The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2020Sunday, September 20, 2020
  • by Greta Kelly

From Milwaukee to New York To Rome: Greta’s Intercontinental Path to Publication

If you ask most professional writers, they’ll tell you they’ve been writing since childhood, and the same is true for…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2020Wednesday, January 22, 2020
  • by Karen Osborne

Comp titles are fun. Seriously.

I’m probably the only writer in the world to think developing comp titles is a fun prospect. When else do…

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  • Posted on Monday, April 16, 2018Monday, April 16, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

FROM UNSEEN FIRE Release Eve

“So tedious is this day As is the night before some festival To an impatient child that hath new robes…

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  • Posted on Thursday, December 7, 2017Wednesday, December 6, 2017
  • by Julie Clark

I Made It! (Say What, Now?)

  You’re a writer who dreams of publishing a book. You write and write and write, until you think perhaps…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, December 6, 2017Wednesday, December 6, 2017
  • by Kimmery Martin

Kimmery’s Timeline to Publication

Kimmery Martin

  Back when I was engaged in the humbling process of querying, I held a keen interest in other people’s…

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  • Posted on Sunday, June 4, 2017Saturday, June 3, 2017
  • by Amy Poeppel

News Flash: Writing those pesky second books and more

Congratulations to Jennifer, winner of our #DebBallGiveaway of THE DISTANCE HOME by Orly Konig. We were thrilled to have former Deb Aya De Leon as…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2017Monday, May 22, 2017
  • by Amy Poeppel

Writing While Female Or: No Boys Allowed?

Who run the world? Girls (girls) Who run the world? Girls (girls) -Beyoncé Knowles To preface this post, let me…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, March 14, 2017Tuesday, March 14, 2017
  • by Amy Poeppel

Lucky coffee? That’s totally a thing.

I could never, ever discount the role that luck played in the publication of my book, SMALL ADMISSIONS. Of course,…

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  • Posted on Thursday, March 9, 2017Wednesday, March 8, 2017
  • by Jenni L. Walsh

Sitting Down with a Big Five Editor

This week we’re asking industry experts to answer the many questions that we debut writers have as we get started in…

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  • Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2016Monday, December 12, 2016
  • by Jenni L. Walsh

To My Non-Publishing Friends: No, My Book Can’t Just Come Out Tomorrow :)

This week the Debs are writing about our experience of time: time writing books and the publishing timeline. After Thanksgiving 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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