The Debutante Ball

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

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Tag: Hollywood

  • Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2018Wednesday, July 11, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

What Hollywood Always Gets Wrong About Gunshot Wounds and Other Inside Info From Kimmery

  This week we are writing about Easter Eggs. Not the chicken byproduct you decorate with pastel colors in the…

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  • Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Rejection Equals Writer Fuel

I’ve shared here on the DebBall before my sad, terrible, no good tale of soul-shattering rejection. As writers, we’ve all…

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  • Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2014Thursday, December 11, 2014
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Life Lessons from Hollywood, With Love

People say book publishing is a hard game. Heck (haha, heck!), I’ve said it myself, right here on this very…

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  • Posted on Monday, February 28, 2011Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Elise Allen

Deb Elise’s Actual Writer’s Block

This is my Writer’s Block. I received it as a gift, when I was just starting out in TV.  I…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Danielle

Blown Away by Meg Tilly by Deb Danielle

There was some talk of extending the topic of “being bad” just for me, since I had Amanda Eyre Ward…

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

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