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Category: Elizabeth Gonzalez James

  • Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2021Monday, August 30, 2021
  • by Lyn Liao Butler

Good-bye From the Class of 2021

It’s time for the Class of 2021 to say good-bye, and hand over the reins to the Class of 2022.…

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  • Posted on Monday, August 23, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

A year like no other: Elizabeth’s Deb Ball recap

Over the last year the word, unprecedented, got used, I think, an unprecedented number of times. Everything about the last…

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  • Posted on Monday, July 19, 2021Monday, July 19, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Platform, support, wine, laughs: What I got out of being a Debutante

It seems impossible, but our reign as Debs is coming to an end very soon. In a year of unprecedented…

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  • Posted on Monday, July 19, 2021Sunday, July 18, 2021
  • by Lyn Liao Butler

Do It: Apply to The Debutante Ball Class of 2022

Every year since 2007, five debut women authors have taken part in The Debutante Ball, a group blog for authors making…

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  • Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

With eyes wide open

We’re blogging this week about writing advice, and my favorite piece of wisdom is an oldie but a goodie, and…

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  • Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2021Wednesday, May 26, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Back to the future: Misadventures in exposition

If you’re thinking of writing a novel and wondering where to start your story, a good rule of thumb is:…

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  • Posted on Thursday, May 6, 2021Wednesday, May 5, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

The Purge! (or, Getting that first draft out of your system)

Ernest Hemingway famously said all first drafts are garbage, except he used a way more *effluent* term instead of garbage.…

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  • Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2021Wednesday, April 14, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

My favorite bookstore: East Bay Booksellers

Independent Bookstore Day is on April 24th, and so we’re celebrating our favorite indie sellers here at the Deb Ball.…

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  • Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2021Wednesday, March 24, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Hemingway, Proust, and the Authorial Brand

Sooner or later every aspiring author is going to be told that they need to work on building their brand,…

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  • Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Ray Bradbury is my homeboy

The most formative moment of my childhood, and probably the event that influenced me most as a writer was, ironically,…

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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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