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

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Tag: the writing life

  • Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007Thursday, May 31, 2007
  • by Mia

Love the Space You’re In by Deb Mia

We rent. We rent a tidy 3 bedroom, 2 bath house on an acre of land. This house is home…

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  • Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2007Monday, October 13, 2008
  • by Kristy

Rumors (and not of the Fleetwood Mac Variety) by Deb Kristy

There is a terrible and untrue rumor out there about moi, Debutante Kristy. The rumor goes something like this: “Oh…

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  • Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  • by Mia

It’s a Writer’s Life For Me by Deb Mia

You already know that I’ve always wanted to be a writer — a published writer, to be specific. And now…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
  • by Jennifer McMahon

On the merry-go-round by Deb Jennifer

If you walk into my house you can usually tell if I’m deeply involved in working on a book.  Once…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Mia

How I Got Published, a Bedtime Story by Deb Mia

A true story, the “take-a-seat, this-may-take-awhile” bedtime story that I tell my six year-old daughter to explain how I ended…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Jennifer McMahon

Beyond the Haunted Meatball by Debutante Jennifer

I was in the third grade when I wrote my first short story: “The Haunted Meatball.” Here it is, some…

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