My honors English teacher turned me into a lifetime reader. She talked about characters as if they were real, as…
Category: 2016 Debs
There’s been a fair amount of discussion on the Ball this week about MFA programs, and we Debs represent a…
To all those also celebrating Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), I wish you l’shanah tova tikatevu! My writing education…
My writing education began, oddly enough, in art school. I went to the Portland School of Art (now Maine College…
We hope you have enjoyed the first week of the 2016 Debutante Ball! Join us next week, when we…
What an honor to be joining the Debs class of 2016! Thanks to the founders and all the wonderful women…
Thank you for sticking with The Debutante Ball as it passes the baton to its 10th class! This blog peppered…
Recently Stephen King wrote an essay for The New York Times in defense of prolific writers. For every Barbara Cartwright, whose…
Many years ago, I read an article that scorned the idea of the “debut novel.” The article said (and I’m…
I am thrilled to be the first blogger of the Debutante Ball class of 2016! And before I get started,…