{"id":6127,"date":"2025-03-20T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2025-03-20T14:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:51:12","slug":"why-are-bugs-so-cool-w-karyn-light-gibson-author-of-bug-life-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/why-are-bugs-so-cool-w-karyn-light-gibson-author-of-bug-life-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are bugs so cool? w\/Karyn Light-Gibson (author of BUG LIFE) | A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just in time for spring, we&#8217;re talkin&#8217; bugs! They&#8217;re everywhere, whether you like it or not. And they&#8217;re such cool little critters. <br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/42401.\">Bug Life<\/a> author Karyn Light-Gibson joins Joe and Elly this week to talk about entomology, the importance of maintaining bug populations, how the book could have been much, MUCH longer, and fun insect facts.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/42401\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/42401\">Bug out!<\/a><br><br>Prefer an audio experience?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, and the workbook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for spring, we&#8217;re talkin&#8217; bugs! 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They're everywhere, whether you like it or not. And they're such cool little critters. <br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/42401.\">Bug Life<\/a> author Karyn Light-Gibson joins Joe and Elly this week to talk about entomology, the importance of maintaining bug populations, how the book could have been much, MUCH longer, and fun insect facts.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/42401\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/42401\">Bug out!<\/a><br><br>Prefer an audio experience?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, and the workbook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n<p>Just in time for spring, we&#8217;re talkin&#8217; bugs! 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