![]() ![]() ![]() But it can be really exciting, too, seeing it getting better as you progress. “Then came the years of revision! That’s where the work comes in. I loved it, loved it, loved it,” she says. “Writing that first draft was very exciting and fun and all so new. . . . ![]() “But it took me a while to make the connection that I didn’t have to just read books, I could also write books.”īeasley figured this out in high school, which led to her choosing an undergraduate writing program at nearby Georgia Southern University, followed by getting her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she wrote the first draft of Circus Mirandus. “I loved books from a very early age and read everything I could get my hands on,” Beasley says. It’s also the culmination of steady progress along a path to authordom that began in childhood. “It’s been a whirlwind, and so much fun-everything that happens is a revelation!” Beasley says. Her magical tale for middle grade readers sold to Dial after a five-publisher bidding war, and a Hollywood production company has pre-emptively purchased film and TV rights. Too late: Beasley has already burst onto the children’s publishing scene. Oh, let’s not be silly-of course she’s counting! On a huge calendar hanging on the wall: “I mark off the days and get more and more excited until I feel like I’m about to burst!” Beasley says. When we reach author Cassie Beasley at her family’s home in rural Georgia, it’s 50 days until the release of her debut, Circus Mirandus. ![]()
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