy to make a Plan for losing ten pounds. The same scheme can be used easily to make writing goals more attainable. The Idea Many a writer comes home from the RWA National conference determined to sell her first book by the time the conference is held again. There are…