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Why I don’t like Starbucks.
1. I don’t like coffee. 2. I don’t understand how to order a non-coffee product. 3. So noisy, I couldn’t understand how to order a non-coffee product. 4. All I wanted was an ice lemon tea. 5. Then she asked the question. We have two kinds of tea – blah or blah. See it…
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The Cast of Grandparents’ War
Here’s the awesome young cast I’m directing. Opening night is two weeks from tomorrow. If you are in Penang, you won’t want to miss it!
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Drama Cast Party Tonight: Menu
Here’s what I cooked for my amazing cast of Grandparents’ War: Appetizer – Fresh Vietnamese spring roll – (marinated, charcoal grilled chicken, pineapple, fresh basil, cucumber, spring onion, bean sprout dipped in spicy peanut sauce) Main: Stuffed crust pizza – topped with homemade spicy sausage (ground pork, fennel seed, chili, garlic powder, oregano, basil, parsley,…
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Introducing my new play: Grandparents’ War
As you may have gathered from my posts, I love live drama and I feel blessed to be in a situation where I can write and produce my own plays for the stage. I’ve written a bunch of them now – I haven’t promoted them for sale or haven’t shopped them around for publishers, at…
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Free Kindle Book Promotion Day 2
This second round of Kindle free promotion for Beauty Rising is very different than the first, but I knew it would be. I will have more to say about it later this week when I will give you some analysis. But, still have one more day to go. Here’s the current ranking in the category…
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Free! Beauty Rising! One more time!
For only the second time since its release, Beauty Rising is on free Kindle promotion May 1-2 only! Please pick up a copy if you don’t have one. Please tell a friend. If you like it, please write a review. Please tell a friend. Word of mouth is crucial. Did I ask you to tell a…
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Writer’s block or not?
This ARTICLE got me thinking a little bit about what writer’s block actually is. To me, writer’s block is just a matter of semantics. What one person calls ‘writer’s block’, I call just needing some time to let it sort itself out. About two years ago I started writing a short play entitled “Jerome the Cruel and…
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A Beautifully Ratty Book Cover
Look at this wonder book cover. The emotional feeling this book cover gives me would be hard to duplicate with a digital cover, don’t you think? The tattered edges, the torn spine, the creased cover. Just beautiful. I picked up this masterpiece at a bookshop in Virginia for only 10 cents. I had wanted to…
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There are Book Covers in a Library
I was sitting in the library with young artist Joyce Lee. She has been tasked with creating the cover artwork and design for my next novel The Recluse Storyteller. I had given her five different images to work with even though it was clear in my mind which one would be on the cover. When…
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I’m the boss of nothing (in Malaysia)
I’ve been to enough places throughout east and southeast Asia to understanding vividly that the western concept of customer service is typically a foreign one in these parts. Here’s a couple examples. A few years back I was at a small ice cream shop called “Dairy King.” Yes, very original. On the menu was a…
Author Mark W Sasse 