The Debutante Ball

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

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Tag: secrets

  • Posted on Saturday, October 6, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Jennifer McMahon

Color-coded secrets by Founder Jennifer

Lately, I am overwhelmed by other people’s secrets.  I’m not even talking real people here.  I’m talking characters.  With each book…

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  • Posted on Friday, October 5, 2007Saturday, September 6, 2008
  • by Jess

Secret Layers by Deb Jess

Secrets can have many layers. At the top, you have your fairly innocuous secrets…what you bought your mother for Christmas,…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2007Monday, September 29, 2008
  • by Jenny Gardiner

Cross My Heart and Hope to D’oh! by Deb Jenny

I luuuuuvvvvvvv a good secret. I’m addicted to the intrigue of secrets, mostly. Secrets are so fun to be in…

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  • Posted on Monday, October 1, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Gail

Bring Me the Mojo by Deb Gail

Instead of writing about keeping secrets this week, I’m going to share my secret writing ritual. A secret so secretive…

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  • Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007Monday, October 13, 2008
  • by Tish

And Then There Were Two by Deb Tish

Back in college I was part of a threesome. We happened upon each other in a massive lecture hall on our very…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007Tuesday, February 13, 2007
  • by Jennifer McMahon

At Mr. Perry’s

It was the seventies and Mr. Perry was a very flamboyant gentleman with huge hair and an equally large mustache. …

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  • Posted on Wednesday, February 7, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Jennifer McMahon

Wherefore art thou Pookie Bear? by Deb Jennifer

My first real date with a boy was complicated – as all such dates are bound to be when you…

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  • Posted on Monday, February 5, 2007Saturday, September 6, 2008
  • by Anna

A Gay Old Time By Deb Anna

It was just a movie date and I was nearly paralyzed with fear. Who could blame me? I was, well,…

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  • Posted on Saturday, December 9, 2006Friday, December 8, 2006
  • by Kristy

The Age of Innocence by Deb Kristy

The first moment I realized I was a grown-up was when I was nine years old. I came in from…

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  • Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2006Monday, November 13, 2006
  • by Anna

Saturday Night Fever By Deb Anna

On Saturday nights, our family was happy. During the week, Dad wasn’t ever around, my brother and I fought, and…

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