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

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Tag: New Years Resolutions

  • Posted on Wednesday, January 1, 2020Tuesday, December 31, 2019
  • by Karen Osborne

All the things you can (and can’t) control

I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions, just like some of the other Debs. “Lose weight” usually ends three…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2019Tuesday, December 31, 2019
  • by Kathleen West

Chill! Or, Kathleen’s New Year’s Non-Resolution

Yesterday, Lisa wrote about how she doesn’t do New Year’s Resolutions. I’m the opposite. I’m usually 100% all in on…

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  • Posted on Monday, December 30, 2019Wednesday, December 25, 2019
  • by Lisa Braxton

I Don’t Set New Year’s Resolutions. I Do This Instead

I’ve never been interested in making New Year’s resolutions, resolving at the end of the year to change an undesirable…

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  • Posted on Friday, January 4, 2019Wednesday, January 2, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Does a Ladder Matter?

      It’s coming home to me how often I start these posts with some comment about how I…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, January 3, 2018Wednesday, January 3, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

Kimmery’s 2018 Writing Resolution Checklist

  I typically don’t make New Year’s Resolutions, on the theory that I’m more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants girl (a pantser,…

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  • Posted on Monday, January 1, 2018Friday, January 5, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

2018: Hope is like the sun

Happy New Year! For us Debs that means… our year is here! At last! This is both exciting and, well,…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 7, 2017Monday, June 19, 2017
  • by Tiffany D. Jackson

New Year’s Resolution Check-In

Do you recall my resolution not to OVER-plan this year? (i.e The Planner Has No Plans). Remember how I said…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2017Wednesday, July 5, 2017
  • by Jenni L. Walsh

2017 Continues with Bold Changes, Steady Success!

This week, the Debs are looking back at our resolutions from January. Besides the normal “work out more, eat better,…

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  • Posted on Monday, July 3, 2017Monday, July 3, 2017
  • by Crystal King

New Year’s Resolution Check-in – ROCKING IT

This week the Debs are checking in to see where we are with those resolutions we set forth during the…

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  • Posted on Friday, January 6, 2017Friday, January 6, 2017
  • by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Planner Has No Plan!!!

I’m a planner. A huge planner. I like to plan and execute. So things like New Year’s Resolutions are my…

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