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One last time across the floor, by Deb Katie

Oh my goodness, this is the last time I'll type a blog post and add "by Deb Katie" to the title.

I've been thinking a lot about "what it means to be a Deb" as we coach the new class and prepare them for their turn in the spotlight.

I can remember very well when I didn't know which Deb's book matched up with which Deb, or what any of them were about, or what to expect. All I knew was that four strangers and I were being thrown together and trusted to carry on The Debutante Ball, a website I'd been

It's the last dance… by Deb Kristina

It's the last dance, each beat of the last dance…

I have a Frank Sinatra CD and those words above begin one of my favorite songs on the album, and Ol' Blue Eyes is crooning in my head as I write this.

Is it really my last dance as a 2009 Debutante? It seems like only yesterday I was playing with my string of pearls, tugging my gloves tight and adjusting my tiara, tapping my foot impatiently for my turn on the floor, seeing as I was the last Deb out.

I think I'm ready to take my bow, though.

I worrie

News Flash, August 23

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Deb Tiffany is featured in the Kirkus Big Book of Fall Fiction under Debut Fiction. Look for a well-written summary and a brief interview. Little Giant will be released in paperback this January.

Deb Kristina's REAL LIFE & LIARS is a Target "Breakout" pick now through October, highlighted as a book "everyone will be talking about" alongside former Deb guest Allison Winn Scotch and the paperback version of her New York Times bestseller, Time Of My Life.

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Step in to Rev. Eve's Confessional, by Deb Eve

Hmmm … my bad habits? I've got plenty of them. C'mon, who doesn't. Procrastinating is definitely high on my list. As in, I procrastinated on this week's blog post and now that I'm on vacation with no internet connection, it's rather difficult to come up with something pithy and/or deep to write seeing as how I'm on the spot, the kids are hungry, I've borrowed my daughter's computer and pilfered the neighbor's wi-fi.

But fear not, faithful readers Here is your chance to confess your sins, come cl

Only the Shadow Knows by Deb Tiffany

I'll be honest. I don't like this week's topic a bit. I have plenty of bad habits, but I'm from the camp that says you should keep your battles with yourself private, and put your best foot forward in life. Which is maybe one of my bad habits. I don't like to be vulnerable, but when I am, I certainly don't like to show it.

Maybe a career in writing has something to do with this. You get rejected a lot in this business, and you have to learn to shrug it off. It's devastating every time, but why le

Time+Discipline+Creativity-Procrastination=Book (I hope) by Deb Meredith

I used to think I was highly organized and extremely disciplined. I finished a screenplay every year. I regularly went through my closets and bookshelves and gave away stuff I no longer wanted or used. Birthday cards got mailed, and Christmas shopping got done. I kept neat to do lists. Everything was under control. And then I had a kid.

Here's what I learned post-child: sometimes it's better to go with the flow then regulate your life. It's amazing how fast you can a) eat, b) go to the ba

The creative process… and I do mean "process," by Deb Katie

So, bad habits. Let's talk bad habits. I'm going to come totally clean on this. Heck yeah. This post is going to be like a cleansing… what's another word for cleansing? Let me just go check thesaurus.com.

[45 minutes later:]

So, where was I? Yeah, I'm going to examine my bad habits. I mean, I don't really have any more or less than your typical person. I can be a little heavy on the snark from time to time. I eat a lot more junk food than I should. And I buy way too much fabric. Which is ironic, be

In which Deb Kristina says "son of a %#*!"

My bad habit is something I've by now given up. Well, mostly.

Swearing. It's coarse, tacky, definitely unladylike … but let's face it, nothing vents pressure like letting fly with a really satisfying curse. The apex of my swearing history occurred during my news reporter days when, in certain situations, I would swear like a merchant marine. I'm a little ashamed to admit this when I consider certain people who have never heard me swear and would be shocked to imagine this filthy habit. But then,

News Flash, August 16

Deb Kristina's REAL LIFE & LIARS is the book of the month at Literary Life & More bookstore in Grand Rapids. Meanwhile, the blog Bookfinds calls the novel "amazing" and says, "It is the kind of book you want to curl into on a rainy Sunday and finish in one sitting." Read the whole review here.

Deb Eve will be promoting FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MALARIA in Delaware this week. She'll be at Atlantic Books on Highway 1 in Lewes on Friday, August 21, from 10:30 – 1:30 and at Browse About Books in R

My Favorite Gal-Pals by Guest Author Wade Rouse

We're very pleased to welcome Wade Rouse to the ball today. He's the author of three critically acclaimed (and very funny) memoirs America's Boy, Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler, and his latest, At Least in the City Somone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life. USA Today calls him "wise, witty and wicked," and The Washington Post says he's "an original writer and impressive new voice." His latest book was selected as a Summer Must-Read by NBC's Today Show