Category: CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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On Writing & Storytelling: Today I Edited; Tomorrow…I’ll Write?
Writer’s Log, Stardate 2306.7 “When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft After taking an hour-long rest-and-relaxation break before noon, I decided to focus my…
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On Writing & Storytelling: SITREP on Tasks Accomplished – and Tasks to be Done
Hi, there! It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. It’s relatively cool outside on this seventh day of the month and seventh day of meteorological summer (traditional summer is still two weeks away); the temperature is 74°/23°C under sunny conditions. This being Florida, it won’t stay this mild for long.…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Sleepy or Not, I Got Some Editing Done Today
It’s midafternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 – the 79th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, one of the pivotal battles of World War II. It’s a hot (86°F/30°C), sunny day outside, but happily there are no rain showers or thunderstorms in the forecast. I’m still sleepy and tired even…
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On Writing & Storytelling: If it’s Monday, it Must be ‘Revision Day’….
It’s late evening here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 5, 2023. As I write this, the sun is still above the western horizon; it will set, however, in less than an hour, and soon, night will fall. After I revised the scene where Jim and Marty first started practicing their duet for the Spring…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Road to Success is a Bit Bumpy
On the Issue of Using “Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)” in Reunion: Coda[1] Hello again, Dear Reader. Well, I finally got a response from Concord Music, the copyright holder to the song “Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)” from West Side Story. It was brief – the rep in question, Georgina, referred me to…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, June 4, 2023, or: To Write or Not to Write (on the Novel)….
Hi, there. It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, June 4, 2023. It’s a warm (79°F/26°C) and mostly sunny day in my corner of the Tampa Bay area. It’s going to be hot and humid as the afternoon progresses, though, cos it’s June in the subtropical zone. I have been awake since 4:40…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Quick, End-of-the-Workweek Update on the Novel
Today’s writing efforts were acceptable. I added 882 words to the manuscript – not the 1K-word goal I was shooting for, but fuck, I’ll take it. 882 words is still three pages of story, is it not? So, yes, my friends, I did as well as I could. I accomplished my mission: finish the scene…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, June 2, 2023, or: A Writer’s SITREP on The New Story
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Atlantic Hurricane Season 2023, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaHi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, June 2, 2023. It’s a nice early summer day here in the Tampa Bay area: it’s sunny, warm (76°F/24°C) and clear right now, though it’s going to be cloudy, hot (86°F/29°C) and humid later in the day. Also, the National Hurricane Center…
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On Writing & Storytelling: ‘Praise for the Author’ – Selected Reviews for ‘Reunion: A Story’
In July of 2018 – nearly five years ago – I self-published the first edition of Reunion: A Story, a novella I originally wrote in 1998 to see if I could write an original work of fiction. Back then, I didn’t think about getting it published through the traditional route of finding a literary agent,…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A New Month Begins, and I Must Go On Writing, Come What May
“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” ― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Thursday, June 1, 2023. It’s a warm (77°F/25°C) first day of (meteorological) summer and the Atlantic hurricane season.…
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