My first manuscript was a twenty-thousand-word trashfire of a multi-generational family saga. I’d decided to try being a novelist (New…
Author: Kathleen West
Kathleen West is the author of the forthcoming novel, Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes, out 2/4/20 from Berkley. She lives in Minneapolis with her family.
I’m so pleased to present Kate Lansing this week as our guest at The Debutante Ball. Kate is the author…
It’s blooper week! I feel like I’m a walking blunder most of the time, so I’m sure I could fill…
We’re talking about deleted scenes this week, and there were so many iterations of Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes that…
I was just chatting with my sixteen-year-old son yesterday about reading. “Remember how everyone loves reading when they’re in second,…
What a treat to welcome Lauren Ho to The Debutante Ball today! Lauren’s debut novel, Last Tang Standing, is billed…
Between Lisa’s insightful and lovely post yesterday about creating a sisterhood and Karen’s epic piece from December about keeping your…
It’s Lisa Braxton’s turn! She’s supported and cheerled and organized the rest of us Debs since August, and now her…
We’re writing about community this week, and my community is burning. I live in Minneapolis where George Floyd was murdered…
I remember last year when the application window opened here for the Debutante Class of 2020. I was finishing up…
