~~~Lara Zielin~~~

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I have talked a little about how lucky I am to be part of the 2009 Debutantes, a group of writers who all had their debut novels come out in 2009, and who banded together online to support each other. Well, one of the practices of the Debs is that we all mail ARCs of our books to each other, and then we read them and leave comments on the pages and stuff.

I just got back the ARC of DONUT DAYS and, people, I have to say, it totally made me cry! The support and comments were awesome, and it truly made me realize how fortunate I am to belong to a group like this. I mean, look — the whole inside cover is packed with notes!

And the back cover as well!

And even the inside is riddled with little notes where people liked the writing!

Writers, we need each other. If you are trying to do this whole publishing thing solo, let me tell you — it’s way more fun to do it in a group!

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