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  • Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2018Monday, February 12, 2018
  • by Lara Lillibridge

It’s The Launching of The Queen of Hearts!

It is the launch week for first of the 2018 Debs to debut—Kimmery Martin with THE QUEEN OF HEARTS! THE…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 11, 2017Thursday, September 7, 2017
  • by Cass Morris

To You, My Thanks: 5 people to whom FROM UNSEEN FIRE owes its existence

For this week’s theme, the Debs are sharing the love and discussing five people without whom our books wouldn’t exist.…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, August 20, 2013Monday, August 19, 2013
  • by DanaB

Deb Dana Has Many Best Friends

I went to elementary school in the era of the friendship bracelet and best friend heart necklace. You know the…

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  • Posted on Monday, August 19, 2013Sunday, August 18, 2013
  • by KerryS

Deb Kerry’s best friend is a Viking

My best friend is a Viking. No, not that kind of a Viking. He really isn’t much into sports. And…

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  • Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2012Wednesday, December 19, 2012
  • by Susan Spann

Deb Susan’s Kitty Friendship Surprise

When I sat down to write a ninja detective mystery, I knew I had a couple of fairly substantial hurdles…

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  • Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2012Thursday, October 29, 2015
  • by admin

Newsflash: December 9, 2012

December 9, 2012 Newsflash!

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 4, 2012Tuesday, October 2, 2012
  • by Susan Spann

How Deb Susan Found Her Tribe

On August 2, 2010, literary agent and Query Shark Janet Reid blogged a recommendation for the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’…

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  • Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2011Sunday, June 12, 2011
  • by admin

News Flash: June 12, 2011

Congrats to Jane Cook who won Liane Moriarty’s What Alice Forgot. From the 2011 Debs… Deb Elise is over the…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2011Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Mia

Deb Mia is Still Dancing … and a Giveaway!

Founding Deb Mia (Good Things, Sweet Life, and Table Manners) is still dancing! Her new novel, Friendship Bread, pubs on April 5, 2011!

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  • Posted on Monday, September 13, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Elise Allen

Deb Elise Blogs on Friendship, Courts Death

Good friends are the ultimate external hard drives: they enhance your memory. I remember a lot, but there’s also way…

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