Category: Indie Author
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Another Giveaway: Free Copy of New Novel on Paperback
Hey friends, I have a new giveaway on Goodreads which just started. I’m giving away a paperback copy of “A Love Story for a Nation.” Enter to win HERE! I’m proud of this story. It has a lot to say about freedom and being willing to stand up for what you believe. If you like ebooks,…
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You have nothing to lose except yourself in a good book!
Free on NoiseTrade – my debut novel “Beauty Rising.” Click the link below to download it for free in either ePub or Mobi formats so you can read it on any of your Android, Apple, or Kindle devices. Did I mention that it’s free? As I said in the title, you have nothing to lose…
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Don’t Forget the Giveaway! Win Amazon Gift Cards Through April 3!
If you haven’t done so already, please head over to the Kindle Book Review and enter to win one of several Amazon gift cards. The giveaway ends on April 3. Enter And make sure to support my novel “A Love Story for a Nation”. Thanks for the support!
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What I Learned by Re-Re-Writing My New Novel
A while back, I posted how I decided to re-write my new novel which I had previously re-written and re-vised enough. (or so I thought) But once I started getting some feedback from readers, I realized that I had made some mistakes, and regardless of how painful and time-consuming it would be, I needed to…
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97,000 Words. Where did my succinctness go?
When I first got in this long-story-writing business, I had to look up the definition of novel to see how many words it took to create a novel. Well, the general consensus I found was 50,000, so as I was writing my first novel, I obsessed over that number thinking how it would be impossible…
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Why couldn’t I think of that?
I have always been a huge Rich Mullins fan. Of course he died in a car crash in 1997, and it’s hard for me to comprehend how 19 years have past since his passing. I guess it was St. Patrick’s Day that got me thinking of him again. It’s not hard when one of my…
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First Book on NoiseTrade – Grab it now!
I’m happy to announce a special promotion I’m doing in conjunction with NoiseTrade. They will be featuring my debut novel from 2012, Beauty Rising, in their massive 1.5 million member, curated newsletter. How does it work? Easy. You can download the novel for free in either ePub or Mobi (Kindle) format, so you can read it on…
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I love my creative setting!
I’m in a school setting. So yes, I teach. Whenever I’m not teaching, I write. But one of the things I love about being in a school setting is that I am given time-sensitive opportunities to write creatively, where my writing is immediately used and performed for audiences. The turnaround on feedback is amazing. Example.…
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Re-Writing a “Finished Book” is Actually Quite Fun
A few days ago, I posted how after receiving feedback from some beta readers, I decided to do a complete overall of my newest novel. I was dreading this, actually, thinking that it would be a complete drag to watch chapters be gutted, characters be re-written, and storylines be overhauled. But I was wrong. I’m…
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Indie Authors: Are You Listening to Your Beta Readers?
I’ve recently run into something as an author I previously haven’t encountered: Beta readers who are less than enthusiastic about my new novel. In my four previous novels, the reviews were excellent. They bought into what I was doing, gave good insight, but were always very positive. And these aren’t “yes-people” either. They were being…
Author Mark W Sasse 