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FREE – FIRST TIME EVER! “A Love Story for a Nation” on Kindle
My novel “A Love Story for a Nation” – rated at 4.8 stars on Amazon – is FREE in the Kindle store for the FIRST TIME EVER! POSSIBLY the ONLY TIME EVER! Don’t miss this opportunity to pick up a story near and dear to me. Free for a limited time. HERE! This is a…
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Kindle Giveaway on Now!
I’ve teamed up with The Kindle Book Review to give away a Kindle eReader and some Amazon gift cards. Enter to Win Here! And please check out my latest novel while you are at it. “Which Half David.” There it is! Nestled between several cowboy hats. Thanks for checking it out and good luck on the…
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The Last Bastion: Staged Reading Saturday Night
I just got back from the first and only rehearsals with my fellow actors for the staged reading of my new play “The Last Bastion.” We did an initial reading and then somewhat mapped out our blocking on stage and did a staged rehearsal. Tomorrow, we have a dress rehearsal in the afternoon and then…
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Theatre: The Open Art Form
I enjoyed giving a mini-lecture to my Intro to Theatre Arts class today about the topic, “What is theatre?” Theatre is many things, but most importantly, it’s an open art form. The live audience makes it unique and ever-changing. The interaction with the audience makes every performance different. It can inspire the actor to achieve…
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Review: “La La Land” – Just go enjoy it!
I’ve been itching to see “La La Land” since it came out in Malaysia nine days ago, and it finally happened today. Verdict? It’s lovely, fun, exuberant, smart, nostalgic, and just plain terrific. Go see it! It’s a classic love story of two artists, one a jazz pianist and other aspiring actress, who find each…
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I’m Heading On-Stage. Yes, I’m Nervous
I’m super excited and super nervous for January 21. Penang Performing Arts Centre is sponsoring a staged-reading of my brand new full length play “The Last Bastion.” The purpose of the event is to get some audience feedback for the play’s development. I want to eventually send it on to some theatre troupes and festivals…
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Was I Sleeping 4 Times Through This Chapter?
Revision work never seems to surprise and frustrate me. I have been doing some fairly significant re-writes on my next novel up, and each revised chapter had its moments in the grinding machine of my mind, polishing and burnishing each one a little closer to the end result. And then yesterday, I came across a…
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“Not So Fast,”Book 1 says to Book 2.
In a previous post, I talked about how I’m writing my first sequel, possibly series, and I keep discovering things which I am sure series writers knew in their kindergarten years of writing: slow down! The reason for the slow down is that I now realize that book 2 affects book 1, or at least…
Author Mark W Sasse 