The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Posted on Monday, December 26, 2016Sunday, December 25, 2016
  • by Crystal King

Small Admissions and Helicopter Parents

This is the launch week for Debutante Amy Poeppel’s SMALL ADMISSIONS! Whip out that gift card already and go buy…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 12, 2016Monday, September 12, 2016
  • by Crystal King

I Did It My Way or The Importance of the Liberal Arts

Last week I was reading an article in the Washington Post about how my generation has been churning out helicopter parents who…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012Friday, December 14, 2012
  • by DanaB

Deb Dana is glad adult life isn’t like the high school lunchroom

Unexpected friendships are, to me, something of an adult phenomenon. As kids, we see potential friendships everywhere – from people…

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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 Wednesday, May 20, 2009Wednesday, October 28, 2015
  • by Meredith

And So We Begin… Again by Deb Meredith

This week is not only graduation week, but it is also the week of my birthday. And so I reflect…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009Tuesday, May 19, 2009
  • by Katie Alender

The screeching brakes of hindsight, by Deb Katie

I went to film school in Tallahassee, Florida. Not exactly a hotbed of film industry activity. In fact, the film…

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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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  • Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007Monday, October 13, 2008
  • by Gail

Thanksgiving Memory by Deb Gail

By 17, I was in my second year at Simon’s Rock Early College, an experimental college in the Berkshires. I’m…

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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, July 16, 2007Monday, July 16, 2007
  • by Anna

The End of An Era By Deb Anna

I used to be thoroughly mystified by people who had trouble with things ending. Whether it was the end of…

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