The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Flora Collins
  • Sonya Singh
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  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Author: Maria Garcia-Kalb

  • Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010Friday, August 27, 2010
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

Hasta la Bye Bye!

Bye ya’ll!!  It was a blast being part of The Debs!  Please visit my website for updates or just to…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2010Monday, August 9, 2010
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

Giggle-liciously Funny!

This week we’re supposed to be writing about books similar to our own, and discussing their merits.  Honestly, I’ve never…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010Tuesday, August 10, 2010
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

When PARTYING leads to PAIN…

This is a picture of me and my buddy Nick when we visited the legendary “Comedy Cellar” in Manhattan last week.  Why…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 5, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

Simple, yet Satisfying…

There are few moments as exciting as your actual debut DAY, and it has finally arrived for Deb Alicia.  I…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

Trash Talkin’…

Instead of talking about actual trash (composed of milk cartons, banana peels, and smelly tuna cans—UGH) I’d like to discuss…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010Monday, July 19, 2010
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

Pet therapy needed…

I’ve always said that people who don’t like animals aren’t people I want to associate with. I’ve had all kinds…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010Monday, July 12, 2010
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

Book Promoting is a (bleep)

Call me delusional, but for some reason I thought promoting my book was going to be an easy task.  I…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 8, 2010Wednesday, June 30, 2010
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

Happy July 4th — OUCH!!!!!

My mom is terrified of fireworks.  That wasn’t always the case, but a nasty firework encounter forever altered her affection…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 1, 2010Thursday, June 24, 2010
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

You want me to sign your WHAT!?

No matter how long I’ve been doing it, signing autographs always seems very surreal to me  –especially when I was…

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  • Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2010Thursday, June 24, 2010
  • by Maria Garcia-Kalb

Definitely Daddy’s Girl

I am so blessed to have a father like mine.  Miguel Garcia was born in 1933 to a very poor…

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