Category: What’s Happening
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Finally, “Beauty Rising” paperback is cheaper! Now only $6.37!
I was waiting for this to happen. Barnes & Noble started offering the paperback version of “Beauty Rising” for $6.37 about a month ago, right after its release. Amazon held out and kept selling it at the list price of $9.99. But as of today, Amazon is matching the price which is GOOD for everyone.…
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Free Day Promotion Success!
My “Beauty Rising” download goal seems measly when I think about it now. After a two day free promotion on Kindle for “Beauty Rising”, the results were beyond my wildest dreams. Remember, I had never done this before and I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t expect this: An average of 288 downloads an…
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Auditions Day 1: Reflections
I started auditions today for our new play “Grandparents’ War” (more on the play later!) and I had 12 young actors, bright and spry, opening themselves up for critique. Talk about frightening. Is there anything more unsettling than drama auditions? Okay, well, perhaps there is. But actors have to really bare their soul in unique…
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When it’s not good enough. (It keeps you humble.)
I’m (hopefully) very close to completing a second master’s degree – this one in Humanities with a history concentration. My thesis is now in the hands of “The Committee”, as each committee member reads and gives me feedback. My mentor sent me back a copy of it last week, and I was sad to see…
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A Writing Review of 2012
I’d just like to run-down the list of writing and drama projects I was able to accomplish during 2012. As I look back, it’s been a productive year. Here’s hoping for another productive one in 2013. January 2012 – Finished editing and published the new play “Life with Stewart.” May 2012 – “Life with Stewart”…
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Support my script at Short/Sweet Theatre @ PenangPAC Sept 12-15
I’m excited that my script “Drive All Night” was chosen to be one of the featured short dramas during the first Short & Sweet Malaysia in Penang. “Drive All Night” is being directed by Penangite Amanda Khoo and performed by a trio of talented young actors. I would greatly appreciate your support by attending one…
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“Life with Stewart” Opens May 23
I’m real excited about the opening of my latest collaborative dramatic effort – “Life with Stewart.” It’s a fun and unique story about Nick who loses his grandmother only to find out that his grandfather is the famous Hollywood legend Nicholas Stewart. We created Stewart to have started out his career in a ground-breaking…
Author Mark W Sasse 