Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Stay Tuned

    As many of you know, the RWA National convention is booked to be at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville at the end of this July. This past weekend, Nashville had a tornado and a whole lot of rain. The levees broke and the hotel is flooded in some places. So, they’ve closed the hotel, cancelled…

  • Westerns

    There’s a new movie out called Gunless, starring Paul Gross. (He played the Mountie in Due South.) The notion is that Gross’s character, the Montana Kid, is on the run from the law, and he runs to Canada (or the territories that will ultimately become Canada). Of course, the law comes after him, but one…

  • Dragonfire Novella

    We have another Dragonfire surprise coming, although you won’t have to wait as long for this one. There’s a bit of a story behind it. When I was writing Niall’s book – WHISPER KISS, coming this August – I started to wonder about the Dragon’s Teeth Warriors. It has to be pretty tough to be…

  • Great Read

    I was sucked into the reading vortex this week – you know how it goes when you pick up a book that you just can’t put down. The book that snared me was Ann Aguirre’s GRIMSPACE. I loved this book. It was a compelling read, with just the right balance of worldbuilding, action, and characterization.…

  • Final Check – The Artist’s Way

    This was my week #12 – the final week – in the Artist’s Way program by Julia Cameron. As always, I’ve found it a really helpful program in keeping me writing happily. As always, I did really well with the morning pages and the exercises, and wasn’t so consistent about taking a weekly artist date.…