I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. Or like my dog when she’s about to get a bone from…
Author: Colleen Oakley
There is nothing so delightful and terrifying to a writer (well, to me, anyway) as a blank page. After I…
The kale is gone. That’s the first line of my debut novel BEFORE I GO. It’s four simple words, and…
STOP. Seriously. Stop what you’re doing. I see you over there, absent-mindedly buying that Amazon gift card for the book…
This week on the The Ball, we’re all reminiscing about a time in our publishing journeys when we wanted to…
Writing is hard. I mean, not as hard as say, doing a tour of duty in Afghanistan or nannying for…
Here at The Debutante Ball, we are thankful for YOU, our readers and supporters. Thanks for coming on this journey…
I have mentioned before how fraught with fear and anxiety this publishing-my-debut-novel journey has been (and will continue to be…
My agent has sold foreign rights to BEFORE I GO in six different countries so far. Every time a new…
This week on The Ball, we’re talking about our favorite advice from veteran writers. For the nuts and bolts of…