The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Jennifer Fawcett
  • Flora Collins
  • Sonya Singh
  • Cleyvis Natera
  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh
  • Posted on Monday, May 24, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

[News Flash] May 24, 2021

Many thanks to our last two guest authors, Mary Pauline Lowry and Angela Super! Mary Pauline Lowry spoke to us…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2021Wednesday, May 5, 2021
  • by Greta Kelly

Interview with AJ Super, author of EREBUS DAWNING

We are thrilled to welcome AJ Super to The Debutant Ball this week! EREBUS DAWNING is jam packed full of…

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  • Posted on Friday, May 14, 2021
  • by Lyn Liao Butler

How Lyn Plots Out First Drafts

I used to be a pantser. Meaning, I had no outline, no direction in how I wrote a first draft.…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2021Tuesday, May 11, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Interview with Mary Pauline Lowry, author of THE ROXY LETTERS and WILDFIRE

We are so excited to welcome Mary Pauline Lowry, author of the hilarious novel, THE ROXY LETTERS, now in paperback,…

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  • Posted on Monday, May 10, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

[News Flash] May 10, 2021

This week we were very excited to speak with Olivia Black, author of KILLER CONTENT and NO MEMES OF ESCAPE.…

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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 Wednesday, May 5, 2021
  • by Lyn Liao Butler

Interview with Olivia Blacke, author of KILLER CONTENT and NO MEMES OF ESCAPE

This week’s interview is with Olivia Blacke, a fellow Berkley author of Deb Lyn Liao Butler. We are so excited…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2021
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

[News Flash] May 2, 2021

This week we were excited to interview Antoinette Walker, Co-Founder of The Chaptr, an exciting new monthly book subscription box…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2021Monday, May 3, 2021
  • by Greta Kelly

A Plotter’s Guide to First Drafts

To plot, or not to plot? It’s the perennial question writers everywhere eventually face. The internet is rife with articles…

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  • Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2021
  • by Ehsaneh

First Drafts: How to get them done!

Much has been written about the soul-crushing, trauma-inducing terror of the blank page. How does one stare it down and…

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

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