Author: Deborah Cooke

  • Love Triangles

    A comment from G here on the blog this weekend got me to thinking about love triangles. I’m not much for love triangles, myself – and yes, I’ll talk about why in a minute – but they do seem to be very fashionable in fiction right now. Any discussion of an urban fantasy book or…

  • The Trouble With Angels

    I’ve had a rummage through my TBR pile and finally decided to read some of the angel books stashed away there. It’s not an accident that they’ve been stashed – while I was writing my own angel series, I didn’t want to read what other authors were doing with angels. But I was interested, so…

  • Romantic Times Awards

    WHISPER KISS is a nominee for Best Shapeshifter Romance of 2010! Hurrah for Niall and Rox! Winners will be announced at the Romantic Times conference, in Los Angeles in April.

  • 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…

  • The Holy Grail of Voice – Part 4

    As many of you knew, our last excerpt yesterday was written by Anne Rice. The sensuous prose and the description of New Orleans usually leads people to the right answer. It’s from her book Exit to Eden, which was published under the pseudonym Anne Rampling. The book is a wonderful erotic romance. III. Finding Your…