Category: Indie Author
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I scream UNCLE! Okay, Back to Marketing
I recently posted how I really don’t care about marketing. I do however care about my writing. I also would love to be able to “retire” someday and write full-time. I guess that means that I need to start caring about marketing. So I’ve decided to come back from my little anti-marketing hiatus for a…
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The Most Envious Work View in the World
I’m a teacher. I have, perhaps, the most scenic view of any teacher in the world right out my classroom window. I daily remind myself not to take this view for granted. Not many people in the world can claim such beauty from the chair where they work. So let me me show you what…
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Do I (an indie author) really care about marketing?
No. But yes. Do I hate marketing? Yes. Do I want to market? No. What do I want to do? Write. Okay, there’s a series of honest responses. I put marketing somewhat on the same plateau of being at a Chinese banquet and being served sea slugs because I’m the honored guest. The honest answer…
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Writing is not a hobby
Writing for me is not a hobby. A hobby is something in which one dabbles. I don’t dabble in writing. I drown in it. (even if I don’t want to) I sometimes get the perception that people think it’s cute that I have this little “hobby” of mine. I write, I publish, I keep producing…
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Review of “A Love Story for a Nation” on Lit World Interviews
Book Reviewer Colleen Cheseboro recently posted her review of my latest novel A Love Story for a Nation. Her thorough and insightful interview was posted on “Lit World Interviews.” Here’s how she closed her review: “Lovers of historical literature and fiction will lose themselves in the events that Mark Sasse has woven around these characters. I finished…
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Win a Paperback Copy of “A Love Story for a Nation”
Here’s your chance to win a real, three-dimensional copy of my new release, A Love Story for a Nation. All you have to do is enter the giveaway on Goodreads at this LINK. (Note: this is for USA residents only. Sorry. I’ll do some more international giveaways in the future.) Here’s the giveaway intro: Look what reviewers have…
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Indie Authors: Do you have True Grit?
Research has shown that those who succeed have the quality of what we would call grit – ability the shake off the negative and keep going – perseverance in the face of failure. Do you, indie author, have it? When you receive a bad review … do you have true grit? When you haven’t made…
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Travel to an Unspecified Country. Travel to Every County. “A Must Read”
My latest novel, A Love Story for a Nation, is set in the country of ? Actually, even I don’t know. It’s unspecified. I wonder if that bothers anyone. The story is set in the capital city called ? Hmmm, even that is unknown. The one place in the story that is known is the slum-like…
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Writers Rule the Off-Season
Are writers the forgotten entity of entertainment? Yes, I think that’s true, and for the most part, writers are okay with that. Writers don’t usually have a problem being behind the scene out of the limelight. Perhaps it’s part of our DNA. Crafting and creating is indeed our existence and watching a script eventually come…
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My Mother Approves
My mom is a reader, and she always gives me her two cents about my books. Well, I’m happy to say that she gave “A Love Story for a Nation” a big endorsement. So there you have it, Mark’s mom approves, so it must be good. She doesn’t follow my books blindly. She didn’t care…
Author Mark W Sasse 