Deborah Cooke: Author

Tag: writing life

  • Busy Week

    This week, I’m finishing a book. This is always an intense phase of the writing process for me, so blog posts will be scarce for a couple of days. Be sure to stop back Thursday – I have a guest author, and will be appearing on her blog, too. And if you’re curious about this…

  • Finding Your Niche

    This week, you get two writing/publishing posts back to back, because I went guest blogging on Monday instead of Tuesday. Don’t worry – tomorrow I have a guest author visiting! This post has grown out of that discussion at the TRW meeting on Saturday. We were talking about the differences between writing to the market…

  • Writers’ Groups

    I went to my writers’ group meeting last Saturday (that’s Toronto Romance Writers) and had a wonderful time. Actually, I participated in a panel discussion about publishing and writing. It turned out to be one of those invigorating discussions, in which  lots of perspectives were expressed and lots of experience was shared. I came home,…

  • 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…