Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Organic Storytelling

    I had written this as a guest blog post, but it appears that the site has changed and the post will not appear there. (This explains why I had no confirmation from the moderator!) As it’s written and ready to go, I thought I’d share it here instead. The forum is for writers, so this…

  • Election Day

    Today is election day in Canada. My father always says that if you don’t vote, you can’t complain – which is a succinct way of saying that if you have the right to participate in democracy, you should use it (even if you don’t want to complain later). Women didn’t get the right to vote…

  • A Bit About Gawain

    Since THE SCOUNDREL will be live on Kindle sometime this week, I thought I’d talk a bit more about the book itself. It’s the second book in my Rogues of Ravensmuir series – the first book is THE ROGUE – a series in which I wanted to try some different things in historical romance. Fiction…

  • Quiet on the Home Front

    Shhhhhh, it’s as quiet as a library around here. I’ve been writing this week. A lot. It’s just lovely. I’m having a wonderful time, finishing up Dragonfire #7. I’m tucking in the ends, writing the last great sex scene, writing the last great dragon fight, tweaking the conflicts and tidying up the corners. It’s an…

  • Tarot Talk

    I find tarot cards quite intriguing, although I’m not that good at reading them. (I have to look everything up, then work from there.) But even so, my cards do tell me things, sometimes things I’d rather not know, and are a resource I consult every once in a while. It’s not clear how old…