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  • Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2020Wednesday, November 18, 2020
  • by Ehsaneh

Interview with Jody A. Forrester, author of GUNS UNDER THE BED

I’m so excited for this week’s interview with Jody A. Forrester, whose memoir GUNS UNDER THE BED tells of her…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2020
  • by Karen Osborne

I’ve never had research come in handy like this before.

When you’re a science fiction author, you spend a lot of time with your head in the clouds. While other…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2020
  • by Kathleen West

Researching Mundanity: The Details in Contemporary Fiction

I wrote my first novel about a world I’d been living in forever: the large public school. As a teacher…

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  • Posted on Friday, April 5, 2019Wednesday, April 3, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Researching Dreams

  I have to admit, the research for The Dream Peddler wasn’t particularly intense, and that’s probably just because I…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2018Tuesday, July 24, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

How To Love Researching Your Novel

Most of the time—to my surprise—I look forward to writing my weekly post for The Debutante Ball. This week, however,…

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  • Posted on Monday, July 23, 2018Sunday, July 22, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

Finding the Details that Fill a World

I. Love. Research. I mean, if you’ve read From Unseen Fire, you could probably guess that. As much as I’m…

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  • Posted on Monday, February 27, 2017Saturday, February 25, 2017
  • by Crystal King

Writing Historical Fiction – My Process

This week the Debs are writing about technology. What do we use to help our writing, what couldn’t we live…

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  • Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2016Sunday, October 23, 2016
  • by Amy Poeppel

Deb News Flash: Past and Present

Congratulations to Elle G. for winning a copy of THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES by Mindy McGinnis!  News from former Debs 2016 Deb…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2016Monday, July 18, 2016
  • by Jennifer S. Brown

8 Things about My Life and My Novel

Eugene Debs for President

Fun facts abound this week! Which is kind of a lot of pressure. What if my facts aren’t fun? What…

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  • Posted on Saturday, April 9, 2016Friday, April 8, 2016
  • by Jennifer S. Brown

History, Politics, and Sequels: An Interview with Jennifer (and a MODERN GIRLS Giveaway!)

MODERN GIRLS by Jennifer S. Brown

Ooh, how fun! I get to be the guest author this week. I’ll just make myself cozy here. Why, yes,…

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