Category: Duane L. Herrmann

September Publication News from D1 Member Duane L. Herrmann

10/6/2022

September 2022 saw the following results from the literary efforts of Duane L Herrmann: three responses posted to three prompts each from the Adirondack Center for Writing and Carrot Ranch blog; Topeka Geneological Society Quarterly carried one poem; and three anthologies were released with Herrmann's poems in them: Foodways (Agrarian Trust) – 3 poems, Writers and Werewolves (Kansas Writers Association) – 5 poems, and The Trick is to Keep Breathing (Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe) – 3 poems; plus the blog: I Write Her – 6 poems.

And, people in at least 21 cities in the US, plus people in: Oslo, Norway; Prague, Czechia; Weesp, Netherlands; London and Bedford, UK; Temara, Morocco; Nha Trang, Vietman; Vienna, Austria; Korea; Ramat Gan, Israel; Nairobi, Kenya; and Adelaide, Australia; and an un-named city in Korea looked at and maybe read something of his work.

August 2022 publications and other literary news from Duane L Herrmann

9/1/2022

The Adirondack Center for Writing posted four of his responses to their weekly prompts, while Carrot Ranch posted three of his responses to their weekly prompts. Heron Clan IX, an annual anthology of poetry, was released with his poem "Tame New Friend." And, the age-based anthology, I Ache is Places I used to Play, was released in the UK with his poem "Door Seventy." The Tiferet spiritual poetry anthology accepted his poem, "Open the Door," and Cyberwit offered to publish his next volume of poetry after finding his entry in Poets and Writers Directory. That is amazing!

And people in India, Canada, the UK, Netherlands, Norway, Mexico, Germany, Jamaica, Australia, and Ukraine looked at, or read, a paper of his on academia.edu, plus people in thirteen cities in the U.S.

Congratulations, Duane!

July 2022 publications of Duane L Herrmann

8/9/2022

Adirondack Center for Writing posted three of Herrmann's responses to their weekly prompts.

Carrot Ranch blog also posted three responses to their weekly prompts.

Spillwords Press posted his poem: 'Curious Task' (https://spillwords.com/curious-task/)

Kansas History, a Journal of the Central Plains, summer 2022 issue, was released with the first article being Herrmann's: Barbara Ehrsam and the Bahá'î Faith in Kansas: 1868-1924.

The site: Baha'iTeachings.org posted Herrmann's essay: How a Special Doll Affected Our Family (https://bahaiteachings.org/how-a-special-doll-affected-our-family/).

Story Commons posted his short short story: To Be A Writer (https://storycommons.org/archives/to-be-a-writer/).

And, SURPRISE, a chapter from Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production, published in 2012, in which he learned his name was mentioned, but not why, the text was recently posted and Herrmann discovered that some information he had stated in an article published in 1994 had been cited. WOW!

Duane L. Herrmann is a member of District 1.

June News from D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann

7/5/2022

Carrot Ranch posted/published four of my 99-word responses to their weekly prompts. The Adirondack Center for Writing posted/published three of my responses to their weekly prompts. Free Spirit (a publisher in India) notified me that one of their anthologies which a memoir of mine is in, It Was a Mistake, is now available as an ebook, joining several other anthologies of theirs which my work is also in. The second issue of Glacial Hills Review (Summer 2022), from Choeofpleirn Press, with my reflective memoir, 'The Greatest Disaster of My Life,' has now been released and is available on Amazon. And, The Short of It has posted six brief poems of mine. Heron Clan IX, with my poem 'Tame New Friend,' has been released so recently that my contributor's copy has not yet arrived. And, proof pages for several other publications have been sent to me (and I've reviewed and returned them), but they are not ready for the public, so I won't mention their names yet - but one is in Africa.

Congratulations, Duane!

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Publishing News from D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann

6/6/2022

Herrmann reports that The Adirondack Center for Writing and Carrot Ranch both posted four responses to their weekly prompts. Fevers of the Mind published five of his poems while Dashboard Horus published one. Poet's Choice announced that three of their anthologies with his work are now available as ebooks. These titles are: Global Warming, Jumbled Part 2, and To the Newspaper Again.

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Publishing News from D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann

5/6/2022

April seems to have been a month of threes for Duane L Herrmann. Both the Adirondack Center for Writing and Carrot Ranch published three of his responses to their weekly prompts during the month. Also, three of his poems were accepted by ACW to be among the 200-plus poems included in this year's Poem Village where poems are printed on broadsides and posted around the town of Lake Saranc, New York. Poetry Super Highway not only included six of his poems in response to daily poetry prompts for National Poetry Month, but used one of Herrmann's prompts, and one poem. "Juden Friedhof" was included in the Holocaust Remembrance anthology by PSH for Yan HaShoah. Also, Gonzo Press published/posted his poem, "Churning Butter," while Discretionary Love published/posted his poem, "Family Hands" on their websites.

