Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Win a Calendar

    I just received wonderful wall calendars from Kim Killion at The Killion Group and Hot Damn Designs – that’s because Kim has done a lot of my covers and I bought the calendar ad for June 2013. The calendar is full of beautiful book covers, mostly romance but in all subgenres and for many authors…

  • Losing Interest

    Mr. Math and I been watching a number of ongoing television series lately. We tend to binge-watch – we wait until a season (or more) of episodes are available on DVD, then chew through a season in a week or so. I’m starting to think that binge-watching makes us tougher critics: while the ongoing storylines…

  • The Juice

    Last week, there was a bad storm here, as in so many other places. Our variant was an ice storm, combined high winds. Trees and tree branches came down and took power lines down with them. We were without power for just over 24 hours, which made me both realize and appreciate a few things.…

  • Spring Fever

    It’s been looking like spring, finally, around here. (Ironically, this morning, it looks like winter – we had a dusting of fresh snow last night, but I’ve decided it WILL melt. Soon.) It’s been a very dark winter and has felt particularly long to me. There’s also been a lot going on in our lives…

  • Extremely Effective

    Last week, I installed a new anti-spam filter here on the blog. You might have noticed it, even though it was only there for a few days. Even though the one I’ve had installed all along works really well, I figured another couldn’t hurt. It was extremely effective, but not in the way I’d expected.…