The Debutante Ball

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

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Category: Firsts

  • Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2014Monday, January 27, 2014
  • by Natalia Sylvester

My “First” Line: 5 Years, Countless Drafts & Thousands of Lines in the Making

First lines of books are a lot like debut novels. Just because they come first in a narrative doesn’t mean…

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  • Posted on Friday, September 13, 2013Friday, September 13, 2013
  • by Lisa Alber

FIRST FLOATING LESSONS || How Not to Sink on the River of Life

Here’s what my friend, S, said: “It’s like you wade into the river, and then suddenly you’re in the current,…

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  • Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013Thursday, September 12, 2013
  • by Heather Webb

“Firsts” are like buttholes. Everyone has got one.

They are! Seriously, firsts really are like buttholes. There are several reasons why, but let’s keep it clean. To start,…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, September 10, 2013Tuesday, September 10, 2013
  • by Natalia Sylvester

Shaking Off the Nervous Daze of First Days

I’m pretty good about remembering things, but for the life of me I can’t remember anything specific about my first…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 9, 2013Monday, September 9, 2013
  • by Lori Rader-Day

Wearing the T-shirt or, The Last First Day

For the every class of Debs, it’s always about firsts. The year ahead of us is filled with them. But…

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  • Posted on Friday, September 6, 2013Friday, September 6, 2013
  • by Lisa Alber

INSPIRATION STEW || The Helluva Year That Inspired My First Novel

Here I am, your Friday girl, and in all honesty, after reading my fellow debs’ posts this week, I felt…

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