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Essay length review of Beauty Rising
Book reviewer Fran Lewis just wrote an essay length review on my novel “Beauty Rising.” You can read it here where she posted it on Goodreads. Enjoy. READ REVIEW HERE!
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Would you be inspired?
I did some writing this afternoon on the first day of Chinese New Year and this was my backdrop from the Hard Rock Hotel Penang.
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Chuc Mung Nam Moi!
Happy Vietnamese New Year! Gong xi fa cai! Happy Chinese New Year! (Picture Below: 2013 Chinese New Year display at Gurney Plaza in Penang.) Oh my, a dressed-up Confucian scholar just walked by and gave me some orange candy and wished me a Happy New Year.
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Make a plan and stick to it (aka the unshakable writer and his 4 year plan)
In the fall of 2008 I had a crazy idea. Why not join a masters program to make my already insanely busy life even more so? My thinking process went like this: I could take one class a semester and within a few years I could have a second Masters degree. Or I could twiddle…
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Thoughts on Offering My Novel for Free
I live in Penang. If you have never visited Penang, it’s like food paradise. Delicious, cheap, “hawker” food stalls everywhere – Chinese, Indian, Malay, Thai, etc… I already lament the day I have to leave, and I have no intentions of leaving anytime soon. Penangites are rather stingy when it comes to paying for food.…
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Free Day #1: Neck and Neck with Victor Hugo
Wow! This is the only word that comes to mind. I’ve been promoting non-stop for the last two months to build a base from which to launch a two day free promotion for “Beauty Rising” on Amazon to expand its readership. So far, the results are well beyond my wildest expectations – I already have…
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My novel BEAUTY RISING First time FREE on Amazon
Take a no risk chance on a new indie novelist! My first novel is offered for free on Kindle for two days only (Feb 4-5). Read some of the reviews, pick up a free copy, and tell some of your friends. Thanks everyone. http://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Rising-ebook/dp/B00AIOYC1G/ref=tmm_kin_title_0
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The Forgotten Post: When You Forget to Write Things Down
Don’t you hate that? You have this great idea for an earth-shattering blog post that is going to shatter the darkness of the world and bring about world peace, but you forget to write it down. So now as I sit at my computer, I am void of anything worthy of saying, so I end…
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Literary R &R review of “Beauty Rising” 5 Stars!
A reviewer from Literary R & R just posted her review of “Beauty Rising” giving it 5 stars out of 5. Check it out here: http://literaryrr.blogspot.com/?m=0
Author Mark W Sasse 