Catherine Cheek

Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.

Most commented posts

  1. “Emily’s Fifth Birthday” and “Alternative Medicine” — 16 comments
  2. Seeing Things, Part 1: The Big Idea — 10 comments
  3. Seeing Things, Part 8: First cover mockups — 10 comments
  4. Seeing Things, Part 11: paper books and cover design fallout — 9 comments
  5. First Stained Glass Panel — 8 comments

Author's posts

Dayrunner–out in paperback!

Good news to everyone who has been waiting for the third Kit Melbourne novel to finally be available in paperback! I just got my proof today, and it looks good, so I’ve stuck a fork in it and called it done. It won’t be available on Amazon and other channels for at least a few …

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Book Review: Trash Sex Magic

Trash, Sex, Magic by Jennifer Stevenson I bought this book primarily because of the publisher; they’ve done some other novels by Sean Stewart that I liked very much. I was hoping (in vain, I thought) that this novel would have the same heart and detail as Stewart’s books. I knew it was crazy to think …

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Book Review: The Believing Brain

The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths by Michael Shermer Even though this book is about beliefs, it has a huge whopping load of science, especially neurology and psychology. It doesn’t address specific beliefs so much as describe how people form conjectures …

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TREEMAKER now available in paperback!

After more proofs than I thought it would take, and unexpected formatting errors appearing out of nowhere, I finally have a version ready for printing. Go hereĀ if you want to order it direct from my createspace site.

Book Review: 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense

13 Things That Don’t Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time by Michael Brooks I got this as an audiobook, and I almost stopped listening to it because it begins with astrology and goes straight to quantum physics–my two least favorite fields of science. My friend advised me to continue listening, and …

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