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

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Tag: change

  • Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2020
  • by Kathleen West

Kathleen’s Personality Flaws. That’s One Way to Look at It.

This week’s topic is how our personalities impact our writing. I wrote quite a lot about my personality when we…

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  • Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013Thursday, October 10, 2013
  • by Lisa Alber

Season of Change

(Let me introduce you to my one-eyed wonder dog, Luna.) When I was a girl, my mom owned a book…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 7, 2010Thursday, October 29, 2015
  • by Sarah Jio

Deb Sarah on Change, and (**Cheesiness Alert**) Channeling Anne of Green Gables

The Debs and I mentioned our movie preferences in a recent newsflash post, where I confessed to my cheeseball taste…

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  • Posted on Monday, October 4, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Elise Allen

Deb Elise Plays With Change

Here are a few things I know about change… Pocket Change: My wallet will be absolutely bursting with pocket change……

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 7, 2009Monday, July 6, 2009
  • by Katie Alender

Free as a bird, by Deb Katie

So a song came up in my random lineup today. The song is called “Friends of P.”, and it’s by…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2009Monday, June 8, 2009
  • by Katie Alender

Work is over… time to get to work! by Deb Katie

(Please forgive my mini-post… I am in New York for the Webby Awards, at a silly hotel with somewhat spotty…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2009Tuesday, April 7, 2009
  • by Katie Alender

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to cut off, by Deb Katie

I have had legitimate hair disasters. There was my boy cut in fifth grade–never trust an $8 pixie cut, is…

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  • Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009Sunday, February 1, 2009
  • by Tiffany

Turning the Page by Deb Tiffany

This week’s topic, it turns out, really is the perfect subject for this week. We have a new president, a…

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  • Posted on Saturday, October 11, 2008Monday, October 26, 2009
  • by admin

Personal Transformations by Guest Author Eliza Graham

We’re delighted that Eliza Graham is here today–all the way from England–as our guest. She had a stunning debut with…

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  • Posted on Friday, October 10, 2008Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Eve

Who is Eve now?

Is it just me, or aren’t we all always transforming? Oh sure, I can pinpoint the major transformative moments in…

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