Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
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On Writing & Storytelling: BREAKING NEWS – Chapter 11 is Complete!*
* At least in first draft mode…. Hi, everyone! I just stopped by to announce that – at least in “rough draft” form – Chapter 11 of Reunion: Coda is finally finished. It took me two months just to figure out how I wanted to write that chapter, a fact that vexes me even now…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 5, 2023, or: Family Anniversaries Loom; Progress on Novel Inches Forward
Midday/Early Afternoon, Thursday, October 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Welcome to another Thursday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s the fifth day of October, which as you know is not one of my favorite months – for a number of reasons. First, it’s the “birthday month” of both my parents. Dad…
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The Proud Tower: La Giralda (A Haiku)
Tall,graceful belfry(It was once a minaret) Reminds me of Spain
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Songs in Minor Keys (A Haiku)
Clefs, notes, and stanzasMelancholic melodies;How still the day seems!
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On Writing & Storytelling: Finally! A Bit of Progress with Chapter 11, Scene Four
Late Afternoon/Early Evening, Monday, October 2, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone! After taking – reluctantly – the weekend off from working on Reunion: Coda, I finally managed to write some new words in Chapter 11’s fourth and final scene. It took me longer than I would have liked, and I had to resort to the…
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October Leaves (A Haiku)
Yellow-orange leaves(Some scarlet-brown ones as well!)Fall gently downward.
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, September 30, 2023, or: A Brief Message for the Last Saturday of September 2023
Afternoon, Saturday, September 30, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone, and welcome to another Saturday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. I hope you are having a good weekend – the last one for September and marks the end of the month and first third of meteorological fall. It’s just past 2 PM as…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Quick SITREP from the ‘Reunion: Coda’ Front Lines
Afternoon, Friday, September 29, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Welcome to the Friday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. Today’s post will be, by necessity, short. I had a hard time falling asleep last night; I didn’t stay up all night, mind you, but I woke up several times between midnight and 5…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Getting Ready to Start a New Workday
Midday/Early Afternoon, Thursday, September 28, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Today’s post will, by necessity, be brief because according to my usual schedule, this is the time of day when I start my rest break, eat lunch, and relax for a while before starting work on my novel. Yesterday, as you know, I started my…
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