Category: CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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On Writing & Storytelling: Baby Steps are Better Than No Steps at All
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” ― Graham Greene, Ways of Escape SITREP: All Quiet on the Writing Front – For the Moment It’s…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, March 19, 2023, or: A Quick Weekend Update on a Chilly, Gloomy Sunday Afternoon
Closely Watched Packages – Déjà Vu All Over Again? “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi Berra Well, it’s early afternoon on Sunday, March 19, 2023, here in Lithia, Florida, and it is a cloudy, chilly (56°F/13°C) day in the Tampa Bay area. The low temperature and the gray, gloomy skies are affecting…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Novella’s Second Revised Edition is Available on Amazon!*
* And on Barnes & Noble Online, too! “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ― Toni Morrison As of 8 PM Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, March 17, 2023, the second revised edition of my novella Reunion: A Story has been…
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Cover Reveal for Reunion A Story
Originally posted on Leonberger Life: Sometimes I make posts not directly related to Leonberger dogs, especially if I want to promote a good book. Today I am making a cover reveal post for one of the books written by a talented author and an on-line friend by the name Alex Diaz-Granados. New front cover for…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Closely Watched Packages – Waiting for My Copy of ‘Reunion’
“Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work’s important, family’s important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You’re cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what’s coming.” ― Nicholas Sparks, Three Weeks with My Brother Today is the day. Today (Wednesday, March 15, 2023) is the day I receive my paperback copy…
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On Writing and Storytelling, or: How I Spent My Friday Afternoon – Revising, Rewriting, and Re-Publishing ‘Reunion’
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ― Louis L’Amour Today I spent several hours revising – first on Word, then on Kindle Create – my short story Reunion, which I originally wrote in 1998 but waited 20 years till I could self-publish through Amazon’s CreateSpace…
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A Writer’s Tale: Truth or Fiction?
“Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it.” ― Dean Wesley Smith Where do you get your ideas from? All writers of fiction, from Jane Austen, Herman Melville, Jules Verne, Edith Wharton, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Harris,…
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A Writer’s Tale: Of Names and Songs
Many years ago, when I still lived in Miami, Florida, I wrote a short story which was both a coming-of-age tale and also a look at an older man who must re-examine his youthful choices after a tragic incident kills his high school “crush.” As Reunion’s summary reads on the back cover and on its…
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A Writer’s Tale: A Brief Discussion of Characters in ‘Reunion’
In the summer of 1998, I wrote a short story about a man, his best friend, and a woman who died. Because I wrote the story around the same time that South Miami High’s Class of 1983 held its 15th reunion – an affair that I did not attend because I could not afford the…
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A Writer’s Tale: Birth of a Short Story
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been a tad over three years since I self-published my short story Reunion via Amazon’s CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Originally written in 1998 at a time when I was feeling nostalgic about my teenage years and, among many things, prompted by the recent death of one of my…
A Certain Point of View, Too 