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

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  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Tag: Nanowrimo

  • Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2020Wednesday, November 18, 2020
  • by Greta Kelly

Tips for Navigating the NaNo Blues

We’re sharing our best writing tips this month here on The Debutante Ball, and since this happens to coincide with…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2019Saturday, August 31, 2019
  • by Karen Osborne

Greetings from your friendly neighborhood danger extrovert!

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In college, I had a summer job at the Latham Circle Mall Waldenbooks (of blessed memory). The manager made me…

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  • Posted on Thursday, November 1, 2018Thursday, November 1, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

On Día De Los Muertos, thousands of people commit to writing a novel

Today is November 1st, which makes it a special day for several reasons. When I was in college in California,…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2018Monday, September 10, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: The Twice-Born Book

The Twice-Born Book:   I wrote my first book because I wanted to read it – Toni Morrison I’m a…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2017Wednesday, November 15, 2017
  • by Kimmery Martin

Kimmery’s Defense of Contest Losers

This week we are talking about writing contests, which is going to be an interesting discussion for me because I’m…

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  • Posted on Monday, November 13, 2017Monday, November 13, 2017
  • by Cass Morris

Creative Fecundity: On the beauty of NaNoWriMo

I love NaNoWriMo. I’ve participated, in some fashion or another, nearly every year since 2002 — my senior year of…

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  • Posted on Friday, November 4, 2016Thursday, November 3, 2016
  • by Tiffany D. Jackson

I LOVE Deadlines!

Let me tell you… I LOVE deadlines. I live for their adrenaline rush!  No seriously, I’m not joking.  Deadlines keep me…

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  • Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2016Monday, December 12, 2016
  • by Jenni L. Walsh

Jenni L. Walsh Has All the Excuses This #NanoWriMo

This week, in honor of National Novel Writing Month (#NanoWriMo), the Debs are talking about our feelings about external challenges,…

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  • Posted on Monday, October 31, 2016Monday, October 31, 2016
  • by Crystal King

I’m Cheating on NANOWRIMO + Writing Resources To Help You Pants or Plot

This week, in honor of National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO), the Debs are talking about our feelings about external challenges,…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2015Monday, November 2, 2015
  • by Jennifer S. Brown

NaNoWriMo, Or How I Cheated My Way to Finishing My Novel

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In 2001—yes 14 years ago—a friend of mine said, “I heard about this writing challenge where you try and write…

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