Casie Hermansson's Web Site

Fall and New Themes!

[Your Name Here] — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:16:13 +0000

It's back to school for all of us, and I'm excited to see the new magazine theme lists. I've decided magazine writing for young readers is highly addictive and great fun. Making pitches now, and let's see if they produce clips!

Summer Writing Time!

[Your Name Here] — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:55:53 +0000

Among the many things I love about summer (and I'm a fall kind of person, for my absolute favorite season) is ample writing time. One novel is sitting, and another is on the burner. Lots of time to have another thought, and jot a note on a scrap of paper! What are your favorite writing times?

ADDY win!

[Your Name Here] — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:21:05 +0000

Thanks to Christel Benson, for designing my biz card (from which the web banner above is designed--Christel worked her web magic to put it there for me too). The card won an ADDY award (gold) for Christel in the Joplin Missouri ad club competition mid-Feb!

On a roll this week!

[Your Name Here] — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:12:59 +0000

I was just enjoying my new good fortune this week in the form of 2 pieces for Children's Writer, the newsletter of the ICL: one on metafiction, and the other on freelance professional editors, when another gig came to call.

A timely October 2010 issue of FACES magazine will focus on the theme of monsters, so look for my piece called: "What's in a name? The Story of Dr. Frankenstein's Creature" in that issue!

Hope all is well in your world(s),

Casie

Story I

[Your Name Here] — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:01:17 +0000

Ahem. From Monty Python: "Australia, Australia, We Love You, Amen." A certain Monty of my own is the first piece of fiction I've ever published (very, very excited about it, as you can tell!). Monty is from Mars is a 750-word story about a first-grader whose new neighbor says he is from Mars, and can prove it! Forthcoming April 2010 in Explore Magazine, Australia (Pearson Publishing).

Which Martians do you know?

Article III

[Your Name Here] — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:44:04 +0000

A lovely Friday afternoon email from Margaret at KC Baby in my inbox: a new piece to write! This one is about Baby Signs, for the spring 2010 issue. (Sneak preview: yes, baby signs really work, brilliantly!)

Article II

[Your Name Here] — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:23:36 +0000

My piece called "Breaching Decorum" is in the December 2009 issue of In the Wind, the regional quarterly newsletter of the Kansas SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators). Subscribe!

Appleseeds 2010

[Your Name Here] — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:03:45 +0000

My piece, "Dirty Jobs" will be published in the Medieval Times themed issue of Appleseeds next year. Appleseeds is a social studies magazine for 8-12 year olds. Coming soon, to a newstand near you!

Radio I

[Your Name Here] — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:20:46 +0000

This morning I interviewed for 2 hours (intermittently, of course) on 99.1 FM, one of our local radio stations. The new Bluebeard book got a good airing, and it was fun chatting about all kinds of things, loosely related to the writing. I feel at times that I may have forgotten more than I ever knew about Bluebeard, but it seems he's still in there, somewhere! We segued at the end into writing for children, and I've been asked back for another day to talk about that. Bluebeard to children's writing is less of a leap than I thought it was!

Starbucks IV

[Your Name Here] — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:41:26 +0000

Is next Tuesday night: the 29th, at our local Starbucks. Kid-friendly drinks! Superb original writing for kids! I've got a new picture book text or two to read. Come on out, locals!