Deborah Cooke: Author

Tag: writing life

  • Radio Silence

    It’s been quiet here on the blog, but since some of you are becoming concerned, I thought it time for an update. The main reason I haven’t been posting is an obvious one – there isn’t much news. We’re in that eye-of-the-hurricane between release dates when there isn’t much to share. There’s a lot going…

  • Here’s Herman

    I almost forgot that I’d promised to introduce you all to Herman. Here he is: Herman was a gift from Elsie. Elsie has written to me in the past, but we’d never met in person before. It was fun to meet her, especially as we later had the chance to have a good talk about…

  • Grammar and the Paranormal Writer

    Since I’m up to my eyes in a copy edit this week, you all get to hear a bit about it. First, let me explain part of the production process. A copy edit is a phase of the production cycle for a book. After the book is delivered and revised and the acquiring editor approves…

  • National Novel Writing Month

    And they’re off! November is National Novel Writing Month and those who participate in NaNoWriMo aim to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. It’s often perceived by writers to be the big push necessary to get that draft done. One of the core ideas is that writers should give themselves permission…

  • Home Again!

    Hello, everyone. I’m back home and catching up. Wow – what a great conference they host at the New Jersey RWA each fall! If you are an aspiring writer and ever have the opportunity to go, please do so. There were many workshops – four or five tracks in parallel, seven at peak times –…