Deborah Cooke: Author

Tag: writing life

  • My Other Publisher is…Me

    Through most of my writing career, I’ve worked with two publishers simultaneously. I’ve done this because of my own interest in writing more than one series at a time. I like to switch back between settings and worlds and even kinds of stories, in order to keep my perspective fresh. I think it makes the…

  • Connections

    I hope you’re enjoying the guest blog posts this month. I’m having a great time with them. It’s been quite exciting to realize how many great people I know, and have met in the business of publishing. It’s wonderful to have them come by and tell you a bit about themselves and their work. I’m…

  • Digital Self-Publishing

    I thought we’d talk a bit today about a huge trend in publishing: authors digitally self-publishing their own work. What this means is that the author makes an electronic edition of his or her work available, directly to readers, without involving a publisher at all. Self-publishing was called vanity publishing for a long time (and…

  • Knowing What You Want

    This is a post for writers, about career planning and publishing. (It’s Wednesday, after all, writing or publishing day on the new schedule!) This post is part of of a workshop I’m putting together for January for TRW. One of the things I’ve learned in 19 years in publishing is that the entire business –…

  • Let’s Get Visible

    This is an article I wrote for the newsletter of Toronto Romance Writers, my RWA chapter. I’ll be teaching a full day workshop for them on writing and publishing in January 2012. Let’s Get Visible By Deborah Cooke How do readers know when an author has a book available? How do readers know when a…