Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing

  • The Artist’s Way – Week Eight

    I haven’t been checking in a lot with you about The Artist’s Way, the twelve week program that I started this year on the week of October 6. but let’s do that now. It’s hard to believe that it’s week 8 already! That’s two-thirds of the way through the program. How are you doing? I’ve…

  • NaNoWriMo

    This year, again, I officially signed up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I had to finish The Warrior’s Prize, and was running behind after going to Novelists’ Inc in Florida at the end of October. I wanted the motivation of NaNoWriMo to get my butt into my chair and put those pages down! I…

  • About the Excerpt

    On completion of probably 40 books in a row, I’ve written a teaser or an excerpt for the next book in the series or under that author brand. The excerpt always goes at the end of the book, to tempt the reader to order or buy my next release. It’s pretty standard marketing for books,…

  • The Idea Fairy

    I was very happy to have a visit last week from the Idea Fairy. She stopped in – as she often does – just when I was on the verge of sleep. She whispered two sentences in my ear, and my eyes flew open. I knew who was responsible for them and liked their potential…

  • NaNoWriMo

    November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and this year, I’ve officially signed up. I have a lot of projects to get finished, so completing 50,000 words (or anything close to it) in the next month will help a lot. You can find me on the NaNoWriMo boards as DeborahCooke.