Publishing news from D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann

4/10/2022

In the month of March, Duane L Herrmann, Dist 1, saw the following results of his writing efforts: Gonzo Press posted three poems on their site, Adirondack Center for Writing posted five responses to weekly writing prompts, Carrot Ranch posted four 99 word stories in response to as many prompts, and the Jan/Feb issue of Harnisch Acre carried a short story: Sunday School Surprise. Multiple rejections are NOT counted!!!

D1 Member Duane L. Herrmann Publishing News

3/6/2022

During Feb 2022, Herrmann was published in:

'Naked in America,' a short story, posted on the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature site.

Responses to four prompts were posted at Carrot Ranch in the Congress of Rough Writers.

Larry's Coffee website posted two poems: 'Chicken Creek Road,' and 'Night Necklaces.'

Spine and Page website posted five poems and one memoir.

The Adirondack Center for Writing posted responses to three prompts.

Tokens, a literary journal, published the poem: 'Messenger of Joy' in the Winter 2021 issue.

The memoir, 'Mistaken Word,” was published in the anthology: It Was a Mistake by Free Spirit press.

Two poems: 'Tornado Surprise' and 'Unexpected Visit' were posted by Gonzo Press with three more scheduled in March.

The Story Commons site posted three brief memoirs.

And, on Feb 28, Tiny Seed Literary Journal posted the poem: 'Role Fulfilled' on their site.

Publishing News from Duane L. Herrmann

2/25/2022

January publishing credits of Duane L. Herrmann, D1.

Adirondack Center for Writing posted responses of mine to four of their weekly prompts. The last being a memoir of his earliest attempts at “making stories.”

A story of only eighty-one words appeared in 81 Words, an anthology of 1000 stories of eighty-one words each by 1000 authors, a record-breaking feat.

Poems appeared in four places: yolk 2.1 (1) , last leaves 2 (2) , Rising Voices (1) , Fevers of the Mind (5)

Two flash memoirs appeared – one, 'Mistaken Word,' in the anthology: It was a Mistake; the other, Poet Burning (only slightly fictionalized) – posted by Talon Review 2 #5 .

AND a review of a recent book of poetry: Remnants of a Life at: Poetry Market E-zine, a blog devoted to reviews of books of poetry.

D1 Member Duane L. Herrmann Publishes Tribute to Max Yoho

2/11/2022

Enjoy this lovely tribute to Max Yoho (Kansas Authors Club member and award-winning author) by Duane L. Herrmann, published at the Adirondack Center for Writing.

Read it here.

2021 Year End News from D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann

1/4/2022

During the months of Nov & Dec, Duane L Herrmann accomplished:

five responses to prompts by Carrot Ranch
six responses to prompts by Adirandack Center for Writing
Two short stories-one on Literary Yard (website) and one in the book US/THEM.
Five short memoirs were published: three in It Wasn't Funny Then, and two on Page & Spine (website).
Seventeen individual poems in seven places.
Five poems in two micro chapbooks at origamipoems.com, one in English the other German.

September 2021 Literary Progress

10/3/2021

From D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann

Two poems appeared in Nature 2020/2021; ten poems, in two batches, were posted on the Spine and Page website; the Origami Poems Project published a collection of six poems entitled – Lunar Locus; Carrot Ranch Blog posted four 99 word limit flash pieces, Eskimo Pie published three poems; Adirondack Center for Writing published the story 'New Year Snow Day'; Larry's Coffee posted three poems; Last Leaves accepted two poems for publication in October 2021; Dead Mule School of Southern Lit accepted the story 'Naked in America' for publication in February 2022; and Wolf Singer Publications accepted the story story 'Suspicious Words' for publication in US/THEM to be released in November 2021.

August Publishing Updates from D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann

9/10/2021

In August I have had my response to two prompts posted by Adirondack Center for Writing, five at Carrot Ranch, five poems posted on the Literary Yard, one published in an anthology commemorating 9/11, five reasons to stay positive accepted for an anthology by Wingless Dreamer, five poems accepted for the 10 Sept edition of Page & Spine, and an article and a poem appeared in the Topeka Geneological Society Quarterly.

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8/25/2021

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July 2021 literary accomplishments of Duane L Herrmann, Dist 1, include:

Responses, in 99 words, to two prompts by Carrot Ranch, responses to three prompts by the Adirondack Center for Writing, three poems appeared in Iris Literary Journal, one poem each in Atelier of Healing (an anthology), and Tiny Seed Literary Journal, one short story posted by The Literary Yard, six poems posted at Larry's Coffee, four poems accepted for future use in three publications Finding Hope in Nature, Rising Voices, and Stillhouse Press, a collection of six poems for a forthcoming micro chapbook from Origami Poetry Project, and an essay on William Allen White for an anthology on his life and work.

