Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Another Month of Walking

    It’s been four weeks since I told you about my new walking plan. Last time, I did my 4.5km daily walk 20 times in 28 days. This time, I did it 24 times, which means I missed 6 days. On one of those days, we went to Ikea and parked at the far end of…

  • 20 Days of Walking

    Since 2011, I’ve been spending a lot more time at my desk, getting this indie publishing thing squared away. It’s been a lot of work, plus details kept changing so the work had to be updated and done again. (And again and again and again. Gah!) I’ve also been writing new stories at the same…

  • Writer Resources

    Once upon a time, I wrote a lot of blog posts about writing and publishing. When I went indie in 2012, though, I wasn’t sure how applicable those posts would be to our new world (which felt a little wild for a few years there.) This past weekend at my local writers’ group, though, we…

  • ORWA Workshop in 2019

    Update – this workshop has been cancelled. I’ll be teaching a workshop at the Ottawa Romance Writers Association in Nepean, Ontario on May 5, 2019. Switching to Glide: Join Deborah Cooke for a workshop on targeting opportunity, managing back list, and ensuring your own productivity to create a steady revenue stream from your writing. Whether…

  • Merry Christmas, Everyone!

    What a crazy year this has been. 2017 seems to have gone by at warp speed. I had all these plans…some of them happened, but some didn’t. And here is – the eve of the weekend of Christmas. I still have some pictures to take for the next Fiber Friday, so we’ll do that next…