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Category: Making Waves

  • Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2017Saturday, April 15, 2017
  • by Amy Poeppel

News Flash: Updates from the Debs, past and present

We send our thanks to Lori Rader-Day for being our guest yesterday on The Debutante Ball. If you haven’t already, pick…

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  • Posted on Friday, August 26, 2011Thursday, August 25, 2011
  • by Tawna Fenske

Deb Tawna goes out kicking and screaming

For our final posts here at The Debutante Ball, we’re supposed to talk about what’s next and say goodbye. But…

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  • Posted on Friday, August 19, 2011Thursday, August 18, 2011
  • by Tawna Fenske

Deb Tawna wants you to love her man (just keep your hands off!)

One of the strangest things about having my book hit shelves is the way people discuss my characters. A lot…

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  • Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Tawna Fenske

Wanderlust is Deb Tawna’s second favorite form of lust

The thing I enjoy most of all in the world is travel. OK, that’s a lie. Travel is a close…

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  • Posted on Friday, August 5, 2011Wednesday, August 3, 2011
  • by Tawna Fenske

Deb Tawna has release week brain freeze

For nearly twelve months, I’ve come here every Friday with a pretty good idea what I wanted to write. Sometimes…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 3, 2011Wednesday, August 3, 2011
  • by Kim Stagliano

Bon Voyeurage! Set Sail with Tawna Fenske’s Making Waves!

See that horrible romance sex pun in the headline? That is why Kim is NOT the romance Debutante for 2011. …

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  • Posted on Tuesday, August 2, 2011Wednesday, August 3, 2011
  • by Eleanor Brown

Love, Lust, and Deb Tawna’s MAKING WAVES! (Giveaway!)

I was raised by romance novels. Not literally. I mean I do have actual parents. But I grew up reading…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 15, 2011Thursday, July 14, 2011
  • by Tawna Fenske

Deb Tawna is a sucker for a sexy voice

If you told me to name my top three turn-ons, I wouldn’t need to pause for breath before answering. Great…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 8, 2011Thursday, July 7, 2011
  • by Tawna Fenske

Deb Tawna is making the best of her new freedom

Earlier this year, I got a wallop of freedom I wasn’t looking for when my husband of 13 years decided…

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  • Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011Thursday, June 23, 2011
  • by Tawna Fenske

Deb Tawna sometimes runs on heavy fuel

From the moment I glanced at this week’s topic, “fuel for writers,” on Monday morning, I’ve had Dire Straits’ 1991…

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