Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
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Six Readers, One Grateful Author, and a Few Hours Left
Last Call: The Jim Garraty Chronicles Is Still Free Until Midnight Just a quick reminder: the free Kindle promotion for The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life Told in Four Movements ends tonight at 12:00 AM Pacific Standard Time. And before it does, I want to say thank you. Six readers have taken me up on…
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A Democratic Voter’s Response to Republican ‘Trump is Still President’ Memes After the 2026 Midterm Elections
This is my response to a post by a Republican from Miami that was intended to minimize her party’s massive nationwide defeat in the 2026 midterm election. I wrote the original draft on my Facebook profile, but I revised it for today’s post. Here’s the original comment by Ana Maria Dominguez of Miami: Congratulations, Democrats!…
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How I Finally Stopped Getting Torpedoed in ‘Sea Power’
How I Finally Stopped Getting Torpedoed in Sea Power Sometimes the best way to solve a tactical problem is not to shoot faster. Sometimes it’s to stop steaming directly toward the submarine that would very much like to ruin your day. I’ve been playing the Crossing the Line ’86 campaign in Sea Power: Naval Combat…
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Halfway There, and the Horses Are Getting Restless
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, And the Horse You Rode In On, Autumn 2026, Autumn in Florida, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life Told in Four Movements, The Summer of Two MoviesTuesday, November 3, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone, and welcome to another exciting episode of A Writer’s Life. Today has been a better day than yesterday, at least weatherwise. It rained a little while I was sleeping last night, but even though it was cloudy and mostly gray when I got up around eight…
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Rainy Monday, New Readers, and Back to The Book
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, And the Horse You Rode In On, Autumn 2026, Autumn in Florida, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Kindle, Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life Told in Four Movements, Writing and Editing, Writing as a CraftMonday, November 2, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, all. It’s the first Monday in November 2026. Outside, it is a cool, damp, cloud-shrouded day that’s meant for staying indoors (except, perhaps, to check the mailbox), eating a hot lunch, and, in my case, getting ready to work on The Book. Right now, the temperature is…
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I Hate Marketing, So Here’s a Free Book
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Kindle, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life Told in Four Movements, The Summer of Two MoviesSunday, November 1, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, there! I am, as longtime readers probably know, not exactly a natural-born marketing person. Nevertheless, I occasionally have to put on my Author-With-Something-to-Sell hat. Except this time, technically, I’m not selling anything. From Monday, November 2 through Friday, November 6, 2026, the Kindle edition of The Jim…
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Two-Thirds of Halfway There
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, Creative Writing, Kindle, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life Told in Four MovementsSaturday, October 31, 2026 – Orlando, Florida I’m happy to report that, despite a few literary wrong turns and occasional visits from my inner critic, who never seems to take a day off, I’ve completed two-thirds of the first half of And the Horse You Rode in On, a Jim Garraty story set in the…
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Changing Cards, Changing Chapters
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in Autumn 2026, Autumn in Florida, Blogging, Family History, Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Life in Madison (NH), Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Life in South Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Miami-Dade Community College, Personal History, Personal Thoughts, Personal Thoughts, Semester in Spain Program, Semester in Spain Program – CCISChanging Cards, Changing Chapters Yesterday, I did something that should have been utterly mundane. I took my New Hampshire state ID out of my wallet and replaced it with my new Florida one. That’s it. One little plastic card came out; another little plastic card went in. And yet, for a moment, it felt weird.…
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FREE Next Week: The Jim Garraty Chronicles
Attention, bargain hunters, readers, friends, Romans, and people who simply enjoy the word “free”: I have a deal for you. Beginning Monday, November 2, the Kindle edition of The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life Told in Four Movements will be FREE on Amazon through Friday, November 6. That gives you five days to add Jim…
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Finally?
On the second anniversary of my triumphant return to the Sunshine State, I might finally get my Florida state ID issued (or, more accurately, reissued… again). Last year I was sent packing for missing one tiny-but-crucial piece of paperwork, but this time my landlady has the day off, the stars have aligned, and we’re heading…
