Category: Indie Author
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Ideas for Indie Authors: A Novel is Chasing Me. I’m Losing. (and Winning)
When good ideas impregnate the mind, why fight them? Over the past three weeks, I’ve had a novel idea, actually related to novel-writing, and I haven’t been able to shake it. Even in the midst of revising novel #5, which was supposed to be my priority, this new idea has consumed me every free moment…
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My New Play! Scripts are here.
So excited to get these in the mail the other day. It’s my first full-length play in about four years. I’ll be producing it this semester for a May 2016 show date. Auditions are January 18. It’s going to be an absolute blast! Can’t wait. On AMAZON here! In Malaysia on BOOKURVE HERE!
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A Look Ahead: Writing Projects for 2016
I have an exciting slate of writing projects on tap for 2016. Let me list them out in no particular order. 5th Novel – Which Half David – Currently in revision. I’m hoping to push this along for a May or June release. Play – I’m co-writing a yet-to-be-titled play with four of my students. Need to…
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Someone’s Reading. And That’s Pretty Special.
Authors, especially indie authors, have to fight and claw for every reader they get. It’s an incredibly crowded field in the publishing world these days. Hundreds of thousands of writers of various backgrounds, pedigrees, and experience have published their books in a myriad of places for the reach of millions of readers. The world has…
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2015: A Writing Year in Review
January – April My script “A Pinch of Fate, A Shot of Destiny” was performed in Sydney, Australia as part of the Short & Sweet Theatre Festival. Finalized script and casting for my musical “A Tad of Trouble.” Put the finishing touches on my fourth novel. Sent to editor. Wrote a major portion of my…
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Break Writing
I have three weeks of Christmas break on a tropical island. You might think it’s a paradise for writers. Well, not to rub it in, but it is. My breaks away from teaching have fueled my writing habits for years, and this one is no exception. As I type, I’m sitting shirtless on a lounge…
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Another Christmas Video
Here’s a video of one of my scripts performed by the RLT Players’ at the penangpac black box theatre, early December 2015. This one is called “Tree Talk,” and it was definitely an audience favorite. It has a fun message for the holidays. Enjoy!
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone! I leave you with my take on the historical event which happened in 1914. The British and German soldiers, on Christmas Eve, set aside their differences and shared some holiday cheer in the midst of a brutal world war. Here’s a performance by the RLT Players of my script called, “Christmas in…
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You got it wrong. Be MORE like Scrooge.
Leave it to us humans (and book readers) to always focus on the negative, because that’s what we do when we think about Charles Dickens’ famous character Ebeneezer Scrooge. Who is Scrooge? The meanest, rudest, stingiest, Christmas hum-bug that ever lived. Every time we reference someone who’s not demonstrating the spirit of the holiday, we…
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Last Couple Days for DEALS!!! Discounted and Free Books!
Don’t miss my newest, and fourth novel, “A Love Story for a Nation,” now on sale via Kindle store for only 99 cents through December 26th. The reviews have been great, and the story has a lot of twists and turns you won’t see coming. I promise. Plus, it also has plenty to say about…
Author Mark W Sasse 