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

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  • Posted on Saturday, December 1, 2018Thursday, December 27, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Interview with Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar + THE MAP OF SALT AND STARS giveaway

I’m so thrilled to welcome my friend Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar to the Debutante Ball this week! Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar is…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Gratitude

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, November 6, 2018Sunday, November 4, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Distracts, Distracting, Distractions

“Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.” – Ursula K. LeGuin Well, I’m in the thick of the…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2018Sunday, October 14, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Under the Influence

This week the Debs are to discuss the books & authors that most influenced us. And this is especially difficult,…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, October 9, 2018Monday, October 8, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Ode to the First Draft

I really want to write a rant to all the devastations of the day: the Kavanaugh vote in the Senate,…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2018Monday, October 1, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Chronicles of an X-American (part 1)

  Chronicles of an X-American (part 1) The best training is to read and write, no matter what — Grace…

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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 Friday, November 10, 2017Thursday, November 9, 2017
  • by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda… or Not.

Sometimes I like to sit down and think about all the parallel universes where other Kaitlyns are going about their…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2017Tuesday, January 31, 2017
  • by Amy Poeppel

It’s Pub Day!! And I Like My Life, even the sad parts

HAPPY PUB DAY, ABBY! Big congratulations to our very own 2016 Deb Abby Fabiaschi on the release of her wonderful…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2017Sunday, January 8, 2017
  • by Amy Poeppel

My Brief Stint as a Jet-Setter

I was an awkward 6th grader, living in Dallas, Texas, when I got what just may be the single most…

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