I am so excited to welcome Desiree Cooper to The Debutante Ball. Desiree and I are both Kimbilio fellows. Kimbilio…
Category: writing
When I was pregnant and so nervous about it — I’d had previous losses — the doctor told me I…
Lisa Barr is the author of The Unbreakables (HarperCollins) a delicious, sharp novel about a Chicago woman who jets off to France after…
You always hear people talking about muses whispering in their ear, as if in a trance, or their “characters” speaking…
It’s interesting that it’s Labor Day weekend — because this is when I actually finished my book. Yes, I did…
I’m so thrilled the world is now able to get their hands on Layne Fargo’s excellent novel, Temper. It is…
I’ve moved around a lot in the past decade, and I’ve had to cull my writing friends from…
Aloha! I’ve been celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month this month, albeit intermittently. Each week, I’ve posted a stack of…
As a Deb this year, I’ve had the enormous privilege of working with four amazing, super-talented writers. And I’m so…
I don’t have any magic formulas for the books I selected and used as comparable titles — except if you…