I’m supposed to be writing about self-care and relaxation and the art of not writing. Um, I don’t think I’m…
Author: Devi Laskar
It’s that time of year, when we resolve to do better when we change out the wall calendar in a…
All of my writing mentors have at one point said the same thing: Don’t give up. Keep Writing. When you’re…
I’m so thrilled to welcome my friend Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar to the Debutante Ball this week! Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar is…
Missing my poetry-mom Lucille Clifton especially today. Here she is reading aloud a poem of hers that I love. Until I…
I’m so thrilled to welcome Cinelle Barnes to the Debutante Ball this week! Cinelle Barnes is an essayist, memoirist, and…
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has…
I’m delighted to welcome my friend Vijaya Nagarajan to the Debutante Ball this week! Vijaya Nagarajan is an Associate Professor and…
“The query letter is…the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write” — Nicholas Spark This week’s…
I’m so thrilled to welcome Christine O’Brien to the Debutante Ball this week! Christine is a lecturer in the English…