The Debutante Ball

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

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Tag: Girlish

  • Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2018Thursday, April 5, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

Girlish – Growing Up in a Lesbian Home

Lara’s memoir isn’t so much a linear structure as it is individual vignettes. Short stories that carry you so fully…

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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, December 26, 2017Tuesday, December 26, 2017
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Lara’s 8 Favorite Books of 2017

I decided to limit myself to eight books, because eight is my lucky number. Besides, many of us have a…

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  • Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2017Sunday, December 24, 2017
  • by Julie Clark

[News Flash] December 24, 2017

Latest News

Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Maggie Smith! If you haven’t already, enter the #DebBallGiveaway to win a copy…

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  • Posted on Saturday, November 4, 2017Saturday, November 4, 2017
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Interview + Giveaway with Thrity Umrigar, Author of EVERYBODY’S SON

I was first introduced to Dr. Thrity Umrigar’s work last spring when she and I both had the honor of…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2017Monday, October 9, 2017
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Creative, or Just Odd?

My mother always told me that I was creative, by which I think she meant peculiar. I couldn’t draw, paint,…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2017Thursday, September 21, 2017
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Agents Schmagents

Some people have agents. I am not one of them. It’s not that I don’t like agents, or appreciate their…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2017Tuesday, September 12, 2017
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Consolidated Characters: 5 People Without Whom My Book Wouldn’t Exist

In creative writing, we sometimes consolidate several people into one in the interest of not driving the reader crazy with…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2017Monday, September 4, 2017
  • by Lara Lillibridge

My Slightly Awkward Introduction

I always find introductions fairly awkward. My goal is to be friendly, approachable, and professional, but not boring. Like this:…

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