Deborah Cooke: Author

Tag: writing life

  • Into Every Blog Tour…

    …some real blog posts must fall. This is one of them. In the midst of all this release promo – and that upcoming holiday stuff too – I’ve been writing a book. EMBER’S KISS will be #8 in the Dragonfire series of paranormal romances and it will be published in October 2012. The writing of…

  • Negativity

    I had the misfortune this week to talk to someone about writing and publishing who was so negative that she took my breath away. Not only is publishing changing for the worse, but publishers are going out of business, everything is going to the internet (which she hates), and it’s “impossible” for a new author…

  • Career Day

    Off to Career Day at a local high school today, to talk about being a writer. I like talking to kids. They often have interesting – even unexpected – questions. There can be good energy in these encounters. Will I inspire them or depress them about the future of publishing? We’ll see!

  • Eureka!

    One of the most common questions asked of authors is “where do you get your ideas?” I never have a good answer for this. Telling people that I have too many ideas and hate having the choose between them doesn’t ever seem to be the answer that is expected. The thing about ideas is that…

  • Happy Dance

    I had some exciting news last night – my editor has approved the manuscript for BLAZING THE TRAIL, book #3 in my paranormal YA trilogy. I’m happy that Zoë’s story is told, and I’m happy with the books. On the other hand, writing the Dragon Diaries has been quite the adventure and I’m a bit…