The Debutante Ball

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

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Tag: revisions

  • Posted on Friday, November 2, 2018Tuesday, October 30, 2018
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

How I Fear: Facing Every Arduous Revision

    I forget which author it was who said that we write about what terrifies us—most likely many of…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018Wednesday, February 28, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

The World’s Longest Edit Letter

  This week’s topic: the edit letter. Before I published The Queen of Hearts, I’d assumed the edit letter was…

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  • Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2017Thursday, April 13, 2017
  • by Jenni L. Walsh

A Behind The Scenes Look: Editing BECOMING BONNIE

This week, the Deb’s are chatting about the editing of our novels. As writers, we pick up tricks of the…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2016Wednesday, January 6, 2016
  • by Heather Young

How I Survived Terminal Computer Malfeasance While Editing My Novel

It’s interesting to me how varied our editorial processes have been here on the Debutante Ball. Louise had the more…

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  • Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2013Wednesday, February 20, 2013
  • by Susan Spann

Deb Susan Revised This Blog Post … and Her Title

I love revisions, and couldn’t wait to write about the revision process – how many drafts I write, and how…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2013Saturday, February 16, 2013
  • by DanaB

Deb Dana Has Learned to Love Revisions

When I was in college, “revising” a paper — to me, at least — meant eliminating typos, swapping out a…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, December 25, 2012Tuesday, December 25, 2012
  • by DanaB

Deb Dana Has a Love/Hate Relationship with Endings

I have never been good with endings. When I was little, and my parents took me to see Sesame Street…

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  • Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008Monday, October 26, 2009
  • by admin

So I’m Revising, by Guest Author Donna Andrews

We are pleased to welcome guest author Donna Andrews to the ball. She is a mystery writer, and the winner…

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  • Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2007Monday, September 29, 2008
  • by Anna

Licking the Frosting By Former Deb Anna

I would say that the main thing that publishing has taught me is how to meet my deadlines and then…

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  • Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Kristy

Angsting on Ending by Guest Renee Rosen

We have a divine guest blogger today. Debut author Renee Rosen is joining us to talk about endings and getting…

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