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

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Tag: Florida

  • Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2012Monday, November 26, 2012
  • by DanaB

The Time Deb Dana’s Mom-mom Almost Took Her to Hooters

Growing up, my grandparents and I were very close. They lived only 10 minutes from my house, and my brother…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008Wednesday, October 28, 2015
  • by Lisa Daily

Pet Peaves by Deb Lisa Daily

Don’t you just hate it when someone tells you they’re going to do something, and then they just blow it…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007Saturday, September 6, 2008
  • by Jenny Gardiner

Paradise Lost by Deb Jenny

The idea sounded decent in theory. A week at a Club Med in Florida, courtesy of the in-laws, who’d taken…

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  • Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007Tuesday, September 16, 2008
  • by Gail

Florida: The Land of Sunshine and Surfer Boys and My Cousin Shelly by Deb Gail

A few years after my parents divorced, when I was 15, I went to Florida to visit my cousin Shelly…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007Thursday, October 29, 2015
  • by Lisa Daily

It’s not your hair, buddy. By Deb Lisa Daily

Happy Halloween! I grew up in Denver, Colorado where it never failed to snow on Halloween night. Which means, most…

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  • Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007
  • by Kristy

Here I Am, Stuck In The Middle by Deb Kristy

Ahhh, the middle, the ever-expanding, what-the-hell-is-happening-here middle. I am not talking about my waistline. That’s a whole other post. (How…

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  • Posted on Saturday, June 9, 2007Monday, October 13, 2008
  • by Kristy

The Lesson of the Red Pine by Deb Kristy

We’ve been smelling smoke for weeks down here in South Florida. Too long of a dry season has turned our…

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  • Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007Monday, October 13, 2008
  • by Kristy

I Forget…Sometimes by Deb Kristy

I have memory lapses. Long ones. Like, had you asked me about my favorite childhood books last week, I’m not…

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  • Posted on Saturday, November 18, 2006Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Kristy

Bookstores and Beach Rats by Deb Kristy

This week’s topic, Bookstores, comes at an advantageous time for me, as I have recently had the pleasure of visiting…

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  • Posted on Saturday, October 7, 2006Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Kristy

Afraid of Spiders? by Deb Kristy

Spiders send me into paroxysms of joy. Or my first car, a 1980 Fiat Pininfarina Spider 2000 did anyway. I…

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