The Debutante Ball

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

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Tag: angst

  • Posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2015Monday, December 14, 2015
  • by Jennifer S. Brown

Writing with (and without) Despair

Quote from Charles Bukowski

We’re writing about those dark places this week, which feels apropos here in New England where, as my son gleefully…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2012Wednesday, April 4, 2012
  • by M. Molly Backes

Deb Molly Wrote the WORST TEEN POETRY EVER

At this point in my life, I’m practically immune to embarrassment. I spent the first twenty-odd years of my life…

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  • Posted on Monday, January 3, 2011Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Elise Allen

Deb Elise’s Wild Terror of New Beginnings

Creatively, there’s not much that’s more daunting than a totally blank page waiting for you to spin it into either…

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  • Posted on Monday, December 6, 2010Sunday, December 5, 2010
  • by Elise Allen

On Balance, a.k.a. The Blog Post Deb Elise Should Not Write

There are some topics on which I have no right to blog: Raising twins (don’t have ’em), Skydiving (won’t do…

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  • Posted on Monday, July 9, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Anna

Middle Me This By Deb Anna

My mother has always told me I should be grateful that I’m not the middle child — a statement she’s…

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  • Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Eileen

Breasts and Gravity by Deb Eileen

Sometimes in life you discover the meaning of the cliche- be careful what you wish for, you might just get…

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  • Posted on Friday, June 8, 2007Thursday, June 7, 2007
  • by Eileen

Burn Baby Burn…

Those who read my blog know I’ve been on a rant this week. I came across a news story last…

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  • Posted on Friday, May 4, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Eileen

Astronomy and Astrology

Science was never my subject. I considered myself artsy and science not creative.  In University we had to have a…

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  • Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007Sunday, March 18, 2007
  • by Anna

Dreaminess by Deb Anna

It seems a rather optimistic and extreme move to make — downright ballsy, as a matter of fact — but…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007Tuesday, February 13, 2007
  • by Jennifer McMahon

At Mr. Perry’s

It was the seventies and Mr. Perry was a very flamboyant gentleman with huge hair and an equally large mustache. …

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

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