Herder has co-written a humor book ("Nuclear Chic") published by Pinnacle Books his short stories have been published in "St. Louis University Magazine," "The Pine Tree Review," "tattoohighway," and "AntiMuse" (which voted his short story "One of the Year's Best"). He has also worked with several Los Angeles production companies, developing screenplays. Two scripts ("Frog" and "Frogs"), which he co-write, were produced by Wonderworks for PBS. His novel "The Second Coming of Jesse James" was a finalist in Wilkes-Barre University's James Jones Novel Contest.