Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing

  • October Update at SSR

    I’m blogging over at Shape Shifter Romance today, for my monthly update of what’s happening. Stop by and say hello!

  • Week Two at the TPL Blog

    Today, I’m discussing the romance market, particularly how books are sold, over at the TPL blog. Please stop by!

  • An Alternative Branding Strategy

    Yesterday, we talked a bit about author branding. Today – perhaps inevitably! – you’ll get my take on all of this marketing stuff. First, a goal because everything you do in this business should derive from what you want to achieve. So, we’ll work from my goal to develop this strategy – your own goal…

  • Branding

    I recently took a workshop on branding for authors. There were a lot of good points, and new ways to think about marketing oneself, and I’m still sorting out what that means for my own marketing initiatives. One thing that I struggled with in this workshop is my own knee-jerk reaction to the notion of…

  • Writer in Residence Blog

    As of today, I’ll be blogging three times a week as part of the Writer in Residence program at the Toronto Public Library. • On Mondays, there will be a new post from me on some facet of writing romance. • On Wednesdays, I’ll post links there to other posts on the same topic. Many…