Deborah Cooke: Author

Author: Deborah Cooke

  • Mark Your Calendars!

    I have the three public events associated with the residency finalized now, and wanted to let you know about them. As mentioned previously, I will be the writer in residence at the Toronto Public Library this fall – it’s the first time they’ve had a residency for the romance genre, so it would be great…

  • Shadow of the Typewriter II

    Fonts are another issue that fall out of the assumption that all authors will type their book manuscripts on typewriters. Or more specifically, font style is the focus of today’s post. Typewriters, typically, have or had only one font. It looked a whole lot like fixed pitch Courier, which was in fact designed to resemble…

  • Shadow of the Typewriter

    I was going to call these posts “Collisions of Technology” but I have a hard time thinking of a typewriter as technology – even though, it must surely be. These posts are about publishing, about the past shaping the present, and about the long cold shadow cast by the typewriter. You might be skeptical, but…

  • Sprouts

    I love sunflowers but have a hard time growing them. It seems that little creatures – birds and squirrels – eat all the seeds that I plant. Mr. C. finds this really funny – there are chickadees that actually follow me around the garden, pecking around until they eat what I’ve planted. This year, I’ve…

  • April Update at SSR

    I’m blogging over at Shape Shifter Romance today, for my monthly update of what’s happening. Stop by and say hello!