The Debutante Ball

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

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Tag: topic: navigating failure

  • Posted on Friday, October 5, 2018Wednesday, October 3, 2018
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

The Myth of Having Thick Skin

    A couple of weeks ago, when we were all writing about our path to publication, the subject of…

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  • Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2018Wednesday, June 13, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

Making Friends With Failure

This week we’re talking about failure. Any writer will tell you that this career is filled with it. We all…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2018Wednesday, June 13, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

Winning and Losing and Writing: Kimmery Talks About Failure

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing you are not innovating.—Elon Musk Let’s just stipulate that I’m…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2018Tuesday, June 12, 2018
  • by Lara Lillibridge

Navigating Failure is Easier Than Navigating Success

Trigger warning: depression, anxiety.   People who have experienced trauma may associate the excitement of success with the same physiological…

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  • Posted on Monday, June 11, 2018Monday, June 11, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

Failing Advantageously

Content Warnings: suicide, self-harm It’s hard to write this post in a week where two high-profile, objectively massively-successful people have…

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Since 2007, the Debutante Ball has been celebrating first-time authors and their books. Learn more.

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