WRITER’S EYE: The Nature of This Beast
I just realized this as I was typing that “v” word in a previous blog post. I’ve always considered the field of writing to be different than other businesses. Maybe…
Read moreWriter’s Eye: Baby Bear & Competition
“Your novel? My opinion is I hate it. If it’s bad, I’ll hate it because I hate bad writing; If it’s good, then I’ll be envious and hate it even…
Read moreWriter’s Eye: Dare to Dream or Suppress Your Scream
This one is me speaking personally, about writing. I can’t tell you how frustrating it is to be suppressed by the business world. Mostly because suppression is the business world.…
Read moreWriter’s Eye: Enchanted
Last night was arguably one of the most momentous of my life. I chose that word with care — it was also important, and special, and exciting. But it was,…
Read moreWriter’s Eye: Bad Writer, Bad Blogger, Bad.
It’s been too long since my last post. As most inconsistent bloggers do, I’d like to chalk it up to “just being busy”. And while it’s true, and I have…
Read moreWriter’s Eye: Death of the Butterflies
It’s difficult to describe the months leading up to yesterday. They were filled with hopes, ambitions, plans, positive thoughts, and more than anything else, a desire to take my writing…
Read moreWriter’s Eye: Truth in Satire
Last night (Mar. 11) I did something I had been putting off for a while. That “something” was the rather enjoyable task of watching a particular episode of The Simpsons.…
Read moreWriter’s Eye: Bracing for Impact
To me, one of the best “perks” of being a writer is the potential an author has to impact the life of a reader. Of course, it is usually taken…
Read moreMike on Mike: Failures and Firsts
By the time I was in sixth grade, my elementary school had instituted the Accelerated Reader (AR) Program. Without going into unnessiary detail, the program assigned point values to books,…
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