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• Lessons From An Oscar Party

  

  Lessons from an Oscar party: not letting others control your happiness

  bitsykemper

  February 10, 2020

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  choose happiness, control, happiness, lessons, oscars

• SCBWI Conference in NY, Feb 2015

  I’m attending the annual, (inter)national children’s book conference with SCBWI. I’m also taking over as the Regional Advisor (R.A.) for the Northern CA/Central region of SCBWI, which encompasses about 400 members in 33 counties (not sure if I want you to applaud or pity me, haha). Lately I’ve heard a bunch of beginner writer questions.…

  bitsykemper

  February 3, 2015

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• 8 Writing Tips in 8 Minutes: Bitsy’s tips for the newbie picture book writer

  As I’m headed to the (inter)national children’s book conference with SCBWI, I’ve had a few beginner questions about how to get started. Hopefully this video is as helpful now as it was when I first posted it.

  bitsykemper

  February 3, 2015

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• Setting Means More Than Location

  We recently moved. We are only a dozen miles from our last house, but it’s a world away. We went from “the middle of flippin’ nowhere” to “closer to society.” The drive time alone makes a huge difference to my peace of mind. But there are other, seemingly smaller things that have an impact on the…

  bitsykemper

  November 6, 2014

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  author, baa, back story, background, books, character sketch, characters, construction, country, history, location, loud, main character, moving, new house, noise, plotting, rooster, rural, setting, setting location, sheep, sound, storyline, suburbia, suburbs, the burbs, urban, writing

• Where does “trick or treat” come from*?

  

  At the risk of creating a post that will be immediately dated, I found out something today I never knew. Not one to bottle up joy, I thought I’d keep the cork off and share with you. Certainly you already know Halloween comes from Hallow and evening, that Hallowe’en was the original spelling with the…

  bitsykemper

  October 30, 2014

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  1950s, all saints day, all souls day, candy, chocolate, costume, fun-size, hallow’s eve, halloween, history, history of halloween, irish, Juicyfruit, middle ages, Nov 1, Oct 31, pillowcase, scots, TP, traditon, trick or treat

• Twitter 101: The Basics, For Writers

  Twitter 101 for Writers Part One The past few writers’ conference presentations I’ve given about Author Platforms have prompted many of the same questions. Most surround social media. I’m gonna tackle one biggie here: Twitter. Let’s look at the very basic concept of Twitter in this post, for the true beginner. How to use it effectively…

  bitsykemper

  July 15, 2014

  Uncategorized, Writing Children’s Books

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