Interview With Emily Giffin, Author of All We Ever Wanted
Emily Giffin is the gold standard when it comes to women’s fiction. Her success surges past a writer’s wildest dreams into the realm of...
Inside Kimmery's Brain: Deadline Edition
One week until article about deadlines is due. No problem; is loads of time. Would start immediately, except, much like childbirth, you...
Kimmery's Dream Book
Remember that summer when everyone was surreptitiously reading Fifty Shades of Grey on their Kindles, eyes darting shiftily as they tried to
Interview with Meg Wolitzer, Author of The Female Persuasion
I met Meg Wolitzer in Iceland. (How great is an opener is that sentence? I could hardly have invented better words to pass myself off as...
Interview With Catherine McKenzie, Author of The Good Liar
I am having all kinds of success with my author interviews lately. This week is another biggie: Catherine McKenzie, who I met at the...
An interview with Chris Bohjalian, author of The Guest Room
I’ve been a fan of Chris Bohjalian for years, so having the opportunity to ask him questions was the literary equivalent of my...
How To Love Researching Your Novel
Most of the time—to my surprise—I look forward to writing my weekly post for The Debutante Ball. This week, however, I dreaded it. This...
Interview With Jessica Strawser, Author of Not That I Could Tell
I am all kinds of delighted to be able to interview one of my writer heroines this week. Jessica’s Strawser’s debut novel, Almost Missed...
The Call: It Doesn’t Always Go Like You’d Think
When I was an aspiring author, I read every query letter success story I could get my hands on. There was a common theme to these essays,...
When Kimmery Gets Distracted
Today’s topic is Writing Through Distraction, which I feel eminently qualified to discuss because my God, it is freakishly cold in here....