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

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  • Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2018Wednesday, March 21, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

Kimmery Tries Not To Write

  This week’s topic is the importance of NOT writing and I was sorely tempted to turn in a blank…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2017Monday, April 17, 2017
  • by Amy Poeppel

Authoring in the Modern Age (Or … How the fu*k did books get written before?)

Authoring in the Modern Age I often imagine writers in the pre-internet, pre-social media, even pre-electricity age, and I am…

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  • Posted on Friday, December 9, 2016
  • by Tiffany D. Jackson

Focusing in Paradise

As a writer with A.D.D, I know ALL about writing through distractions and attempting to keep focus. This past week…

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  • Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2014Friday, January 17, 2014
  • by Lisa Alber

Who Me? Stressed? TERRY SHAMES Talks Book Promotion + GIVEAWAY of THE LAST DEATH OF JACK HARBIN

We’re excited to introduce you to Terry Shames, whose bestselling debut, A KILLING ON COTTON HILL, came out last year…

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  • Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013Wednesday, April 24, 2013
  • by Susan Spann

Deb Susan Manages … Today

Sometimes, life and news and the world at large whirl into a giant maelstrom from which there’s no escape. Stress…

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  • Posted on Monday, November 15, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Elise Allen

Deb Elise Scurries to Finish Her Post in Time

Here on the west coast, it’s 11:18pm, November 14th (but I took the bleary-eyed pic when I finished this post,…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 20, 2010Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Elise Allen

Deb Elise Gnaws on Anne Lamott

You know how sometimes something is so overwhelmingly perfect, you just want to bite it? I say this all the…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009Friday, November 20, 2015
  • by Katie Alender

BAD GIRLS DON’T DIE… but they can whine! by Deb Katie

As I write this post, it’s Monday evening. I’m at the office, because my husband’s working late. The big excitement…

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  • Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Danielle

What’s Your Bizarre Beauty Secret? by Deb Danielle

Well, I’m looking at the other deb’s beauty suggestions this week and I’m surprised that no one mentioned hemroid cream.…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Eileen

It’s Not Just About The End by Deb Eileen

One morning this week on my way to work I got stuck behind a logging truck. Traffic was bad so…

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