Deborah Cooke: Author

Tag: writing life

  • Six Tasks Part 1 – The Chart

    Several weeks ago, I taught a full day workshop on writing and publishing. I’ve decided to post some excerpts from the workshop here on the blog – although attendance at the workshop was really good, everyone in the world was not there. You might have missed it. This segment – Six Tasks – was really…

  • The Question of Cover Art

    One of the really interesting challenges in publishing and selling books is ensuring that the cover art is evocative of the book inside, and that it appeals to readers. In traditional publishing, this is the responsibility of the publisher, but when we authors publish (or re-publish) our books, we need to think about covers, too.…

  • Phew!

    Home again, after teaching a full day workshop at Toronto Romance Writers on Saturday. I think it went well – I had fun, anyways – but now it’s back to my regular writing schedule. I like to teach and interact with people. It gets me out of my little writing cave and always gives me…

  • POD Progress

    One of the exciting things I’ve been doing this month is putting together the files for new print editions of the Jewels of Kinfairlie. These will be print on demand editions, which means that they will be trade paperbacks – and also more expensive than the original mass market editions. I know that there are…

  • Visiting Books Make Me Happy

    Today I’m visiting Jennifer Morris at her blog, Books Make Me Happy, for Music Mondays. Yup, I’m talking about music. Come on over and say hello – here’s the permalink.