Deborah Cooke: Author

Tag: writing life

  • Joan Reeves on Writing and Publishing

    This is a terrific post on writing and publishing. Joan talks about her success in self-publishing digitally, but her advice is great for all authors, no matter how we choose to publish. Linky goodness right here.

  • Editing and Carpets

    Things have been quiet around Alive & Knitting the past few days, because I’ve been working on a revision. This is not a bad thing, but it’s always an intense phase. So, naturally, I have an analogy for you. Writing a book is like weaving a tapestry. You choose your colours the way you might…

  • Balance

    For today’s writing and publishing post, I thought I’d talk a bit about balance. A writer’s life is a balancing act, as most people’s lives are. There are tasks that must be done on time, chores that have to be completed regularly and there is the joyous part of doing what we do best. But…

  • Revising Reverted Works

    Last week, in my post Widgets and Books, I was talking about the art of scheduling the writing of a book. I talked about the need for authors to figure out when they’re going to be finished a work before they start writing it, so that the book can be scheduled for production at the…

  • Widgets and Books

    Someone made a comment to me at WotS on Sunday which has been rattling around in my mind ever since. The comment was to the effect that some authors write too many books per year in order to ensure their income, and that they might be better off writing fewer books and doing a better…