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New Bio – Any thoughts?
Hey Friends, I feel the need to update my bio from time to time as things change and writing projects continue to evolve. So here’s my latest. I’d appreciate any thoughts on it. Thanks so much! AUTHOR BIO Mark W Sasse is a novelist and award-winning playwright and director. He vacillates on a daily basis…
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Like Cats, We All Leave Stuff Behind
Like cats, we all leave stuff behind. On Christmas afternoon, our neighbors popped over with a delicious chocolate cake to share with us. They were fronted by their two delightfully adorable kids, who still had the magical glassy eyes of Christmas spreading joy to everyone they met. As we chatted at the doorway before they…
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A Vigil for a Starry (Christmas Eve) Night
On a night when the clouds cover the stars like an impenetrable mountain cliff, I wait for a sign. A small tinge up my spine. A desperate plea for the ancient ways to speak once again. I wait for the light, hoping it will come, hoping it will be enough. . The stars, spread brightly…
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Get Your FREE & NEW Christmas Story!
Hey all, My brand new Christmas short story “Christmas in the Trenches, 1914” can be had for free from a couple different locations. NOOK? No problem. Download it free from Barnes and Noble HERE! Smashwords! It can be downloaded for free HERE! Kindle? Well, not quite. Amazon has not (yet!) lowered it to free, but you can…
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Wide-Scale Writing
As a writer, I’m a big proponent of wide-scale writing, across genres, for different situations, with different people. For me, it’s challenging and interesting to have the proverbial fire full of various hot irons. With my play production coming to an end last weekend, I took a broad look at the various items I’m currently…
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Show-time!
Months of work is finally coming to a head. This past summer, I wrote the script for “Tales of Wonder II,” and I started rehearsing with the cast in August. It can, at times, get long and tedious, and the end goal can get lost in the minutia of the day-to-day preparations. But then, it’s…
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A Boy from Pennsylvania Weighs In
Pennsylvania did it. It ruthlessly defied the odds and pushed Donald Trump into the White House. Everyone is still in shock. Both Republicans and Democrats. Something was afoot, and everyone (or nearly everyone) missed it. I grew up in Butler County, western Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh. It has a series of small towns, rolling…
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Inha Kim Movie Reviews: Swiss Army Man
Inha Kim is back for this exceptional review of “Swiss Army Man.” Yes, it makes me want to see it. Enjoy! The Most Rewarding Fart of 2016 Ever watched a film so strange, so bizarre, so… unique, that you had to see it again the moment it ended? No? Well you just might do that…
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Has Hollywood Killed Method Acting?
In this very interesting article from Atlantic, Angelica Bastien explores the idea that Hollywood is killing method acting. Here’s an excerpt expressing her thoughts: Method acting, founded by the father of modern theatre Stanislavsky and furthered in America under Lee Strasburg, is the idea that the actor must emotionally and physically commit oneself to the…
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