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Category: The Lost Girls

  • Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2016Wednesday, July 27, 2016
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

Me & THE NY TIMES Agree: THE LOST GIRLS is Worth Reading!

I cracked opened Heather’s debut after having read her posts for six months, so I knew the writing would be…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2016Wednesday, July 27, 2016
  • by Heather Young

Hot Damn, I’m a Published Author

When I woke up yesterday morning here on the West Coast, I looked at my watch and laughed out loud.…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2016Monday, July 25, 2016
  • by Jennifer S. Brown

The Debut of THE LOST GIRLS by Heather Young

THE LOST GIRLS by Heather Young

As the Tuesday blogger, I feel like I’m personally introducing Heather Young’s THE LOST GIRLS into the world, never mind…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2016Thursday, July 21, 2016
  • by Heather Young

Fun Facts About ME

Wow, this topic. Seriously — “Fun Facts About Us”? What incredibly bad timing. We’re in the middle of the Republican…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2016Saturday, July 9, 2016
  • by Heather Young

Hello from the Other Side

We’re starting to get applications for the five spots we’ll soon vacate here on the Ball, so this seemed an…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 6, 2016Thursday, July 7, 2016
  • by Heather Young

My New Year’s Resolution and Finding the Moments That Matter

Before I wrote this post – an update on my New Year’s resolution – I reread my post from the…

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  • Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2016Wednesday, June 29, 2016
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

Meet a Deb: Deb Launch (& Beyond) Dates

Author reading with audience. "Aloud."

Are you in one of the areas in which our Debs are reading? Come out, hear us read, and introduce…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2016Thursday, July 7, 2016
  • by Heather Young

How to Plan a Launch Party That Won’t Make You Craz(ier)

After I signed my book deal it didn’t take long before I started hearing about something called a “launch party.”…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2016Monday, June 27, 2016
  • by Heather Young

The Music That Made THE LOST GIRLS

Music is critical to my writing process. When I sat down to work on THE LOST GIRLS, I’d turn on…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2016Wednesday, June 15, 2016
  • by Heather Young

Feeding the Muse a Cookie

This week I’m confronted by a topic that doesn’t bear much relationship to what I write: food. Unlike Jennifer’s MODERN…

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