The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

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  • Posted on Saturday, August 15, 2020Saturday, August 15, 2020
  • by Lisa Braxton

Interview and Book Giveaway with Author Yaffa Santos!

It is my pleasure to welcome Yaffa S. Santos, author of A TASTE OF SAGE to The Debutante Ball!  Let…

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  • Posted on Friday, November 1, 2019Monday, October 28, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

What is Scarier than Empty Space?

Well, I’m glad Halloween is over. Now it’s time for more prosaic fears. Myself. Yup, it’s that time of year…

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  • Posted on Monday, October 28, 2019Monday, October 28, 2019
  • by Lisa Braxton

The One Thing Scarier than Halloween

Halloween is a spook-tacular occasion, what with ghosts, goblins and ghouls ringing the doorbell and phantoms roaming the streets. If…

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  • Posted on Friday, October 25, 2019Thursday, October 24, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

Funny Thing About Working with an Editor

Maybe you don’t know this about me yet, but I’m a big procrastinator. I mean BIG. So when I ship…

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  • Posted on Friday, October 11, 2019Monday, October 7, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

Where Do You Draft Your Words?

Did you ever notice how, on TV or in the movies, when they want to show the difficulties of writing,…

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  • Posted on Friday, October 4, 2019Wednesday, October 2, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

When I Want to Crawl Up in a Ball from Rejection

I can’t say I’m good with rejection. Outwardly, I think I project an uh, okaaaaay attitude when I get rejected, but inwardly, a…

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  • Posted on Friday, September 27, 2019Sunday, September 29, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

On Having — and Doing It All

I used to date this famous author — it was when he was actually on the cusp of being famous…

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  • Posted on Saturday, September 14, 2019Saturday, September 14, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

Interview with Lisa Barr, Author of The Unbreakables PLUS BOOK GIVEAWAY

  Lisa Barr is the author of The Unbreakables (HarperCollins) a delicious, sharp novel about a Chicago woman who jets off to France after…

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  • Posted on Friday, September 13, 2019Wednesday, September 11, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

When The Muse Calls With Inspiration — You Listen

You always hear people talking about muses whispering in their ear, as if in a trance, or their “characters” speaking…

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  • Posted on Friday, September 6, 2019Sunday, September 1, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

What, Me, a Book?

It’s interesting that it’s Labor Day weekend — because this is when I actually finished my book. Yes, I did…

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Since 2007, the Debutante Ball has been celebrating first-time authors and their books. Learn more.

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