The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008Thursday, November 20, 2008
  • by Tiffany

Signs of the Times

It started with Hanukkah. When she was three, my first daughter came home from pre-school toting a dreidel and singing…

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  • Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Gail

Yoga Bootcamp Part 3 or Would They Notice if I Escaped? by Deb Gail

Pamela from the “resort” (perhaps I should dispel any notions of fancy luxury resort right here. The “resort” was rugged…

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  • Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007Saturday, October 27, 2007
  • by Anna

Bring on the Bumpy Things By Deb Anna

I’ve never really been scared of things that go bump in the night. Sure, when I was little, I had…

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  • Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007Monday, September 29, 2008
  • by Anna

Message in the Sky by Deb Anna

The other day, I was walking home from a friend’s house on a beautiful day. The cliche about L.A. is…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2007Saturday, September 6, 2008
  • by Tish

TOWN HOUSE DEBUT!!! by Deb Tish (via Blackberry!)

I’m writing this at my favorite time of day (dusk) driving through one of my favorite spots in the world…

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  • Posted on Monday, May 7, 2007Friday, May 4, 2007
  • by Anna

First Friend By Deb Anna

When I began thinking about this topic, I planned to write about Leah, my best friend from kindergarten through about…

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  • Posted on Monday, February 26, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Anna

Delinquent Deb By Deb Anna

Oh, yikes. Are we really going to go here? I already feel like the delinquent deb — Thank God, is…

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  • Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007Saturday, February 10, 2007
  • by Anna

Hair-raising Adventures in Blackberry Picking

If I hadn’t picked 12 containers of blackberries, I might not have ended up with the Dorothy Hamill-had-she-cut-her-locks-with-gardening-sheers haircut at…

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  • Posted on Friday, December 29, 2006Friday, December 29, 2006
  • by Eileen

I Would Like to Thank the Academy… by Deb Eileen

I love the movies, all kinds of movies. From foreign films where you leave feeling slightly bewildered, to comedies, to…

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  • Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006Sunday, December 17, 2006
  • by Anna

My protagonist and I By Deb Anna

I remember my mom, an avid reader, telling me when I was little that first novels were almost always autobiographical.…

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

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