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Publish or Perish: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Two sides of the same coin…or, travel mug. I was a competitive gymnast growing up and the vault one of my best events. At least until this one competition, when my teammate fumbled her vault by running...
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News Flash: Holidays, Book Birthdays, & Giveaways!
Congratulations to Katelyn Carolyn Hart, winner of the signed copy of TOP TEN CLUES YOU’RE CLUELESS by guest author Liz Czukas! Check back next Sunday for this week’s winner of ELECTRIC CITY by guest...
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Bookish Gifts For All
chattypress Etsy.com For the littlest bookworm on your list: Personalized bookplate stamp I was an avid reader as a kid, and would have loved to stamp my books for my own little library. Not to...
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Guest author Priya Parmar on writing & why Mom is always right.
Today at the Ball we welcome author Priya Parmar, whose VANESSA AND HER SISTER is an insightful work of historical fiction that follows the early years of the Bloomsbury group, a clique of 1950s...
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News Flash: Our Books, Holidays & Giveaways!
Congratulations to Nancy Allen, winner of the signed copy of ELECTRIC CITY by guest author Elizabeth Rosner! Check back next Sunday for this week’s winner of VANESSA AND HER SISTER by guest author...
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“Once upon a time…”& the Power of that First Line
Every story my 6-year-old daughter tells us starts with this line: “Once upon a time…” I’m not sure if I’m responsible for that, or if school is, or if it came from one of the shows she likes to watch,...
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News Flash: Reviews, holiday time & a GIVEAWAY!
Congratulations to Melissa Crytzer Fry, winner of the copy of VANESSA AND HER SISTER by guest author Priya Parmar! Check back next Sunday for this week’s winner of From the 2015 Debs: Colleen Oakley...
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A GIF, some honesty, and the realities of book two…
I love this quote. (That Stephen King sure does know a thing or two about writers, and writing.) It’s one of those, “I should tattoo this on my arm” kind of sayings, though I’ll probably stop short of...
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Kristi Charish on publication paths, genre writing & her drink of choice…
We are so excited to welcome Kristi Charish to the Ball this week! Her debut, OWL AND THE JAPANESE CIRCUS, hits shelves January 13th and is the first of an urban fantasy series about a modern-day...
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News Flash: Happy New Year & Contest Winner!
Congratulations to Jen Cannon, winner of the copy of THE LIFE INTENDED by guest author Kristin Harmel! Check back next Sunday for this week’s winner of OWL AND THE JAPANESE CIRCUS, by debut author...
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BEFORE I GO: Why I don’t read cancer books (until now) & why you should read...
Tissues required. I was 30 years old when I was diagnosed with cancer. I was also vegetarian, active, healthy…cancer was a shock. Unexpected. Unwelcome. But, undeniable. Now, nearly 12 years later, I...
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News Flash: Launch week for Colleen & a giveaway!
Congratulations to Rebecca Stanisic, winner of OWL AND THE JAPANESE CIRCUS, by guest author Kristi Charish! Check back next Sunday for this week’s winner of BEFORE I GO by our very own Deb Colleen...
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The Dissolution of Resolutions: Or, just get sh*t done.
January 1st is no different for me, in terms of my motivation to achieve, than any other day in the year. (Please, please, please can we stop with this “New Year, New You” stuff?) As such, I resolved...
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Sarah Addison Allen on writing, her childhood “dream” career & a FIRST FROST...
I was first charmed by Sarah Addison Allen’s writing and how effortlessly she weaves magic through her stories when I picked up her 2007 debut, GARDEN SPELLS. It’s the story of the Waverley sisters —...
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News Flash: Catch up with the Debs & a giveaway!
Congratulations to Jennifer Huelsebusch, winner of BEFORE I GO by our very own Deb Colleen Oakley! Check back next Sunday for this week’s winner of FIRST FROST by bestselling guest author Sarah Addison...
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For The Love of Critique Partners
It’s hard to believe now, but it was only two and half years ago when I finished my first (never to be seen again, thankfully) book. Like the brand-new baby author I was, I wrote THE END, spent many...
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News Flash: Buzz, Tours, and Book 2
Congratulations to Judi Burns, winner of FIRST FROST by bestselling guest author Sarah Addison Allen! Check back next Sunday for this week’s winner of WE CAN WORK IT OUT by guest author Elizabeth...
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My Book Baby & its Cover: Surprise! It’s a …
A number of months ago I had a dream. In it, my editor sent me a copy of my cover … and it was completely blank, except for my name, which was written across the bottom in bold, black ink. When I asked...
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News Flash: News We Can’t Share, Chicago Deep Dish, and a Deb Ball Meet-Up!
Congratulations to Kathy Roberts, winner of WE CAN WORK IT OUT by guest author Elizabeth Eulberg! Check back next Sunday for this week’s winner of THE MAGICIAN’S LIE by guest author Greer McAllister …...
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A Side of Real Life with my Fiction, Please…
When my husband was reading an early draft of COME AWAY WITH ME, it wasn’t long before he turned to me and asked, “So, I’m Gabe, right?” (Yes, but only the good parts, naturally …*wink wink*) Gabe is...
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