The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Flora Collins
  • Sonya Singh
  • Cleyvis Natera
  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Tag: nostalgia

  • Posted on Friday, August 23, 2019Monday, August 19, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Year’s End

  In many ways my debut year was full of surprises. I received so many wonderful gifts that I hadn’t…

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  • Posted on Friday, August 9, 2019Friday, August 9, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Work in Progress

    I used to have this weird typo tic where I never got the acronym for work-in-progress right. It…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2019Sunday, May 19, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Study, Steady

This week’s topic: “MFA vs NYC vs Choose Your Own Adventure.” Aloha. What if my writing education has been all…

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  • Posted on Friday, May 17, 2019Wednesday, May 15, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

A Writer at Any Age

    Because my release day fell on my birthday, I’ve already written a little about writing and age. One…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2019Monday, May 13, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Writing Time

Aloha. I started writing poetry when I was nine years old. I remember writing in bursts. I had a wonderful…

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  • Posted on Friday, May 3, 2019Thursday, May 2, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Maybe You CAN Take the City out of the Girl

  I’ve lived in a number of different places across Canada and the United States, and I think to some…

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  • Posted on Friday, February 15, 2019Wednesday, February 13, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Dear Lucy Maude

    In many ways, The Dream Peddler is a love letter to L. M. Montgomery. I can’t think of…

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  • Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2019Saturday, January 5, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Interview with Nicole Chung + ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW giveaway

We are thrilled to welcome Nicole Chung to the Debutante Ball this week! Nicole Chung is the author of the…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2018Sunday, December 9, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Go-To Books, Podcasts, Blogs

It’s that time of year, when we resolve to do better when we change out the wall calendar in a…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, December 4, 2018Friday, November 30, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Words to Live By & Words to Write By

All of my writing mentors have at one point said the same thing: Don’t give up.  Keep Writing. When you’re…

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

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