The Debutante Ball

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

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Tag: writing advice

  • Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2020Tuesday, August 18, 2020
  • by Karen Osborne

The end of the line, the beginning of everything.

So, here we are. The end of the line. The beginning of everything. This has been a great year. It’s…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2019
  • by Karen Osborne

Abandon your darlings

Imagine, if you will, the author in her very early twenties. She’s two months out from her college graduation, completing…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, December 4, 2019Tuesday, December 3, 2019
  • by Karen Osborne

Eyes on your own paper.

I can’t remember who told me this first, but here’s the piece of writing advice that changed my life: Eyes…

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  • Posted on Thursday, May 23, 2019Thursday, May 23, 2019
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Where should you study writing? Here’s where I’ve taken great workshops

Looking to write a book? Here are some places I recommend you check out. While the offices for the following…

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  • Posted on Saturday, December 8, 2018Thursday, December 27, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Interview & Giveaway with Stephanie Elliot, Author of SAD PERFECT

This week, we’re speaking with Stephanie Elliot, the author of young adult novel SAD PERFECT (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). SAD…

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  • Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2018Thursday, November 29, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Thinking of writing a book? Here’s what you need

Before I decided to write my first novel, I never thought average people from average places doing average things could…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2018Monday, November 26, 2018
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: What I Wished I Knew When I Was Starting Out

Missing my poetry-mom Lucille Clifton especially today. Here she is reading aloud a poem of hers that I love. Until I…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2018Thursday, October 11, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

On Drafting

I get easily excited about ideas. If you sit me in front of a computer long enough, I will inevitably…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 4, 2018Thursday, October 4, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Three Steps to Make Failure Suck Less

The first time I ever felt crushed by rejection was in high school. I was somehow nominated for a months-long…

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  • Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2018Thursday, September 27, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

It’s all life, it’s all writing

It has been a rough week in the news, and I imagine that I don’t speak for just me when…

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