The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Posted on Friday, July 12, 2019Wednesday, July 10, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Cutting Room Floor

    When I finally felt as though I had a reasonable draft of The Dream Peddler, the one I…

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  • Posted on Friday, June 28, 2019Tuesday, June 25, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Green-Eyed Writer

  Beware of jealousy. It creeps up on a debut writer like that unexpected knife-wielding plot twist that she threw…

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  • Posted on Friday, May 17, 2019Wednesday, May 15, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

A Writer at Any Age

    Because my release day fell on my birthday, I’ve already written a little about writing and age. One…

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  • Posted on Friday, April 19, 2019Tuesday, April 16, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Writing Finances

      I am not a finance person. When I think of the words “financial” and “realities” in the…

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  • Posted on Friday, April 12, 2019Wednesday, April 10, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

You Say It’s Your Birthday…

  …It’s my birthday, too. On Tuesday this week, when my book officially came out, I also turned forty-four years…

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  • Posted on Friday, April 5, 2019Wednesday, April 3, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Researching Dreams

  I have to admit, the research for The Dream Peddler wasn’t particularly intense, and that’s probably just because I…

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  • Posted on Friday, March 29, 2019Tuesday, March 26, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Love Story, Perfect Day

  If you’ve never seen Love Story starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw, then you many not know that yes,…

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  • Posted on Friday, February 22, 2019Thursday, February 21, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Casting The Dream Peddler

    I’ve been planning the movie of The Dream Peddler for a long, long time. I believe I’ve even…

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  • Posted on Friday, February 1, 2019Monday, January 28, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

I Thought Branding Was Only For Livestock

    Publishing my first book in 2019, I often find myself daydreaming about what it must have been like…

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  • Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2019Saturday, January 5, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Interview with Nicole Chung + ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW giveaway

We are thrilled to welcome Nicole Chung to the Debutante Ball this week! Nicole Chung is the author of the…

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