The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Flora Collins
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  • Cleyvis Natera
  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Author: Susan Gloss

Susan Gloss is the author of the novel VINTAGE (William Morrow/HarperCollins, March 2014). When she's not writing, toddler wrangling, or working as an attorney, she blogs at Glossing Over It and curates an online vintage store, Cleverly Curated.
  • Posted on Wednesday, October 9, 2013Sunday, October 6, 2013
  • by Susan Gloss

Winter is Coming: Time to Hunker Down and Write

Winter is coming. No, this is not a post about Game of Thrones, though I do love me some dragons…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, October 2, 2013Wednesday, October 2, 2013
  • by Susan Gloss

How Getting an Agent is Like Duck Duck Goose

I was terrified of the game of Duck Duck Goose* when I was a kid. I’ve always been an anxious…

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  • Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2013Sunday, September 29, 2013
  • by Susan Gloss

News Flash: Research Trips, Trade Shows, and New Cover Designs!

Congrats to Cheryl, who won a copy of Anna Lee Huber’s Mortal Arts! From the 2014 Debs… Susan Gloss is in…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2013Wednesday, September 25, 2013
  • by Susan Gloss

Taking Five to Acknowledge the People Behind My Book

It takes more than one person to write a novel, and any author who doesn’t admit that is either lying…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2013Tuesday, September 17, 2013
  • by Susan Gloss

There’s No Place Like Away from Home

I have a two-year-old son. Whenever he sees my laptop, he points to it and says, “Momma busy.” Yep. But…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 11, 2013Wednesday, September 11, 2013
  • by Susan Gloss

You’ve Gotta Get Up from that First Fall

The first time I skied on a real mountain, I was ten. Prior to that, I’d skied only on the…

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  • Posted on Sunday, September 8, 2013Friday, September 13, 2013
  • by Susan Gloss

News Flash: Publicists, Retreats, and Broken Arms

From the 2014 Debs… Heather Webb had a great (and long) chat with her publicist for the first time! She’s…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2013Wednesday, September 4, 2013
  • by Susan Gloss

How my first novel saved me from Hoarders

If I had not written my debut novel, you’d probably see me on the TV show Hoarders instead of here…

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  • Posted on Sunday, September 1, 2013Saturday, August 31, 2013
  • by Susan Gloss

News Flash: Welcome to the New Debutante Ball!

Welcome to the new Debutante Ball, and to a new class of Debs! We, the 2014 Debs, are so very…

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