1.0crowdspring Bloghttps://www.crowdspring.com/blogAudree Rowehttps://www.crowdspring.com/blog/author/audree/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0TTmwEBaUD"><a href="https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/12-questions-meet-kate-casey-minneapolis-mn-usa/">12 Questions: Meet Kate Casey (Minneapolis, MN, USA)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/12-questions-meet-kate-casey-minneapolis-mn-usa/embed/#?secret=0TTmwEBaUD" width="600" height="338" title="“12 Questions: Meet Kate Casey (Minneapolis, MN, USA)” — crowdspring Blog" data-secret="0TTmwEBaUD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://images.crowdspring.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/27132509/Pic-Old-Fashioned.jpg273448In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice. We’re very proud to feature Kate Casey (crowdSPRING username: katecasey ) today. Kate lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1. Please tell us about yourself – A lady never reveals her age, so we’ll skip that part. I am a native Floridian transplanted to Minnesota. “How did THAT work,” you say?! My husband tricked me. That’s how. For now I work in the mortgage industry; I’m an administrative assistant. One day, I would love to be able to parlay my love of writing into a career. But for now I must just bring home the bacon; or the cheddar. Whichever euphemism you’d like to use. 2. How did you become interested in writing? – I have always had a love of words and telling a great story. It’s a funny thing to admit, but I could stand around telling stories for hours to anyone willing to listen. The art of weaving a story is like a drug for me. It works the same with writing, creating something on paper that someone else might find interesting is so much fun for me. It’s not at all like work. I am most certainly a frustrated artist. 3. Who/what are some of the biggest influences on your writing? – I don’t know that I have any one, particular influence – Maybe Stephen King. I love his books and I’ve read them all; some of them more than twice. That’s a strange juxtaposition for someone who loves comedy as much as I do. I love observational humor. I watch things happen and how people react. I love to incorporate that into my writing. The best things always come from real life. 4. Please tell us about your favorite projects. – As far as cS goes, I like the web content projects. They really give you a lot creative freedom. I really LOVE taglines. They are like telling an interesting story in very short form. My favorite projects to work on are the ones where the buyer really gets involved and gives feedback. So many projects you get no feedback at all. That’s a bit frustrating, because I know that when I get feedback it inspires me to really put my thinking cap on. I appreciate it so much when I get those comments, good or bad from the buyer. It steers me in the direction that I need to go and from there new ideas blossom. It helps so much. I wish I could stress that fact to each and every person that has a job on cS – give feedback; you’ll get great results in return.