The Debutante Ball

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

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Tag: Sarah Pekkanen

  • Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
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News Flash – August 15

Deb Sarah’s The Opposite of Me is back in the front of stores at Barnes & Noble. The book will…

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  • Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
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News Flash – August 8

Simply From Scratch will enjoy a September release in Australia. Here’s the cover; note the title! The Australian publisher is…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010Monday, June 14, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

The Debs come thisclose to getting a reality show

The 2010 Debs were almost contenders. Household names. We came so close to hitting the cover of People magazine, sitting…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 6, 2010Friday, June 25, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

Fireworks are like books…

Fireworks are kind of like books. You want to grab attention from the very first moment, with an explosive sound…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 29, 2010Friday, June 25, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

Signing a book

About a month before The Opposite of Me came out, I booked a signing at the big Barnes & Noble…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010Monday, May 17, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

I’m her on the outside…

My Mom could be a character in a book, but I swear she’s not in my book!  True, my parents…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2010Monday, May 3, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

What NOT to say…

For the past few days, I’ve been hard at work incorporating my editor’s suggestions into my second book, SKIPPING A…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010Monday, April 26, 2010
  • by Sarah Pekkanen

The (almost) shopping spree

It was my first night alone in nearly three years. I kissed my husband and three kids goodbye, hopped aboard…

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  • Posted on Sunday, April 18, 2010Saturday, August 28, 2010
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News Flash, April 18

Deb Sarah is thrilled to announce she has a new, two-book deal with editor Greer Hendricks at Atria Books/Washington Square…

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  • Posted on Sunday, March 7, 2010Saturday, March 6, 2010
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Newsflash March 7

Deb Sarah is thrilled to announce that presales of The Opposite of Me broke Amazon.com’s top 100 list and Barnesandnoble.com’s top…

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