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Tag: Launch Week

  • Posted on Friday, February 7, 2020
  • by Karen Osborne

Not-So-Minor-Dramas: Why I Love Kathleen’s Book

There’s something you should know: I have absolutely no chill when it comes to books I love. This is why…

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  • Posted on Monday, February 3, 2020Saturday, February 1, 2020
  • by Lisa Braxton

Drum roll please!! It’s launch week for Debutante Kathleen West!

It’s finally time! Kathleen West is the first of this year’s Debs to step out onto the ballroom floor!  Minor…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2019Monday, July 29, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: They Could Have Named Her Anything!

I’m thrilled that Stephanie Jimenez’s debut, They Could Have Named Her Anything, is out in the world this week! I…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2018Tuesday, April 17, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

Big and Beautiful: From Unseen Fire

FROM UNSEEN FIRE is a big, luscious, complex book, the kind that makes you want to wall yourself off from…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 4, 2016Tuesday, August 2, 2016
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

Me & THE WASHINGTON POST agree: UPTOWN THIEF makes you think while it entertains!

Uptown Thief by Aya de Leon

Congratulations to my new friend and talented author Aya de Leon on her debut novel, UPTOWN THIEF. I will do…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 29, 2016Saturday, July 30, 2016
  • by Aya de Leon

My Feminist Twin: Why I Love Heather Young’s THE LOST GIRLS

Heather Young is my twin sister in the world of Debut Novelists. Our books came out the same day–Tuesday, July…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2016Wednesday, July 27, 2016
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

Me & THE NY TIMES Agree: THE LOST GIRLS is Worth Reading!

I cracked opened Heather’s debut after having read her posts for six months, so I knew the writing would be…

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  • Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2016Thursday, April 7, 2016
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

This is the Last Stop. It is time to Disembark the Gravy Train.

MODERN GIRLS Pub Day

Happy Publication Week to Jennifer S. Brown! MODERN GIRLS left me a little irked at Jenny because I had to…

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  • Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2015Wednesday, October 28, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Sona Is Inflicted With Overwhelmed Author Syndrome

Two weeks now, my Deb Ball post has been late. And I blame one thing: Overwhelmed Author Syndrome. Last week, TINY…

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  • Posted on Saturday, May 30, 2015Saturday, May 30, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

It’s Tiny Pretty Things Launch Week! Deb Sona Takes the Deb Ball Interview + GIVEAWAY

Many months ago, I finally had the opportunity — after reading this blog for nearly six years — to apply…

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