Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Bil Lepp

Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Bil Lepp

Published on Jul 2
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The Story Seeds Podcast
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<p>Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with Bil Lepp (five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Competition and author of the 2014 PEN award-winning picture book, THE KING OF LITTLE THINGS.) They go behind the scenes and talk about what it was like working with 11 year old Keshav in Episode 9 “Look Before You Eat” to grow his fractured fairytale of a story seed about a cow with an ice cream house, a bunny with a chocolate abode, a fox with a chili pepper den, and a big bad wolf hungry to eat them all!</p><p>Bil also shares lots of valuable advice for young writers and our listeners. Among them is a quick way to get writing: reimagine a story you already know but from another character’s perspective,  you'll find a new story born out of it.</p><p>Stories mentioned in this episode: <a href="https://amzn.to/31AfBhl" target="_blank">The King of Little Things</a> by Bil Lepp. <a href="https://amzn.to/3ijDnny" target="_blank">Three Billy Goats Gruff</a>. <a hre...