Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Perfume

    I think we’re due for an analogy around here – maybe even past due – so here we go. Many of you are aspiring writers, and many of you – as aspiring romance writers – belong to a writers’ group like RWA. Those writing groups tend to meet regularly, either formally or casually, and one…

  • The Other Stuff

    One of the things that I often seem to discuss with new authors – or authors who have just made their first sale – is their productivity. That’s how much they write per day, per week, per year, and it’s important because deadlines are always set by the author. So, the author needs to know…

  • Silver Linings

    Good things can still happen in tough times, and we’ll talk about one of them today. The book market had been going through a lot of changes in the last six or seven years, and although that creates challenges for everyone in publishing, one of the nifty things that has been happening is that authors’…

  • Fave Movies

    Do you have a favourite movie? I have a whole bunch of them, and it’s interesting to analyze what’s similar between them. Recently, I found an old fave at the video store – do we still call them “video stores”, even though we rent DVD’s there now? Hmmm. – and brought it home for a…

  • Mark Your Calendars!

    I have the three public events associated with the residency finalized now, and wanted to let you know about them. As mentioned previously, I will be the writer in residence at the Toronto Public Library this fall – it’s the first time they’ve had a residency for the romance genre, so it would be great…