The Debutante Ball

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

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

Author: Meredith

  • Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2009Wednesday, October 28, 2015
  • by Meredith

Until We Meet Again by Deb Meredith

Has it been a year? Are you sure? It seems just yesterday that we started our debutante year. I had…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Meredith

Time+Discipline+Creativity-Procrastination=Book (I hope) by Deb Meredith

I used to think I was highly organized and extremely disciplined. I finished a screenplay every year. I regularly went…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Meredith

Marooned with Lots to Read by Deb Meredith

When I was twelve years old, I won a Desert Island Disks contest on the radio. They picked my letter…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2009Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Meredith

Oprah? I hardly know yah! by Deb Meredith

My first book came out this year—POSED FOR MURDER. Despite all the excitement around my anticipated debut, Oprah did not…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2009Wednesday, October 28, 2015
  • by Meredith

A personality jumble by Deb Meredith

When faced with a choice, I usually gravitate to “neither.” I really don’t like to be categorized or to think…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Meredith

My Favorite Writing Myths by Deb Meredith

The interesting thing about being a writer is how many opinions people have about writing as a career. Maybe it’s…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Meredith

My blank walls, by Deb Meredith

When my husband and I first lived together, he hung his own art up on our walls. But everytime he…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2009Friday, November 20, 2015
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Learning to Lean by Deb Meredith

I’ve always been very independent. I need some time alone everyday to decompress (and write). I like to do things…

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  • Posted on Saturday, July 4, 2009Wednesday, October 28, 2015
  • by Meredith

If I Knew Now What I’ll Know Then by Deb Meredith

There are those few moments in life so huge that by passing through them, you become someone different. You become…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009Monday, June 22, 2009
  • by Meredith

I Love to Laugh, by Deb Meredith

I love funny books. Not ones that are archly funny, always examining whether or not they’re funny all the time,…

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