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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Five Debut Novels Worth Sampling

August 12, 2018

I’ve been putting together a reading list of recently published debut novels that have been making a splash in the …

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“The Raw Nerve of the Universe”

August 10, 2018

Quote of the Week  “We writers are the raw nerve of the universe. Our job is to go out and …

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Following the Yellow Brick Road to Publishing

July 30, 2018

So far I’ve heard from nine publishing houses, all complimentary, all passing on my novel. Highlight the word “complimentary.” I …

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Tasting Life Twice – A Traveler Returns

July 20, 2018

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ― Anaïs Nin I’ve just returned from a …

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Virtual Love-Making, Why We Blog

July 1, 2018

Often when I leave comments on a blog posts that moved me, I write “I love this post” or “I …

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Within the White Hot Flow of Writing

May 31, 2018

That’s where I am. Where I love to be. I began a new novel almost as soon as I finished …

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Pinch Me! Writers House Accepts My Novel

May 23, 2018

I’m so excited. Robin Rue, a senior agent at Writers House, one of the top 20 literary agencies in the …

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Immersed in One’s Art

April 20, 2018

There’s something immensely satisfying to see Helen Frankenthaler immersed in her art this way. I found this image on Facebook, …

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Bearing Witness – Art that Hurts, Art that Heals

March 5, 2018

So much of art-making is bearing witness–to things we love, to things that wound. And often they are the same …

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A Walk on the Wild Side – For People Who Love Addicts

February 19, 2018

A few years ago I started an anonymous blog with the above title to talk about addiction. About trying to …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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