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5 women debut authors. One big dance toward publication. Est 2007. @laurenkjessen @writerdichick @dionneford @irishroad and Julie A. Sellers

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Joined July 2009
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DEADLINE EXTENDED! Female-identifying debut authors with a book release Oct 2023 to Sept 2024, apply to the Debutante Ball Class of 2024. It's a great way to build a community for yourself during your debut year. #womenwriters #debutnovelist #writingcommunity Spread the word!
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"Walsh writes with such beauty and clarity that it’s impossible not to get swept up in the voices of her trio of narrators. I simply did not want this book to end.”  — Meghan Phillips, author of Abstinence Only bookshop.org/p/books/unequal… @IrishRoad
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Thank you to the wonderful Meghan Phillips for her generous and insightful comments on Unequal Temperament--officially released today! @mcarphil @BuffaloBooks @DebutanteBall #UnequalTemperament #debutnovels #2023debuts #womenwriters
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Happy pub day to Cheryl! @IrishRoad's #UnequalTemperament is out today--a novel of weather, music, art, and what it means to be a family. Congratulations! #womenwriters #debutnovels #2023debuts #writingcommunity
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📷 Six more days to apply! Female-identifying debut authors with a book release Oct 2023-Sept 2024 are invited you to apply to the Deb Ball Class of 2024. #2024debuts #2023debuts #womenwriters #debutauthors The Deb Ball is a great way to build own community in your debut year.
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A brief history of how the longing to write books has played out in my life so far. #2023debuts #debutauthors #womensfiction #womenauthors #wfwa @BuffaloBooks #writingcommunity #unequaltemperament booksbywomen.org/of-sweet-sp…
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Of Sweet Spots and Near Misses booksbywomen.org/of-sweet-sp… @IrishRoad
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Female identifying debut authors with a book released between Oct 2023 and Sept 2024, are invited to apply to the Debutante Ball Class of 2024. The Deb Ball is a great way to build your own community to help you through the wonderful and sometimes confusing debut year.
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Here's what the debs are reading this weekend. What are you reading?
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It's summer and we wish you were here! In our fictional book worlds, that is. Here is Cheryl's postcard from a different season--a Midwestern winter, the setting for her novel UNEQUAL TEMPERAMENT. @IrishRoad #UnequalTemperament @BuffaloBooks
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It's summer and we wish you were here! In our fictional book worlds, that is. Kicking things off with a postcard from Los Angeles, home of Olivia and Bennett from @laurenkjessen 's LUNAR LOVE! #LunarLove #2023debuts #romanticcomedy
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Hope to see you there!! Can't wait to celebrate @jeenonamit and her book!
On August 29 (my debut day!!!) I will be chatting about MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE with the lovely @LaurenKJessen at @ParnassusBooks1 here in Nashville, Tennessee! I would love it if you joined me at this free event: parnassusbooks.net/event/sto…
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Here's what the Debs are reading this weekend! @louisatreger @Brendan_slocumb @rachelswarns @CherylUnruh @NeelyTAlexander What are you reading this weekend?
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Weekend reads! The Debs are reading books by #LouiseErdrich, #BrandonTaylor, #ToniCadeBambara, #RobertaRubenstein, and @themaureenlee ☀️ What are you reading this weekend?
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📕 What you can expect in RED STRING THEORY: ❤ Before Sunrise and Serendipity vibes ❤ Opposites attract ❤ Fated Mates ❤ Art meets NASA ❤ Lantern chase through NYC ❤ Dumplings at midnight ❤ Lots of red And check out @EW for an *exclusive* excerpt! ew.com/books/red-string-theo…
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Beautiful, Lauren!
The cover for RED STRING THEORY is what red-string dreams are made of! Sandra Chiu captured Rooney and her Red-Thread-of-Fate-believing essence so perfectly. RED STRING THEORY is out 1/9/24 with @readforeverpub + you can pre-order it now! ❤️🧣🏮 hachettebookgroup.com/titles…
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Congrats #IrishRoad!
I feel like a real author now. I've finally received permission to quote the #PeterGrimes libretto in my #debutnovel! This book is really being published! @BuffaloBooks #UnequalTemperament #2023debuts #writingcommunity
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Entering my red era. ❤ I am a tangled ball of excitement to share that there's a cover reveal for my second book, RED STRING THEORY, happening tomorrow (Thursday, June 22) on ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY!! I can’t wait for you to see it! ❤
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