Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • A Wonderful Book

    Yesterday, I did something that I haven’t done for a while – I plucked a book from my To Be Read pile and fell right in to the story. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a lot of time to read fiction, and even longer since I’ve picked up a book that grabbed…

  • Chimneys

    As some of you know, Mr. Math and I live in an old house. It has charm and character, and it is an ongoing project. It is also a source of unexpected adventure. We’re having one of those adventures today. Our house is Victorian, so was built when people used coal to heat their homes.…

  • Pasta of the Day

    Once upon a time, I read an interview with the chef, Jamie Oliver. It was around the time that he was trying to get schools to sell healthy food in their cafeterias, and he was quite negative about fast food. The interviewer was skeptical and insisted that JO must eat fast food once in a…

  • Kudos!

    I received some incredible news this weekend. I won the RWA PRO Mentor of the year award! This is a pretty amazing thing, and I’m quite overwhelmed by it all. Here’s part of the notification letter from Maura Troy: “…I am pleased to tell you that, based on a wonderful nomination letter received from Kim…

  • The Green Herd Grows

    Some of you may have noticed that I have an affection for vintage sewing machines, and that I particularly like the green machines. Just to recap the rest of the Green Herd, here’s the Arrow and here are the Singer 185, the Elna Supermatic (actually there are two Elna Supermatics, but only one is green)…