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

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  • Sonya Singh
  • Cleyvis Natera
  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Category: The Diminished

  • Posted on Friday, July 27, 2018
  • by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Taking From Our World to Build Something New

Much like Cass, I am, by training, as much a historian as I am a writer. I took more history…

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  • Posted on Sunday, July 22, 2018Sunday, July 22, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

[News Flash] July 22, 2018

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  Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Terese Mailhot! If you haven’t already, enter the #DebBallGiveaway to win a…

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  • Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2018Sunday, July 15, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

[News Flash] July 15, 2018

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Congratulations to Kris Erin Clink, winner of our #DebBallGiveaway of Sarah Kuhn’s Heroine Complex.   News from the 2018 Debs: Julie Clark had…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 13, 2018Friday, July 13, 2018
  • by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Breadcrumbs in The Diminished

I didn’t think much about Easter eggs when I was writing The Diminished. So much of my focus was on making…

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  • Posted on Sunday, July 8, 2018Saturday, July 7, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

[News Flash] July 8, 2018

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Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Sarah Kuhn! If you haven’t already, enter the #DebBallGiveaway to win a copy of…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 6, 2018
  • by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Taking Up Space

I am, by nature, a people pleaser. I think it’s a trait that a lot of women struggle with, whether…

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  • Posted on Sunday, July 1, 2018Sunday, July 1, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

[News Flash] July 1, 2018

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Congratulations to K. J. Harrowick, winner of our #DebBallGiveaway of Lisa Romeo’s STARTING WITH GOODBYE. Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Ashley…

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  • Posted on Sunday, June 24, 2018Sunday, June 24, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

[News Flash] June 24, 2018

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Congratulations to Susan Roberts, winner of our #DebBallGiveaway of THE SUMMER LIST by Amy Mason Doan. Thank you so much to…

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  • Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2018Sunday, June 17, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

[News Flash] June 17, 2018

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Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Anne Mason Doan! If you haven’t already, enter the #DebBallGiveaway to win a…

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  • Posted on Sunday, June 3, 2018Sunday, June 3, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

[News Flash] June 3, 2018

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Thanks again to last week’s guest, Helene Dunbar, author of Boomerang! We’re super excited about yesterday’s guest, Sue William Silverman! If…

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