The Debutante Ball

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

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Category: I Liked My Life

  • Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2015Saturday, October 24, 2015
  • by Louise Miller

News Flash–Publications, Pub Dates and Publicists edition

Congratulations to Laura Bryant, winner of PRETENDING TO DANCE, by Diane Chamberlain! Check back next week, where we will announce…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2015Wednesday, October 21, 2015
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

Where do you fall on the passive/aggressive spectrum?

My dear friend Camille Davenport recently reminded me that in between passive and aggressive is assertive. It is possible to…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

Going All In

Work on I LIKED MY LIFE began as something to tinker with when I couldn’t give the corporate world any…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2015Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

Talks-a-lot

I was ten when Dances with Wolves came out. Such a beautiful film, yet all my family took from it…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2015Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

They read the slush pile!

It was 2007 when I first set out to understand the query process with a manuscript much lighter than what I…

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  • Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2015Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

My writing cave…

I have a home office where I used to work 60+ hour weeks. It all felt very important. When I…

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  • Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

My piecemeal writing education…

My honors English teacher turned me into a lifetime reader. She talked about characters as if they were real, as…

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  • Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2015Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

Okay life, you can stop providing writing material any time now…

Thank you for sticking with The Debutante Ball as it passes the baton to its 10th class! This blog peppered…

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  • Posted on Saturday, September 5, 2015Saturday, September 5, 2015
  • by Karma Brown

The New Debs: Please Welcome the Class of 2016!

Please return next Saturday for the Deb class of 2016’s first guest, Carolina De Robertis — author of THE GODS OF…

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

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Current Topic: Welcoming the New Class

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