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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
where fear and passion collide
Debora Dale Alt logo
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
where fear and passion collide
This is Dedicated to…

This is Dedicated to…

Family life

One day, ages ago, during my high school years when I majored in photography, I wanted to head out before dawn to capture the sunrise. The only one who would join me at that hour, was my beloved grandmother. We got into the car around 4:30 in the morning and headed...
Johnny Depp is my Grindelwald

Johnny Depp is my Grindelwald

Family life, fiction, Politics

Lord Voldemort is no Gellert Grindelwald. Why? Because as a villain, a dark lord, Lord Voldemort was so extreme, so vile and hateful and cruel, that he was easier to see as fictional than the insidious Gellert Grindelwald who easily wins people over to the dark side...
Back to School

Back to School

Family life, Homeschooling, New York

It’s the first day of school here in NYC. I can’t help feel sad for all the kids returning to the constant grind of early rising and carrying bookbags as big as themselves as they’re sent away from home and forced to work on command by strangers all...
“Happee Birthdae Harry”

“Happee Birthdae Harry”

Family life, fiction, Heros, Movies

The Magic Begins   Hedwig’s Theme, Opening Notes On July 31st, 1991, Harry Potter turned 11. It was on that day, 27 years ago today, when Hagrid presented Harry with his Hogwarts’ letter. The same day Harry received his letter, his life – and...
Don’t Just Sit There

Don’t Just Sit There

Family life, Writing

I had a scary few hours before the “storm for the history books” was supposed to hit New York. I thought I should share it because, if you’re like me and sit a lot for work, you know this but tend to ignore it. As a writer, sitting for long periods...
Holiday Traditions

Holiday Traditions

Family life, Holidays

For this Christmas holiday,  I vacationed in Florida with my family. We visited the ever-amazing Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and spent nearly every waking moment traveling between Hogsmead and Diagon Alley via the Hogwart’s express.  It was an awesome...