The Debutante Ball Class of '23

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

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

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!

[womenwriters @WomenWriters]

Book Club Suggestions! https://t.co/ZEhPydjtEh
@sarahmcrow @PennyHaw @MarycamelMary Dorette Snover @delaneyparker21 @ExitZeroSuzi @WendyTyson @WritingRivers @IrishRoad @MPMtheWriter @DianePapalia @Tudorscribe

[womenwriters @WomenWriters]

"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 https://t.co/6BmzhBRN2R @IrishRoad

[Cheryl Walsh @IrishRoad]

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

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

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

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

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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.

[Cheryl Walsh @IrishRoad]

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
https://t.co/Nudy9Ccy7I

[womenwriters @WomenWriters]

Of Sweet Spots and Near Misses https://t.co/0aboroMOFV @IrishRoad

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

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.

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

Here's what the debs are reading this weekend. What are you reading?

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

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

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

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

[Lauren Kung Jessen @LaurenKJessen]

Hope to see you there!! Can't wait to celebrate @jeenonamit and her book!

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

Here's what the Debs are reading this weekend!
@louisatreger @Brendan_slocumb @rachelswarns @CherylUnruh @NeelyTAlexander

What are you reading this weekend?

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

Weekend reads! The Debs are reading books by #LouiseErdrich, #BrandonTaylor, #ToniCadeBambara, #RobertaRubenstein, and @themaureenlee ☀️ What are you reading this weekend?

[Lauren Kung Jessen @LaurenKJessen]

@readforeverpub 📕 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!
https://t.co/YvE9dyDJW9

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

Beautiful, Lauren!

[Lauren Kung Jessen @LaurenKJessen]

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! ❤️🧣🏮 https://t.co/Vs1XVXD2Ql

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

Congrats #IrishRoad!

[Cheryl Walsh @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

[Lauren Kung Jessen @LaurenKJessen]

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! ❤

[The Debutante Ball Class of '23 @DebutanteBall]

Here's what the debs are reading this weekend.
What are you reading?

@aimeenez @kuangrf @amortowles
#linglinghuang #maggieofarrell #worldofwonders #rulesofcivility #themarriageportrait #naturalbeauty #yellowface