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Debutiful Podcast: Alia Hanna Habib discusses Take It From Me

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To Stay, To Stay, To Stay by Devon Halliday – How Rejection (and Silence) Is Feedback – Debutiful

Devon Halliday, author of To Stay, To Stay, To Stay, joined the podcast to discuss what working as a literary agent taught her about rejection, why she learned to tear a novel down and rebuild it from scratch, and using her publishing experience to make the industry a little less opaque for other writers. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781963270815   Links! Devon Halliday on the Internet: https://devonhalliday.com/ Devon Halliday on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehalliday Debutiful on the Internet: https://www.debutiful.net Debutiful on Substack: https://substack.com/@debutiful Debutiful on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debutiful Debutiful on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/debutiful.bsky.social /// DISCOVER THE BEST DEBUT BOOKS OF 2026 (SO FAR)! DISCOVER THE MOST ANTICIPATED DEBUT BOOKS OF 2026!    
  1. To Stay, To Stay, To Stay by Devon Halliday – How Rejection (and Silence) Is Feedback
  2. The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by Nafissa Thompson-Spires – What Is the Sophomore Slump?
  3. The House Built on Alligator Bones by Sophia Huneycutt – Write Your Messy Zero Draft
  4. The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw – Defining Your Own Success
  5. Observer by Nicholas Russell – Letting Ignorance Be Bliss

Alia Hanna Habib, author of Take It From Me, joined the podcast to discuss celebrating amazing news, finding good voices, how to talk about nonfiction, and why being genuine matters.

You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780593700877

Links!

Alia Hanna Habib’s Newsletter: https://aliahabib.substack.com/

Alia Hanna Habib on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliahannaha

Debutiful on the Internet: https://www.debutiful.net

Debutiful on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debutiful

Debutiful on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/debutiful.bsky.social

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