Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Choices

    So, I’ve been thinking – which usually means trouble. Or at least an analogy. (You’ve been warned!) I signed up for a workshop online this past month and – although I’ve been quite the delinquent and inattentive student, given everything else going on around here. Deadlines can be distracting like that – I’ve been pondering…

  • Linky Housekeeping

    I’ve added a category for reading related links. These are mostly review sites and blog sites, but there are a few writing sites tossed into the mix as well (because readers are writers). I did a quick run through my email to gather links, but know I’ve missed a bunch. So, have a peek and…

  • Ensemble Scenes

    Writers all have scenes they love to write and scenes they find challenging to write. I love writing and find that my stories are usually very clear in my mind before I sit down and start typing. The one exception to this is what I’ll call “the ensemble scene.” These give me fits. An ensemble…

  • Six Weeks!

    It’s amazing how quickly time has flown this spring. There are only six weeks left until the week of the RWA National convention, now to be held in Orlando, Florida. Hard to believe how quickly that event has snuck up on me. Before I head south to DisneyWorld, my plan is to finish Zoë’s book…

  • Going Green(er)

    One of the goals of my Pyr guys in the Dragonfire series is saving the earth. And one of the forces that the earth needs to be saved from in this series is humans and our influence on the planet. So, maybe it’s pertinent once in a while to talk about “green” issues here. And…