Episode II: A New Blog
On Writing and Storytelling: ‘The Jim Garraty Chronicles’ is Almost One Month Old!
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been almost a month since I published The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life in Four Movements, an omnibus that presents Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Comings and Goings – The Art of Being Seen, and the bonus tale The Summer…
On Writing and Storytelling: All Good Things – Even Sabbaticals – Must Come to an End…Just Not Yet
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. Late summer in Central Florida has a way of announcing itself without saying a word. If you’ve spent any time in the Sunshine State, you already know the drill: heat thick enough to feel like a physical presence, humidity that clings like an overly affectionate relative,…
A Monday Musicale for an August Afternoon
Monday, August 10, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, there. I’m still on a longish break from Professional Daydreaming™. I also don’t have any interesting life updates to share, so how about some music videos instead?
On Writing and Storytelling: My New Book Earns a First Review!
Sunday, August 9, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, there! I’m pleased to announce that The Jim Garraty Chronicles, my latest book, has earned its first customer review on Goodreads. Yep. That’s right. As of last night, Amazon-owned Goodreads published Adria K’s five-star write-up of my omnibus! Here it is: August 8, 2026 Alex Diaz-Granados has…
Vox Critici: What Readers Say About the Jim Garraty Stories
Vox Critici: What Readers Say About the Jim Garraty Stories Reunion: A Story – The Jim Garraty Chronicles Book 1 (Originally written in 1998, based on a college creative writing class assignment in 1987. First edition published in 2018; second edition published in 2023) From the Publisher: It is June 1983. Jim Garraty is a…
A Glimmer of Modest Good News on a Humid Late Summer Morning
Saturday, August 8, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Good morning, friends. It’s another hot and humid Saturday morning here in Central Florida—the kind of morning that reminds me I’m very much in Orlando in August. The temperature is already 83°F (28°C) under partly sunny skies, with 88% humidity and a southeast breeze at 8 MPH (13…
Thoughts and Musings for Friday, August 7, 2026
Friday, August 7, 2026 – Orlando, Florida It is a dreary, stormy late summer day in Central Florida. It has been raining heavily here for the past 30 minutes, which keeps the otherwise torrid temperatures down to a tolerable level but nevertheless makes for a somewhat depressing environment. Right now, the temperature is 85°F (29°C),…
A Quick Life Update from Central Florida for August 6, 2026
Thursday, August 6, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. I’m still—somewhat reluctantly—on vacation from Professional Daydreaming™, so I don’t have any updates on And the Horse You Rode In On… or other projects in the works. This break from creative writing feels strange. After a long, frustrating stretch of “salutary neglect” toward long-form fiction—I wrote…
On Writing and Storytelling: Books, Breaks, and the Business of Being Bad at Marketing
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. I hope your middle-of-the-week is treating you kindly, wherever you are and whenever you’re reading this. Here in Central Florida, it’s late-summer business as usual: hot, cloudy, sticky, and keeping one eye on the sky just in case the rain decides to make a dramatic entrance.…
On Writing and Storytelling: What I’m Doing in My Late Summer Sabbatical
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. Pull up a chair, pour something cold if you’re in Florida like I am, and let’s catch up. I’m still on a sabbatical from literary fiction after a busy three-year stretch that produced Reunion: Coda, Comings and Goings – The Art of Being Seen, The Summer…
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