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Seven debut authors. Seven books. One big dance toward publication.

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  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Author: Alicia Bessette

  • Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

Thank you, Mr. Moran

Librarians are gatekeepers of books and words. My fourth-grade teacher, Mr. Moran, played a similar role. Every school day after…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2009Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

Important Chance Encounters

In 2004 I attended a yoga workshop led by Megan McDonough, who was promoting her book, Infinity In A Box.…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2009Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

Facebook versus The Pen

About ten years ago, I predicted I’d never walk into a diner and see patrons pulled up to the counter,…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

Trick or hiiiiii-ya!

Martial arts movies are an unapologetically over-the-top art form, and I deeply appreciate them. Jackie Chan’s one of my favorite…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

Good Hurt

How’d I get my book deal? Simple version: I got a sharp agent. Extended version: A few years before she…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

Uh-oh, I’ve turned ….

I grew up in Massachusetts, where many people seem to observe autumn with near-spiritual devotion. Which is understandable, because fall…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, October 7, 2009Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

From darkness, light

I’m definitely not a morning person. I stumble around for twenty minutes or so before I’m even partially awake. I…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

Persistence + Luck = Pluck … by Deb Alicia

Short version: I emailed a query to an agent at Folio Literary Management. Next day she requested the first fifty…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

Just me, my man, and a Jeep … by Deb Alicia

Like most kids who devoured James Herriot books, I dreamed of becoming a large-animal veterinarian. I envisioned an adult life…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Alicia Bessette

It’s not cramped, it’s cozy … by Deb Alicia

Welcome to the corner of my living room, where I’m sitting at a mismatched desk and chair. Stella the greyhound…

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