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WRITER’S EYE: The Nature of This Beast

By Mike Vidafar March 23, 2013 JOURNAL, Writer's Eye

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…

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Writer’s Eye: Baby Bear & Competition

By Mike Vidafar March 15, 2013 JOURNAL, Writer's Eye
Writer’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…

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Writer’s Eye: Dare to Dream or Suppress Your Scream

By Mike Vidafar March 13, 2013 JOURNAL, Writer's Eye

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.…

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The Grinker Experiment

By Mike Vidafar November 3, 2012 CREATIVE WORK, SHORT STORIES No Comments

I wrote a short-short story (1,600 words) this morning based on an interesting sci-fi dream I had. I woke up at about 6 a.m. and decided I should write this…

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Writer’s Eye: Enchanted

By Mike Vidafar October 17, 2012 JOURNAL, Writer's Eye
Writer’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,…

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Writer’s Eye: Bad Writer, Bad Blogger, Bad.

By Mike Vidafar October 12, 2012 JOURNAL, Writer's Eye
Writer’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…

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Writer’s Eye: Death of the Butterflies

By Mike Vidafar March 23, 2012 JOURNAL, Writer's Eye

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…

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Writer’s Eye: Truth in Satire

By Mike Vidafar March 13, 2012 JOURNAL, Writer's Eye
Writer’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.…

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Writer’s Eye: Bracing for Impact

By Mike Vidafar March 2, 2012 JOURNAL, Writer's Eye

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…

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Mike on Mike: Failures and Firsts

By Mike Vidafar February 5, 2012 JOURNAL, Mike on Mike

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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