Tag: beauty rising

• What is the ideal chapter length?

  This is one of those questions where there is no correct answer. So the better question would be this: When you are reading a book, do you like long chapters or short chapters? Chapters are, of course, natural starting and stopping points of a novel. If a chapter is well written and gripping, length doesn’t…

  sassevn

  June 21, 2013

  Writing Process

  beauty rising, chapter lengths, indie author, novel writing, Sasse novels, writing process

• An Analysis of Second Kindle Free Promotion

  Several weeks back I had only my second Kindle Free Promotion days for my first novel Beauty Rising. I’m finally getting around to thinking through how it went. Here’s what I learned. First, my first free days (2 of them) were two months after the release of my novel. I had built up some positive reviews by…

  sassevn

  June 19, 2013

  Indie Author, Promotion

  Amazon KDP, beauty rising, Free kindle, free kindle books, indie author promotion, Kindle free promotion

• Plugging Away on Novel #3: How much time between releases?

  Summer break for a teacher. Is there anything better in the world?  It has been great to finally have time to write. I’m currently working on novel #3 even though novel two hasn’t even been released yet. It’s a little trick I like to have up my sleeve. Have the next one complete before I…

  sassevn

  June 11, 2013

  Indie Author, Uncategorized

  beauty rising, indie author, marketing, new releases, promotion, The Recluse Storyteller, time between releases

• Couldn’t Ask for Anything More.

  A recent review of my novel “Beauty Rising” started like this: “Prior to Beauty Rising I was completely unfamiliar with Mark Sasse’s work. You can bet I’ll be reading everything of his I can get my hands on now.” Wow! That’s amazing and exactly what I need if I am to build readership. Even better,…

  sassevn

  May 23, 2013

  Reviews

  beauty rising, friend recommendation, indie authors, reviews

• Twilight Fans Need Not Apply

  I thought this was funny. My novel, Beauty Rising, got a less than stellar rating on Goodreads recently. That happens, and I’m OK with that. I can’t expect everyone to like it. Just out of curiosity, I clicked on the rater’s Goodreads page to see what kind of books this person typically likes. Topping the list…

  sassevn

  May 21, 2013

  What’s Happening

  beauty rising, twilight, writing style

• Review of Beauty Rising from I AM, INDEED!

  Gaele Hince from I Am, Indeed gave a nice four-star review of my novel Beauty Rising.  It’s starts like this: Strong and solid prose highlight the character driven story and bring the beauty that is Vietnam and her people to light. Tragedies make strange bedfellows, as the two main characters in this story, Martin and…

  sassevn

  May 19, 2013

  Reviews

  beauty rising, i am indeed, review of beauty rising

• My First Southeast Asian Giveaway!

  I’m excited to do a Goodread’s Giveaway for Beauty Rising focused just on Southeast Asia  – Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. So far, there are 12 people requesting a free copy – isn’t that awesome! Malaysia – my home! Thailand – the birthplace of my daughter! Indonesia – our vacation spot! and Vietnam – which inspired my…

  sassevn

  May 5, 2013

  What’s Happening

  beauty rising, goodreads giveaway, southeast asia

• On Review #50

  I’ve been real pleased at the number of reviews that my debut novel Beauty Rising has garnered over its first 5 months of release. Just today on Amazon I got my 50th, a very humbling review from someone who said: “Wonderful! This was the most satisfying book I have read this year, and I read more than…

  sassevn

  May 3, 2013

  What’s Happening

  beauty rising, reviews

• Indie Spotlight on Beauty Rising

  Author Ricki Wilson did a nice “Indie Spotlight” on my novel. You can check it out HERE!

  sassevn

  April 7, 2013

  Uncategorized

  beauty rising, indie spotlight

• I’m not a genre writer

  Genres are popular. I get it. Genres categorize novels so readers can browse through the books they are more likely to be interested in.  (Yes, that’s a preposition at the end of a sentence. It’s late, and I don’t feel like re-writing it. Plus, that’s what blogs are for.)  Back to genres. Many authors are…

  sassevn

  April 5, 2013

  Writing Process

  beauty rising, fiction, general fiction, genre writing, indie author, literary fiction, writing, writing categories