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History, Baseball, Magical Realism – It’s all on sale!
I’ve been a hopeless baseball fan since the 1970s – all of that time living and dying by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and for those of you who know, mostly dying. After many years into my writing career, I wanted to tackle baseball in a WP Kinsella type of way. Stories about baseball, but not really.…
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A Sweet Deal for the Tet New Year!
The Vietnamese New Year is unlike anything else! Tet is a yearly celebration and feast that celebrates family, tradition, and history. I experienced many of them during my ten years living in Vietnam. I miss all the wonderful community relationships, and, of course, the food! As a way to celebrate, my new novel about the…
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That Familiar Writing Itch
My novels always overlap each other. When I am finishing the editing on one, I always have another one or two storylines which I’ve at least contemplated if not downright started. It’s this perpetual brain cycle I suspect will not be relieved until the temporal world says so. Even as I published LADY TRIEU and…
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Reading, not writing, with the end in mind.
On my fabulous writing retreat to Tbilisi, Georgia (which I’ll have to post about another day), I finished the first draft of my 11th novel. This one is a sequel to novel 10, my first baseball novel. I’ve had so much fun writing both of these stories, and now that I have an ending, I…
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What’s Your Nostalgic Soundtrack? Mine’s Bob Seger
Growing up, I listened to 96KIX out of Pittsburgh. It was my music destination. Circa early 80s, the station did a countdown of Pittsburgh’s top 300 songs of all time. I was glued to the radio for days as this gimmick was stretched out for maximum effect. I had a notebook and I meticulously listed…
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Turned
I arrived back in NY less than two weeks ago not really knowing what to expect concerning restrictions and “the feel” of life after 15 months in a pandemic. What I found was what I suspected would be the case sooner rather than later: life feels pretty normal. It feels completely different from what it…
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“What’s next?” asks a writer.
“What’s next?” is always a conundrum for a writer settling on a new project. There isn’t ever a correct answer. I’m the type of writer who always has several irons in the fire with a few others simmering in the periphery. The year of the pandemic has placed its mark on my writing tasks in…
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MOSES the SINGER: Lower Price – Limited Time
My newest novel, my first YA novel, is available for the discounted price of $2.99 for a limited time. What have readers said about it? “A feel good read that help you believe in humanity again.” “Story of compassion that will warm your heart.” “This is a great novel for all readers, but especially for…
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The Perfect Song Does Exist
There’s not many things in life as subjective as one’s taste in music. But if I could declare the perfect song to exist, it would sound exactly like this: From the Paul Simon-esque intro, to the sweet melody, to the flawless playing of Steven Delopoulos, there’s something beautifully nostalgic and welcoming about this song. I…
Author Mark W Sasse 