Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Publishing

  • Where Did They Go?

    There was an article in the paper the other day about Dame Barbara Cartland, who passed away a few years ago. It was about the republication of her etiquette guide, although she’s better known for her romance novels. I’ve never actually read one of her books – most of which were Regency romances – but…

  • More on “Gentle Reads”

    Well, I’m chewing through that T.B.R. pile and getting through all the things I think I should read. As is usually the case with such missions, I’m not liking the reads much. But, on the upside, I have a new Theory. I picked up a bunch of “gentle reads” after hearing that term at National…

  • Historical Romance

    I’ve been thinking – and you know that usually means trouble. When I did that signing last week with Eloisa James, she asked if I ever wanted to write historical romance again. The answer, of course, is yes. I really do want to write historicals again. Which got me to thinking about what kind of…

  • Typo in FALLEN

    Audree found a typo. Yikes! There’s an ad on the very last page of FALLEN for GUARDIAN, coming October 2009. The copy on that page lists the heroine of GUARDIAN as Lilia, but that’s not true. Lilia is the heroine of FALLEN. Her daughter Delilia is the heroine of GUARDIAN. Lilia and Montgomery will appear…

  • More Eye Candy

    Look what I found. (Isn’t Google fun?) This is in the online portfolio of Larry Rostant, the artist who did the cover for FALLEN (and the one for GUARDIAN that I’m not showing you yet.) It must have been an earlier concept for the package. Look HERE. I like it, too. How do art directors…