Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Week One Check-In

    So, did you start the Artists’ Way with me last week? This first chapter contains what might be my favourite metaphor of all time – that of stocking your pond with new images and new ideas so that you have a new store to use in your creative work. Are you doing your morning pages?…

  • That Time Again

    Over the past few days, there’s been a recurring theme in my conversations with other writers. Lots of them are struggling with getting that “spark”, or with finding the passion to write, or just getting to it amidst the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life. And I have been recommending to these friends that they…

  • The P-Word

    Are romance novels pornography? Are the sex scenes in romance novels pornographic? I heard the p-word again recently, and it shouldn’t have surprised me. I never engage with other people over the p-word, and today we’re going to talk about why. My main reason is that the p-word carries a tremendous emotional charge. It’s a…

  • Rome

    Fridays seem to be about Reading and Watching this year. Mr. C. and I have been watching the DVD’s of the HBO/BBC series called ROME. I just love it. Blood and guts, history and personal stakes, it’s everything I look for in historical fiction. What have you been reading or watching lately that really works…

  • Residency Closing Reception

    Remember I told you about the Closing Reception for my residency at the Toronto Public Library this fall? We had a panel discussion with an editor and an agent. Well, here’s a photo of the three of us, before the festivities began: That’s Brenda Chin, Senior Editor at Harlequin Blaze on the left, me in…