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Michael Xavier

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in Lewiston, Idaho, The United States

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Fiction, Poetry, Philosophy

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January 2015

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I've been a follower of your Facebook page and am amazed by your works. Do you ever get to a point where you aren't able to write and how do you get past it?

Michael Xavier What a great question, Lynne. Thank you for the kind compliment. I've always had the ability to write, but ability alone (like any other talent) is a …moreWhat a great question, Lynne. Thank you for the kind compliment. I've always had the ability to write, but ability alone (like any other talent) is a fickle thing. I have found over the years that finding my process as a writer ensures that I have to depend less and less on inspiration. Process demands discipline. It demands ritual. The rewards it eventually gives are well worth the effort. When I'm not inspired, or stuck at a certain point, I write whatever I can. Quite often short ideas. I know that they will eventually be used or ignite a future piece, character, or story. Talent is the ability to put words in a unique order, but process tells the story.
I hope that helps.

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Why is it that when you don't like an opinion that varies from your own on your FB page instead for responding like an adult you chose to block them from making further comments?

Michael Xavier Hi Jessica. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get to answering your question. I'm rarely here on goodreads, and they make it quite hard for authors t…moreHi Jessica. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get to answering your question. I'm rarely here on goodreads, and they make it quite hard for authors to navigate their own pages. As to your question, I will try to answer it in two parts.
1. My Facebook page is a writers page. It is not a fan page. It is not a discussion page. I have been publishing my work years before the internet, and long before social media gave the false sense of security to anyone with a keyboard that their opinion trumps facts, or experience, or the decency of silence. Meaning: Just because you can comment, don't always mean you should. Especially on a page where the writing is given away. Take the piece to your own page and tear it to shreds. I don't care. I do care when people start little bickering fights over opinions that lead to un-needed wars. Did you know that even through the last presidential election with all its craziness, my page did not have one single mention of either candidate or politics? Not one. Now you know why. I block and delete the people who are there to "state their opinion" rather than read my work. It has become a sort of library of one author.... I don't know how I feel about that analogy, but I don't feel angry.... I do know that.
2. Anyone who is blocked can still enjoy or read my work, they just cant comment. I ask you, why is it so damn important to be able to type something in a comment box? What part of you needs to do that instead of just reading my work? I would like to think that is why you are on my page in the first place. It isn't that I don't want you there. I don't want the drama there.

So enjoy, if you can. If not, I understand. In the end- I've got good new and I've got bad news— I'm Michael Xavier(less)

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	Heart Like a Hammer 4.69 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Cigarette of the Night, (Vol. 1 of the series American Novella) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HEART LIKE A HAMMER "World Edition" 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MOLLYWOOD 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	THE LAST CIGARETTE OF THE NIGHT: VOLUME 1. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Mastering Crypto Currency Trading- Comprehensive Guide to Becoming a Successful Crypto Currency Trader: Unlocking Wealth in the Digital Age: Mastering the Art of Cryptocurrency Trading 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction

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“Wild things have restless wings that too often need to fly.”
― Michael Xavier

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“The reasons we don’t sleep at night are usually the same reasons we don’t truly live during the day.”
― Michael Xavier

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“And when you realize, finally, that deeply wounded
things need loyalty more than love-

Then you will see the human race in a way as the earth has been seen
by a few from the moon.”
― Michael Xavier

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