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		<title>I&#8217;ll be back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do intend to keep blogging &#8230; but I am BUSY-BUSY-BUSY finishing up a Humphrey book and that&#8217;s taking up all my time. Check back soon for a revamped webpage and new blog posts!
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		<title>This and That</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the new Hungarian cover for Friendship According to Humphrey. Strange color palette, I know. But it&#8217;s not as frightening as the cover for book 1. However, little Spuri continues to please in Hungary.
I&#8217;ve been busy writing and find that when I&#8217;m deep in a story, I just want to do that and let the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Law According to Humphrey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Original cover               Current cover
It was January, 2003 and I was on (groan) jury duty. It was a messy, confusing (though absolutely fascinating) trial that was supposed to last 9 days and went on for over 3 weeks. Since Humphrey has a family audience, I&#8217;m not going into the details of the crimes.
We had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Humphrey Evolved &#8211; Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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I had the voice for Humphrey, I knew the setting and characters &#8211; I was ready to roll &#8211; almost.
I had one big problem: I don&#8217;t have (and never have had) a hamster. Rather than getting a hamster and totally alienating my beloved dog, Desi, I did tons of research. I read books &#8211; one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inside Story Behind Humphrey and How He Evolved &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I talked about the years spent taking notes on a story looking at a classroom through the eyes of a classroom pet. A lot of that happened in 1996. I didn&#8217;t actually write the book until 2002. One reason is that my primary career was writing children&#8217;s television, so children&#8217;s fiction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inside Story Behind Humphrey and How He Evolved &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Today is the release date for the newest Humphrey book, School Days According to Humphrey. I barely mention a new book to family and friends any more &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t feel like big news to them. Just another Humphrey book. But reflecting on this seventh book, to me it almost feels like a miracle.
Everybody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March Madness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I should take this excellent advice from England!
March madness: I&#8217;m not talking about basketball &#8230; I&#8217;m talking about living life like a hamster spinning on a hamster wheel!
What have I been doing lately?
1) answering fan mail
2) writing and rewriting Humphrey book 7
3)answering fan mail
4) writing and rewriting the first of the younger Humphrey books, aimed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just want to say a special Valentine&#8217;s Day thank you to Humphrey&#8217;s devoted fans &#8230; and to those who write to say they love Sassafras Springs and Princess Egg.
Those of you who take the time to email or write are very generous and I appreciate it.
Thanks from the  bottom of my heart!
If you want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Itty Bitty Blog Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sticking my toe back in the water &#8211; here&#8217;s a link to an illustrator&#8217;s blog with a very sweet interview with a fan of SURPRISES ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY about what makes a book good.
Now it&#8217;s back to working on Humphrey&#8217;s seventh book &#8211; hope it will be a good one!
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		<title>BACK FROM A LONG TRIP</title>
		<link>http://www.bettybirney.com/blog/back-from-a-long-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
I may have only been staying 20 minutes from home, but for my five days at the SCBWI Conference in Century City, I might as well have been on another planet &#8211; all populated by people who are passionate about children&#8217;s books! It&#8217;s a lovely place to live, at least for a little while.
Thursday night&#8217;s faculty [...]]]></description>
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