The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Melissa Chadburn
  • Jennifer Fawcett
  • Flora Collins
  • Sonya Singh
  • Cleyvis Natera
  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Author: Sarah Pekkanen

  • Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2010Wednesday, October 28, 2015
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

See you soon…

Writing this final post is conjuring all sorts of emotions in me. I’ve loved my year as a Debutante –…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010Thursday, August 12, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

If you like The Opposite of Me

If you like commercial women’s fiction with heart and humor, have I got some goodies for you to check out!…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010Monday, August 9, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

Death to the goody bag

This week I couldn’t resist posting a column I wrote for Bethesda magazine on throwing birthday parties for my kids.…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, August 3, 2010Monday, August 2, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

Congrats, Deb Alicia!

I absolutely loved Simply From Scratch. It’s the sort of book I’d naturally be drawn to in a store, because…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010Wednesday, October 28, 2015
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

Don’t trash it… yet

On the top of my computer armoire is a stack of writing books. One of my favorites is Stephen King’s…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010Monday, July 19, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

Pugs galore

I’m a dog person. Don’t get me wrong – I love cats, too. And monkeys and hamsters, birds and even…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010Monday, June 14, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

The Debs come thisclose to getting a reality show

The 2010 Debs were almost contenders. Household names. We came so close to hitting the cover of People magazine, sitting…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 6, 2010Friday, June 25, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

Fireworks are like books…

Fireworks are kind of like books. You want to grab attention from the very first moment, with an explosive sound…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 29, 2010Friday, June 25, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

Signing a book

About a month before The Opposite of Me came out, I booked a signing at the big Barnes & Noble…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

My Dad, by Deb Sarah

My father is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. He loves to laugh at himself, which is a…

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Since 2007, the Debutante Ball has been celebrating first-time authors and their books. Learn more.

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