Category: Indie Author
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My Christmas Story: A First Review and some Chart Movement
After its first day of release, “If Love is a Crime: A Christmas Story” has already netted its first review, and it has cracked the top ten in two Amazon categories. I was particularly pleased with how the first review starts: “lovely. warm. something you want to read with a cup of tea in hand…
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Full Circle in One Week. The Story of my New Christmas Story.
Just a week ago I was sitting in a pool thinking, as I often do before I start writing. As I previously mentioned, I was planning out 2015 and had decided to turn my one short play, “If Love is a Crime, String Me Up” into a Christmas story to publish in November of 2015.…
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1 Day Left – “The Reach of the Banyan Tree” @ 99 cents
Last chance to pick up a great read at a super great price. After Dec 8th, the Kindle price will re-settle back in at its normal $2.99. If you like any of the following genres, you should give it a try. It’s a true mix of: historical fiction contemporary romance contemporary fiction love story war…
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Author Interview by Lit World Interviews
Ronavan of Lit World Interviews published a wonderful interview piece of yours truly. He has some great insight and comments, and hopefully even I say one or two things which are interesting. Please head over to the web site and read the full interview. Here’s his opening paragraph: “Colleen Chesesbro, one of our Book Reviewers…
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New Excerpt from “Banyan Tree” in honor of 99 cent Kindle sale!
The Reach of the Banyan Tree – only 99 cents on Kindle. Now through December 7. Pick up your copy HERE! And to celebrate this sale, here’s a fun excerpt from one of my favorite characters, the loud brash C.R. Carson. Enjoy! All the Air Sucked out of the Room Charles Regal Carson II, CEO and majority…
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Another Amazing Review for “Banyan Tree”
I’m humbled to have Colleen Cheseboro from Litworldinterviews to give such a great review of The Reach of the Banyan Tree. Here’s her first paragraph: “I was instantly transported back into time to August 1945, French Indochina, where Charles Regal Carson, an American soldier with the OSS Deer Team, was tasked to assist Ho Chi Minh…
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Blitz Publishing – My First Christmas Story Soon!
It’s November 30th. I’m sitting in the pool at the Hard Rock Hotel just thinking as I usually do. Rehashing plot lines and pondering random story ideas. My mind happened upon one of the short plays I had written and produced a short while ago called “If Love is a Crime, String Me Up.” It’s…
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Bad Writing Sessions – Push Onward
Ahhh! The tortured writer. Tortured in thoughts. Words that taunt. Phrases which elude. Plot which plods. Characters I don’t care about. When will it end? Perhaps when I end this tortuous session. We’ve all had them – those unproductive sessions when nothing flows right and everything sounds exactly wrong. That was me this afternoon. I…
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Banyan Tree – New Excerpt
I have a promotion coming up for The Reach of the Banyan Tree soon (hint, hint,), so I thought I’d post a couple excerpts of the next few days. Thanks for checking them out. In this excerpt, our protagonist, Chip, is in a difficult situation, not completely of his own doing. A mysterious stranger shows up and…
Author Mark W Sasse 