The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Posted on Friday, August 2, 2019Friday, August 2, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

They Could Have Named Her Anything

  Stephanie Jimenez’s astonishing debut novel follows the evolution of a friendship between Maria and Rocky, two seventeen-year-old students at…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 26, 2019Tuesday, July 23, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Bluebeard’s Drawer

    I have two manuscripts in the drawer. Although they’re not actually in a drawer, and I have no…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 19, 2019Wednesday, July 17, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Why Can’t I Name Characters Not After Famous People

  Let’s see, hilarious mistakes. There is no doubt in my mind that I made far more of these than…

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  • Posted on Saturday, July 13, 2019Wednesday, June 19, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Interview with Christine Hyung-Oak Lee and Giveaway for TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU DON’T REMEMBER

I am so pleased to welcome debut author Christine Hyung-Oak Lee to The Debutante Ball! Lee is the author of…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 12, 2019Wednesday, July 10, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Cutting Room Floor

    When I finally felt as though I had a reasonable draft of The Dream Peddler, the one I…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 9, 2019Monday, July 8, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Chopping block

Aloha! This week we are supposed to address “what we cut from our books and why:” Well, technically I had…

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  • Posted on Friday, July 5, 2019Wednesday, July 3, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

TEMPER

    Damn, these debutante ladies are really teaching me some stuff. Constantly reminding me that I need to get…

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  • Posted on Friday, June 21, 2019Wednesday, June 19, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Fan Girl

        How will I limit this post to a reasonable length? The list of authors I fangirl…

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  • Posted on Friday, June 14, 2019Tuesday, June 11, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Just Write and Other Groups

    I’ve moved around a lot in the past decade, and I’ve had to cull my writing friends from…

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  • Posted on Saturday, June 8, 2019Monday, June 3, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Interview with Lara Lillibridge and Giveaway for MAMA, MAMA, ONLY MAMA

  I am so excited to welcome former Deb Lara Lillibridge back to the ball this week! I feel as…

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