Deborah Halverson

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Me and My Big Mouth: A Word from Our Sponsor

June 28, 2008

With my novel BIG MOUTH debuting in stores, the time has come to launch the “Me and My Big Mouth” behind-the-book blog series. And I figured the most appropriate way to launch this sneak-peek series would be to interrupt it with a commercial break before it even gets started. After all, BIG MOUTH is full […]

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Still Life with Hot Dog

June 26, 2008

Look out, Anne Geddes, I am now a photographer . . . of boiled tube meat. Yes, I know, you thought I was a writer. And I am. But my second novel BIG MOUTH is about competitive hot dog eating, and I’m creating a website about it that will go live in a few days, […]

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Live on ESPN 1600 AM Radio!

June 24, 2008

Do you prefer your radio with ketchup or mustard? I suppose it doesn’t matter, actually, as I’ll be serving up both—along with a generous helping of hot dogs and BIG MOUTH anecdotes—on ESPN 1600 AM Radio’s “Live with Lisa on The Daily Flow Show” this coming Saturday morning. (12:00 EST, 10:00 Central, 9:00 PST) The […]

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Big Mouth Book Signing: Barnes & Noble in Mira Mesa

June 9, 2008

Another book signing for BIG MOUTH! This is will be an afternoon affair, with me reading from the book and giving a talk. This one is extra special because it’s in Mira Mesa, the part of San Diego that I grew up in. Saturday, July 12 2:00 – 3:00 pm Barnes & Noble – Mira […]

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Shout-Out to Temecula Middle School

June 9, 2008

Hey Bobcats! Thanks for a great visit in Mrs. Prato’s class. Even with the end of the year closing in, you were all ears and questions and great ideas. I had a great time. As promised, here are the links to

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing, Especially for Teen Readers

Celebration!

June 4, 2008

It pays to talk frequently about one’s obsession with See’s chocolate. Tonight I came home from a meeting and several hours of writing to find a house of sleeping men and two packages awaiting me on the counter. The first package, a very big box, was from a writer who’d suffered through my many monologues […]

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Big Mouth book signing: Borders in Downtown San Diego

June 3, 2008

My first book signing for BIG MOUTH is scheduled! Tuesday, July 1 4:00 – 5:00 pm Borders – Gaslamp (Downtown San Diego) 668 6th Ave. San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: 619.702.4200

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing, News

The first review for BIG MOUTH is in…

May 18, 2008

…and at least one reader likes it. From Sebco Books‘ Student Reviewer Program: ??????JHADE 6th Grade Rochester, NY Book Review: Big Mouth Author: Halverson, Deborah Publisher: Delacorte “This book is amazing!

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My Mom

May 11, 2008

I dedicated my first novel, HONK IF YOU HATE ME, to my mom with the line “For my mom, who showed me that girls can do anything.” My mom has always been my role model. She raised four daughters, she joined the work force at a time when “working woman” was synonymous with “secretaries who […]

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It Pays to Be Stubborn

May 3, 2008

Operation Facelift continues: I have re-relaunched the new & improved www.DeborahHalverson.com. Yes, you internet-savvy Americans (or wherever you hail from), thanks to the fine programmers of Dreamweaver 8, the optimistic authors of the 900-page tome “Dreamweaver for Dummies,” and the tireless patience of lifelong “pull Deborah from the flames of her own ineptitude” friend Theresa […]

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No Plans for Sunday?

April 30, 2008

The San Diego Children’s Book Festival is this Sunday, May 4, 10:00-4:30. It’s a free event for families and teens. I’ll be on the teen panel at 3:00 in the Library Community Room and signing HONK IF YOU HATE ME afterward. Other authors and illustrators there will include David Shannon, Gerald McDermott, Janell Cannon, Bruce […]

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Viva Las Vegas

April 27, 2008

It’s true that writers must suffer for their art. Take me, for instance. Since I’ve become a writer, I’ve had to see how many hot dogs I could eat in an hour and then write about how I felt (nauseous), eat as much of the world’s biggest Cold Stone hot fudge sundae as I could […]

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Down with the New, Up with the Old

April 25, 2008

Update: The “new” www.DeborahHalverson.com website is back in the shop for repairs. The old one is up and running as before.

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DeborahHalverson.com Gets a Facelift

April 25, 2008

My website just got a new look! After a few months of tinkering in my “spare time” (and desperately thumbing through a 900-page “Dreamweaver for Dummies” book), I have revamped and now relaunched my main website, www.DeborahHalverson.com. Check it out and let me know what you think. Do keep in mind, though,

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Shout-Out to Mrs. Weiner’s Class

February 22, 2008

A big HEY! and a high five to the sixth graders of Gaspar de Portola Middle School. Thanks so much for a fun morning. You have the most fantastic ideas for stories, and that humdinger you told about Mrs. Weiner’s accidental lock-out was hilarious. I’m glad you were all able to escape the classroom; thank […]

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