Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • 2009 Workshops

    I’m booked to teach a couple of workshops this winter, which promises to be fun. The first will be for Toronto Romance Writers – the Toronto chapter of Romance Writers of America – on January 10. This full day workshop is called Falling for the Romance Genre – we’ll talk about writing in general, romance…

  • Blogging at Shape Shifter Romance

    It’s that time again. Today, we’re talking about Halloween costumes – a kind of personal shape shifting – and there’s a contest for a copy of FALLEN. Drop by Shape Shifter Romance and tell me what you’re going to be this year OR your favourite costume ever.

  • Historical Romance

    I’ve been thinking – and you know that usually means trouble. When I did that signing last week with Eloisa James, she asked if I ever wanted to write historical romance again. The answer, of course, is yes. I really do want to write historicals again. Which got me to thinking about what kind of…

  • A.W.O.L.

    Maybe you noticed that I haven’t been around this week. I had some sad news on the weekend and it pushed me off track a bit. A former neighbour of ours passed away during the summer and we just found out when another neighbour invited us to a memorial service. I usually talked to Beryl…

  • Do You Vote?

    We had a federal election yesterday in Canada, and I dutifully trudged over to my local polling station to cast my vote. The only mercy in Canada is that we don’t have to listen to the candidates for very long – this election was called at the beginning of September and we voted October 14.…