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

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Category: The Whole World

  • Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009Monday, October 19, 2009
  • by Emily Winslow

WHEEEE-E-E! by Deb Emily

The book deal thing went slooooooooooow and then–zip!–done in a day. The slow part was submitting. Some interest, some suggestions,…

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  • Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009Sunday, October 11, 2009
  • by Emily Winslow

Fall, by Deb Emily

Fall is lame here. I don’t know if it’s that the temperature change in England is too gradual or what,…

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  • Posted on Monday, October 5, 2009Friday, October 2, 2009
  • by Emily Winslow

No more late nights, by Deb Emily

I used to be a night person. Ideas percolated all day, while I was in school or at work. Finally,…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009Monday, September 28, 2009
  • by Emily Winslow

The Phone Call, by Deb Emily

I was in Berlin when I got “The Phone Call.” For those of you who aren’t aspiring to publication, The…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009Monday, September 14, 2009
  • by Emily Winslow

A Dickensian Nightmare, by Deb Emily

My recurring stress dream is always the same: The cast of my college production of Nicholas Nickleby has been called…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 14, 2009Monday, November 9, 2009
  • by Emily Winslow

Happiness is a portable computer, by Deb Emily

I got a laptop so I could hide from the baby. My husband’s job involves talking on the phone with…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 7, 2009Monday, November 9, 2009
  • by Emily Winslow

This is your major, should you choose to accept it…by Deb Emily

I once heard a second-hand story about an undergrad at my friend’s college who had married young, been widowed young,…

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  • Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009Monday, November 9, 2009
  • by Emily Winslow

Your New Monday Deb

Hi, I’m Emily! I’m an American but I currently live in England. My novel, THE WHOLE WORLD, is set in…

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