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

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Tag: Alicia Bessette

  • Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
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News Flash – August 29

Simply From Scratch (in German, Weiss der Himmel von dir) by graduate Deb Alicia Bessette enjoys its sixth straight week…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2010Wednesday, August 18, 2010
  • by Alicia Bessette

If you like my book, you may also like …

dessert, cooking shows, and/or baking winter sports such as snowshoeing, skiing and sledding breakup songs by Gladys Knight and the…

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  • Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
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News Flash – August 8

Simply From Scratch will enjoy a September release in Australia. Here’s the cover; note the title! The Australian publisher is…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2010Tuesday, August 3, 2010
  • by Alicia Bessette

My book! Cupcakes! Contests!

Cupcakes. Yes, cupcakes. Yummy, delicious — dare I say “scrumpy”? — mini red velvet cupcakes. I’ll be serving them next…

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  • Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
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News Flash – July 25

Simply From Scratch is a bestseller in Germany! Weiß der Himmel von dir entered the Spiegel Bestseller list at number…

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  • Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
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Newsflash: May 23

Among the summer debuts Allison Winn Scotch looks forward to reading? Simply From Scratch! Check out Allison’s May 18 blog…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2010Tuesday, February 16, 2010
  • by Alicia Bessette

Next book: A literary agent’s perspective

I sought the perspective of my agent, Laney Katz Becker of Markson Thoma Literary Agency, on this week’s topic, “Next…

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  • Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010Saturday, February 13, 2010
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News Flash: February 14

Happy Valentines Day! The publisher Eurasia has acquired complex Chinese translation rights for Deb Alicia’s Simply From Scratch. Deb Sarah’s…

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  • Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2010Saturday, January 16, 2010
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News flash, January 17

Deb Alicia’s debut, SIMPLY FROM SCRATCH, forthcoming from Dutton in August, received the following endorsement from Marisa de los Santos,…

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