The Debutante Ball

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

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Tag: getting an agent

  • Posted on Monday, March 12, 2018Friday, March 9, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

A taste of the surreal

Here’s where I was standing when I got The Call from Connor Goldsmith: Yeah. It was kind of a bonkers…

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  • Posted on Monday, January 29, 2018Saturday, January 27, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

Sorcery and Serendipity: The Quirks of Querying

If you’ve reached the querying stage of the publication process: Congratulations! You wrote and edited a book. (You did edit…

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  • Posted on Monday, December 4, 2017Sunday, December 3, 2017
  • by Cass Morris

Takin’ the long way around: FROM UNSEEN FIRE’s path to publication

A tale of a book, from pen to shelf: November 2011 — Project begins, called simply Aven, as Cass’s 2011…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 25, 2017Friday, September 22, 2017
  • by Cass Morris

A Match Made in Elysium

This week, we’re discussing how we found and landed our agents. I started my search in early 2013, after about…

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  • Posted on Monday, March 6, 2017Saturday, March 4, 2017
  • by Crystal King

What Makes a Literary Agent Tick?

This week the Debs are sharing stories about their agents, editors and or publishers. Note, this is a repost of a…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Eleanor Brown

Deb Eleanor’s Agent Can Totally Beat Up Your Agent

If you’re interested in the business of publishing and getting an agent, I’ve got a post over on my personal…

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