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  • Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2020Saturday, January 18, 2020
  • by Lisa Braxton

Interview and Book Giveaway: Sandra A. Miller, Author of Trove: A Woman’s Search for Truth and Buried Treasure

I am pleased to introduce Sandra A. Miller to the Debutante Ball this Week! Her memoir, Trove: A Woman’s Search…

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  • Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2018Friday, December 21, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Interview with Chelene Knight + DEAR CURRENT OCCUPANT giveaway

We are so thrilled to have Vancouver-based author and poet Chelene Knight as our guest on The Debutante Ball this…

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  • Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2018Friday, November 9, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Interview with Christine O’Brien + CRAVE: A MEMOIR OF FOOD AND LONGING giveaway

I’m so thrilled to welcome Christine O’Brien to the Debutante Ball this week! Christine is a lecturer in the English…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2018Tuesday, July 24, 2018
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Research in Memoir

  On the one hand, it’s easy to discount the need for research in memoir. I mean, who knows your…

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  • Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2018Monday, August 6, 2018
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Interview with Terese Mailhot and GIVEAWAY for Heart Berries

I am so excited to welcome Terese Marie Mailhot to the blog today, and introduce her and her searingly beautiful…

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  • Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2018Saturday, June 23, 2018
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Author Interview with Lisa Romeo + GIVEAWAY!

I first met Lisa at HippoCamp 2016 where I attended her incredibly useful session on writing about one topic across…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2018Friday, April 13, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

Lara’s Remarkable Memoir

  Yesterday was the release day for Lara’s memoir. Over the past half-year, I’ve grown to adore both Lara and…

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  • Posted on Monday, April 2, 2018Thursday, March 29, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

Dealing with Toxicity: Tough Relationships in Lara Lillibridge’s GIRLISH: GROWING UP IN A LESBIAN HOME

You do not owe toxic people a place in your life. Whoever they are, whatever they tell you, whatever strings…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2018Tuesday, January 16, 2018
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Critique Partners and Beta Readers—Some Stranger Than Others

  I have had several kinds of critique partners on Girlish. I didn’t have a writing group that met once…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2017Monday, December 11, 2017
  • by Lara Lillibridge

The Quotes That Got Me Through Publishing my Memoir

This was my laptop’s wallpaper through out the months of crafting my memoir:   I have posted it on Facebook…

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