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Debra's Latest Blogs

Sep.15.2011 - 5:53 pm
Here I Am
I recall reading somewhere along the way that the terrible twos were the "first adolescence." Then came the teens, the time we most often link to the word adolescence. During both...
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Sep.15.2011 - 4:39 pm
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My sixth grade English teacher was markedly overweight and serious about fashion. Her dresses were beautifully tailored and she wore them with authority. I couldn’t wait each day...
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Sep.15.2011 - 4:27 pm
That's the word the guy being interviewed on NPR used. Commonize. I know he meant standardize. But given the English language's continued slide from standardized to bastardized, I...
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Apr.19.2011 - 7:25 am
 Awoke to a snowfall. One month into spring by the calendar and there was snow on the ground. Snow here. Snow there. Snow was falling everywhere. Passover begins this evening and...
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Comments from Debra

Jul.09.2010 - 8:21 pm
In response to: Readers: Rise Up!
Thought-provoking and a bull's eye strike at this issue. Adding salt to the would to have your publisher think you were...
Oct.02.2008 - 5:26 pm
In response to: Writing a Sex Scene
Well, Jessica, This thread has staying power. The most challenging scene in my (as yet unagented but getting close)...
Oct.02.2008 - 2:56 pm
In response to: Is Fiction Hazardous to Your Health???
Can't imagine living life if fiction weren't a part of it.  Nor do I think writers forsake real life in favor of...
Sep.18.2008 - 6:33 pm
In response to: Introducing The Twiller
My son suggested serializing my novel (a work of twiction, I suppose?) on Twitter. Would an agent then choose to...
Jun.05.2008 - 3:37 pm
In response to: Is Red Room a Road to Nowhere?
Very new to RR and like Jim (congrats and kudos btw on your book publication and upcoming tour) I am weighing the best...

Published Reviews

I love Jewish faces
Mar.01.2010
Published by InterfaithFamily.com
I Love Jewish Faces is a delightful photograph book by Debra B. Darvick. As you might expect from the title, this is a book that attempts to dispel that hurtful old canard about...