The Debutante Ball

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

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Category: 2019 Debs

  • Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2020Saturday, March 21, 2020
  • by Amy Klein

Interview with Author Sarah DiGregorio (and Book Giveaway!)

As someone who dealt with many complications getting pregnant, I was excited to talk to Sarah DiGregorio, who writes about premature birth…

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  • Posted on Friday, January 3, 2020Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • by Amy Klein

My Great Writing Resolution…

Every year, I start a new journal. I love the clean page, writing Jan 1 (although not the creeping years…

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  • Posted on Monday, December 16, 2019Friday, December 13, 2019
  • by Lisa Braxton

The Importance of Not Writing

On a couple of Saturday night’s a month, my husband and I pop one of our favorite movies into the…

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  • Posted on Friday, November 15, 2019Tuesday, November 12, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

My Book Pitch Letter

We can discuss pitching and pitch letters till the sky turns green, but what would probably be more helpful is…

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  • Posted on Saturday, November 9, 2019Monday, November 4, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

How to Deal with Distractio– Wait is that a Text?

Hey, let me tell you what I’m trying to do at this very moment: prep for my author marketing meeting,…

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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, August 9, 2019Friday, August 9, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Work in Progress

    I used to have this weird typo tic where I never got the acronym for work-in-progress right. It…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 16, 2019Monday, July 15, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: bloopers

I don’t have a blooper reel, per se, with regard to The Atlas of Reds and Blues. What I do…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 9, 2019Monday, July 8, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Chopping block

Aloha! This week we are supposed to address “what we cut from our books and why:” Well, technically I had…

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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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