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Another Review of Beauty Rising
Author and book reviewer Eileen Granfors just posted a nice review of Beauty Rising. You can check it out on the Goodreads link below. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/650746197
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This is not a sports blog …
… but anyone who knows me will understand the magnitude of this post. It is enough to take the quill out of a writers hand and realize that there are no more words to be written in the history of the world. Wow!
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My New WordPress Header!
The Recluse Storyteller is starting to appear! I’m very excited about my second novel with a tentative release date of October 8. (Hmmm … that’s my birthday; what a coincidence.) As you noticed in my newly designed header, the first Recluse Storyteller image has finally made an appearance. The image is a woman looking over…
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To Split or Not to Split: A Novel Crossroad
It flashed briefly through my mind. “This could be split into two novels.” NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I’ve never liked sequels and I’ve always said that I (probably) would never write one. But there the thought was. It could be done. My third novel which I’m currently writing is unique in that it is set in two different…
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Exploring where you live. Have you done it?
You know the drill. How often do you act like a tourist in your own back yard? Not often. Since we are staying in Penang this summer, we decided to have a vacation day here. Why not pretend we are tourists visiting Georgetown and the surrounding area – because a lot of tourists come through…
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I break for lychee
Once every year. Late May – Early June. Lychee season. If you’ve never had them fresh, you are missing out on one of the earth’s best fruit. Incredibly juicy and sweet, with a small to medium size pit. Lychee is grown in sub-tropical, Asian climates like southern China and northern Vietnam, where I became acquainted…
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The Aftereffects of Stalin: An Essay (Part II)
The tragic scope of the Stalin era left virtually no one untouched. From the millions who died of starvation due to agricultural collectivization in the early 1930s, to the twenty million who died from the Great Terror of the late 1930s, to the twenty-seven million who died in World War II, nearly every family had…
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I get to live here
On this fine Sunday, I’d thought I’d post a few more pictures of beautiful Penang, where I live.
Author Mark W Sasse 