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Road Trip (Take 2 – This time with actual pictures!)
Had a two-day, whirl-wind road trip to Malacca, Putra Jaya, and KL. Here’s the Putra Mosque which we toured and had an excellent 15-minute presentation from one of the gentlemen inside. He even invited us to dinner at the end of Ramadan when they break the fast. Sorry, can’t make it. But the mosque is…
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My Facebook Author Page
Hi all, I finally have my Facebook author page up and running. Please stop on over and LIKE! Besides running my WordPress feed, I’m going to keep it a place to be a little more personal with photos and (hopefully) interesting stuff. Thanks so much for your support. Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/markwsasse
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cnkbookreviews.blogspot Reviews Beauty Rising!
Reviewer Cathy says: “What a lovely story: a story that marries romance, war, hardship, and tragedy. Not only was it beautifully written, but skilfully too. The use of the first person narrative for each of the main characters was executed extremely well.” And adds about the ending: “The ending stuns and astounds you, and Martin…
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El Cid: A Timely Hollywood Message for This Day and Age – Part II
Yesterday I looked at how the movie El Cid speaks clearly into the political landscape of today. Today I want to look at another pertinent issue which the movie illustrates brilliantly: religious cooperation. El Cid, the 11th century Spanish hero, successfully defended the Spanish homeland against the attack of the North African Muslim invaders. How…
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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…
Author Mark W Sasse 