Deborah Cooke: Author

Tag: writing life

  • Enough of Winter

    Every year, around this time, I get fed up with winter. This year, the feeling seems to be a bit more intense. I’m not sure why as winter has been pretty much a non-event here this year. At any rate, I’m always ready for gardens and flowers and colour at the end of February, and…

  • Guest Blogging at Denise Agnew’s Blog

    Today, I’m guest blogging at Denise Agnew’s blog. She’s asked a number of authors who write in multiple sub-genres to discuss their reasons for doing so. I think this is an interesting topic. Come on over and see what everyone has to say. My post is right here.

  • Blogging at Novelists Ink

    I have a blog post at Novelists’ Ink’s blog today, called The Trouble With “Free”. It’s about the marketing practice of offering free digital books for promotion. Come on by and share your thoughts.

  • Six Tasks Part 3 – Agents

    What do agents do? At the most basic level, agents negotiate publishing contracts for authors. As we  discussed earlier today, it’s characteristic for the agent or agency to have an agency boilerplate with any given publishing house, which is a better level at which to begin negotiations. In an ideal universe, the agent will negotiate…

  • Six Tasks Part 2 – Forming Alliances

    N.B. – This is a continuation of yesterday’s post, both from a workshop I taught in January to Toronto Romance Writers. Please read Six Tasks before continuing with today’s post. The other option I mentioned for balancing your pie chart is that of working with other professionals. Historically, this was what authors did. If we…