2021 Convention Workshop: Finding Healing and Transformation through Therapeutic Journaling

8/5/2021

Duane Herrmann was only two years old when his mother’s abuse caused him to consider killing himself. He was 2-1/2 when he began running away from the Eastern Kansas farm where he was born in 1951. He finally managed to escape from a traumatic childhood and from abuse that became even worse as he grew older, when he finished high school at age 17. Then he earned degrees in education and history, served as a teacher, raised four children and built a house while his family was living in it, began work as an “office drone” before ending his professional career as a supervisor for the federal government. All of his adult life Duane wrote. And wrote some more. He has now filled 158 journals with therapeutic writing that makes sense of his past. As he wrote, Herrmann discovered that just the process of writing about individual traumas peeled off more layers of memory. “Essentially, writing about the past can change the past. It puts the writer (former victim) in control of the event (trauma.) And when you are in control, you are empowered, and that power is significant.”

Duane has been a District 1 KAC member for years and is one of the most prolific writers in the state. His poems and prose have been featured in numerous national and international publications. He has even written and published two family memoirs.

As a convention workshop presenter, Duane will show participants how to peel away their own layers of memory through journal writing…writing that heals. Anyone who is seeking help with past traumas or trouble can find the same transformation and forgiveness through writing that Duane Herrmann has discovered. And that could and should ultimately lead to a memoir that will be a star to help guide others.

Important Update:

On Friday, August 28, members of the District 1 Kansas Authors Club, hosts for the 2021 State Writing Conference and Convention scheduled for October 9 and 10 at the Ramada Inn in Topeka announced a switch from an in-person event to a virtual one.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we shift to Plan B for the convention. We promise that it will still contain the same motivational and informative workshops and speakers. It will perhaps be even more intimate in the webinar setting, as no one will have to strain to see or hear speakers. You’ll be able to look into their eyes and feel like you’re sitting in the same room with them. And, actually, you will be… in the same zoom room!

We look forward to seeing you in October on Zoom!

View convention details on this page: 2021 Convention
Registration deadline: October 7, 2021

D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann, Publication News

7/14/2021

The Origami Poems Project has selected Herrmann's collection of six poems, entitled: Lunar Locus, to be published as one of their micro-chap (books). These are formatted to be printed on one sheet of 8.5x11 paper, double sided and, if folded properly (and cut on one certain fold), become a micro-chap (book). This is Herrmann's second publication with them, the first was, In Praise of Prairies in 2017. The release date has not yet been determined, but sometime in 2021.

A short story, based on the experience of a friend, has just been published by Literary Yard, out of India.
"My God ! What a surprise, how expertly, you can turn a simple incident (very much familiar to me), into such an interesting and spell binding story," the friend said after reading the story.

D1 Member Published in Hawai'i Review

6/17/2021

Number 91 of the Hawai'i Review, published by the Universtiy of Hawai'i at Manoa, has just been released. It features six poems by Duane L. Herrmann, D1 member, dealing with the loss of his Native heritage. He is the second most prominent author in that issue. His poems are: Not Evident, p.76; Fire Tender, p.77; I Am…., p.78; Hidden in Plain Sight, p.79; Stolen Children, p.80; Humanity in Process, 81.

D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann, published in Anthology

5/24/2021

The anthology, Writers of Tomorrow, just released from Wingless Dreamer, contains a piece by Duane L Herrmann, entitled: Arrival on Makana, which ties into his sci fi novel, Escape from Earth. The anthology will be available through Amazon.

On 21 May 2021, Duane L Herrmann, Dist 1, participated in the launch of the book: Sensorially Challenged, where he read his piece, Early Summer Walk, (p.113) wherein he describes walking up a hill on his land and (not unusually) walking through a spider's web (thought not in his face this time).

At the close, participants were invited to read something else they had written. Herrmann introduced KAC, choosing to read from the brand new KAC 2021 yearbook, his piece: A Literary Atrocity (p.99). None in the group had imagined a piece of fiction being used to justify murder - and worse!

"Y'all sound like you're on Downton Abby," Herrmann greeted everyone. The event was hosted in London!

Duane Herrmann, District 1, Published in Three New Anthologies

4/28/2021

Three new anthologies (two just published, one out in two weeks) contain flash fiction/news/poetry by Duane L Herrmann, member of District 1.

They are (in order of publication):

Topically Challenged, Volume 1,
The Sound of Brilliance,
Sensorially Challenged Volume 3 (available May 8).

Publication News from D1 Member, Duane L. Herrmann

4/7/2021

Poem: "Kitchen Chores" from Duane L Herrmann's collection of poems in response to the Holocaust, No Known Address, has been included in the 23rd Annual HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) collection produced by Poetry Super Highway.

And, his short story, "Apple Crispies," has been posted on the Literary Yard site.

The book, Topically Challenged: vol 1, which includes Herrmann's news-themed story: Rising Basket Woven, written in response to a 180 word challenge, is now available through Amazon. A percent of the cost goes to a charity that gives books to children who can't afford them.

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