Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
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More of My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five ‘Favorites’ Lists
More of My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five ‘Favorites’ Lists For my friend Patti Aliventi. Music Albums – Movie Soundtracks Star Wars: A New Hope – The Special Edition (1997. RCA/Victor Records) Superman: The Movie – 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition (2018, Warner/LaLa Land Records, ) West Side Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Well, It Looks as Though ‘Epistolary’ Style Might Work After All….
Late Morning, Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, all. I hope you are doing well on this next-to-last Tuesday in October. I have a lot of stuff to do today, some of it related to the novel, and some of it not, so this post is going to be brief. Yesterday afternoon I started…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Love by Emails – My First Attempt at Writing an Epistolary Chapter
Hi, again, my friends. I am chiming in to let you know that despite my apprehension about trying to write an epistolary chapter, I (figuratively) gritted my teeth and decided to give it a go anyway before committing to writing Chapter 12 in the same way I’ve written the previous eleven chapters. I figured, “Well,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, October 23, 2023, or: A TBR Update, and My Writer’s Journey Resumes – with a Change in the Itinerary
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Late Morning, Monday, October 23, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. As I write this, it’s just past 9:15 AM on a cool October Monday. Outside, the temperature is 66°F/19°C under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the northeast at 5 MPH/KMH and humidity at 80%, the feels-like temperature is 72°F/23°C. Today’s forecast calls…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Starting a Story from the Middle (an Excerpt from ‘Reunion: A Story’)
An Excerpt from Reunion: A Story In 1987, 11 years before I decided to write my first complete work of fiction, I took a Creative Writing course (CRW-2001, I believe it was) at what was then called Miami-Dade Community College, South Campus. As I recall, late in the semester, we students were asked to write…
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Tempus Fugit: I Wish You’d Known My Mom (A Tribute)
Late Morning/Midday, Saturday, October 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. If you’re a regular visitor to this space, you might recall that my late mother would have been 95 years old on Tuesday, October 17. As it is, she’s been gone for over eight years; she died less than three months before her 87th…
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My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five ‘Favorites’ Lists
My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five “Favorites” Lists Movies Star Wars (aka Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) Casablanca Jaws Raiders of the Lost Ark (aka Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) Summer of ‘42 Books (Non-fiction) A Bridge Too Far (Cornelius Ryan) Apollo 13 (James A. Lovell…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, October 20, 2023, or: A Quick Life Update
Midday, Friday, October 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there! Welcome to another Friday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s a warm autumn day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature is 80°F/26°C under sunny conditions. We’re still experiencing chilly morning temperatures after the passage of a strong…
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Where Time’s Winds Blow – A Poem
Where Time’s Winds Blow (A poem inspired by the Reunion Duology) Where time’s winds blow That’s where you are; Your bright eyes glow Like distant stars. I call your name And there you are; In time’s freeze frame Caught from afar. Where time’s winds blow Things cannot last; We come and we go Like ships…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 19, 2023, or: A Quick Look at My Current TBW List
Late Morning, Thursday, October 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s a cool autumn day here in Florida. Currently, the temperature outside is 75°F/24°C under sunny skies. If the forecast for today holds true, it should be an enjoyable day – skies are expected to be mostly sunny, and the high will be 83°F/28°C. There’s…
