Category: Indie Author
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Prologue: A Doctor’s Note – EXCERPT
The following is the prologue of A Diamond for Her, my new novel releasing March 23. This is written from the perspective of the story’s narrator, Dr. Charles “Shoeshine” Henry. The novel is available for preorder in Kindle format from Amazon and in paperback through any local or online bookstore including Barnes & Noble, The…
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Giveaway: 100 Copies of My Historical Fiction Baseball Novel
I’ve teamed up with GOODREADS to give away 100 Kindle versions of my soon to be released 10th novel: A Diamond for Her: Myths & Tales of the Winasook Iron Horses You’ll be one of the chosen FEW to receive it before its release date. Giveaway ends March 16 – one week before it releases…
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When’s a Manuscript Really Ready?
The thrill of the story. First draft. Agonize over the revisions. 2nd, 3rd, 4th draft. Send to beta readers. Gather info. Revise again. Read and revise one more time then send to editor. Editor returns a manuscript rife with red. Gulp hard and go after it. Major revisions, additions, subtractions. Read through once more. Solid…
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A DIAMOND FOR HER: Pre-order Now for a Special Price
My new novel, set to release in 60 days on March 23, 2021, is now available for pre-order for a special price only from the Kindle store. This is the baseball novel I’ve always wanted to write, and when hunkered down in March and April of 2020 with no baseball to enjoy, I wrote it.…
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How to be Creative in 2021!
We are creative beings. I’m convinced of it. I’ve been watching my grandson play over the past couple of weeks and he just naturally creatives narratives about firemen, emergencies, ice cream stands, railroads, excavators, dump trucks and just about everything. He oozes creativity and it’s marvelous. By the way, he’s two years old. What will…
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What a year … for writing!
I’m sure I don’t need to rehash the monstrous year 2020 has proved to be. And I won’t. Who would want to re-live that? And yet, I’m fairly sure there were positives along the way. A focus on family. Time to delve into areas which had been neglected. And writing. Yes. For me, this year…
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Cover Reveal – A Diamond for Her
Releasing April 1, 2021. Paperback & Kindle. He loved her enough to build her a baseball stadium. Historical Fiction/Sports Fiction/ Historical Fiction Romance/Magical Realism
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Christmas Reads!
How about some heart-warming, funny, or intriguing Christmas short stories to get you in the holiday spirit! Here’s three of them. All available on KINDLE for only $0.99 each. Check them out on my author page. Enjoy. “If Love is a Crime”: On Christmas Eve 1852, a runaway slave slips unnoticed through a meadow and…
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GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! Get yourself a copy of “Moses the Singer!”
I’ve teamed up with Goodreads to give away 100 copies of the Kindle version of MOSES THE SINGER – my latest novel. It’s super easy to enter. The giveaway ends on November 30. Click the button below to enter on the Goodreads site. I hope you take advantage of this great offer. It’s a story…
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Field of Dreams, anyone?
Anyone who knows me would be able to guess my favorite movie. Yes, Field of Dreams. I was a starry-eyed twenty-one year old on my honeymoon when I saw it, so you can forgive me for my sentimentality, can’t you? But beyond that, of the numerous times I’ve watched it over the years, it’s still…
Author Mark W Sasse 