The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Flora Collins
  • Sonya Singh
  • Cleyvis Natera
  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

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  • Posted on Tuesday, January 7, 2020Tuesday, January 7, 2020
  • by Kathleen West

Writing. It’s Not a Bad Gig, Actually

We’re talking about the hardest part of being a writer this week. But all things considered, being a writer isn’t…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2019Tuesday, October 29, 2019
  • by Karen Osborne

Fight or flight, fear and failure

Do you want to know my number one writing fear? Writing this blog entry. Ha, ha. I’m mostly kidding. I…

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  • Posted on Friday, October 4, 2019Wednesday, October 2, 2019
  • by Amy Klein

When I Want to Crawl Up in a Ball from Rejection

I can’t say I’m good with rejection. Outwardly, I think I project an uh, okaaaaay attitude when I get rejected, but inwardly, a…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 5, 2019Wednesday, July 3, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

TEMPER

    Damn, these debutante ladies are really teaching me some stuff. Constantly reminding me that I need to get…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 2, 2019Sunday, August 25, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Temper!

I’m so thrilled the world is now able to get their hands on Layne Fargo’s excellent novel, Temper. It is…

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  • Posted on Friday, June 28, 2019Tuesday, June 25, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Green-Eyed Writer

  Beware of jealousy. It creeps up on a debut writer like that unexpected knife-wielding plot twist that she threw…

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  • Posted on Friday, June 21, 2019Wednesday, June 19, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Fan Girl

        How will I limit this post to a reasonable length? The list of authors I fangirl…

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  • Posted on Friday, June 7, 2019Thursday, June 6, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Her First Ball

        A debut year for any writer is exciting and joyful. And it can also be stressful,…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2019Sunday, May 19, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Study, Steady

This week’s topic: “MFA vs NYC vs Choose Your Own Adventure.” Aloha. What if my writing education has been all…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2019Monday, May 13, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Writing Time

Aloha. I started writing poetry when I was nine years old. I remember writing in bursts. I had a wonderful…

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

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