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SOPA & the Publishing Industry
You’ve probably noticed all the hype about SOPA on the Internet these days. SOPA is an Internet anti-piracy bill that the US House of Representatives is toying with. It seems that everyone has been throwing around their opinions of the bill. You may have noticed that Wikipedia blocked their English language site today in protest.…
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Fake News
I enjoy reading the fake news sites at times, and a while back I even toyed with the idea of making one of my own. Here’s a silly one I wrote about Al Gore. Al Gore visited Penang on Monday giving a TED talk at WOU on the dangers of global warming. During his talk,…
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The Hearts Have It
Write what’s on your heart – that’s what the folks said in our first mwsasse extremely mini-poll. It makes sense. Writing is a very personal endeavor and the muse will take you where it will. For example, I’m currently writing my second novel, and I really don’t know where it is going; I also really…
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A Word about Haiti
Recently, I did some research on Haitian ethnomusicology. (Don’t ask!) If you are interested in Haiti, you might like to read the following short excerpt from an essay I wrote about music’s impact on Haitian culture and history. This portion is about Haiti’s newest president who came to power in 2011. (Full documentation available on…
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2012 Writing Plans
Here’s a run-down of some different writing projects I currently have on my plate for 2012. My first novel Beauty Rising remains unpublished as I continue to search for a publisher for it. I have no plans to self-publish it at this time. More on this later. My most recent play Life with Stewart which I wrote…
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Writing Excerpts
I will post some writing excerpts from time to time. They will be listed under PAGES to the right. I would very much appreciate your comments concerning these. Check out “Almighty Might” and “A Highway More Taken” which are both original RLT Players dramatic sketches. I’ve also posted the first three chapters of “Spy Blue:…
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Thank the Artists
Before anything else can be said on this blog, I must thank the amazing artists who have used their talents to adorn the covers of much of my writing. Ji-Hyun Park – Spy Blue Wan-Leen Siow & K. Wiebe – Take Two Sophie Shin – A Tad of Trouble Jacqueline Ashkin – The RLT Players…
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Create not Consume
We consume a lot. Around the holidays, too much. But we were also made to create. And that is what this blog is about. Creativity. Writing. Good-storytelling. I hope to use this to keep everyone up to date on my most current writing projects and I will also be posting writing excerpts for your feedback.…
Author Mark W Sasse 