Category: Kindle Create (Publishing App)
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July 2025: Heat, Grief, and Writing-Related Stress
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Anxiety, Blogging, Comings and Goings (Short Story), Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Going Full Circle: Back to South Florida I Go, Hurricane Andrew, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in Miami….Again, Life in South Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer 2025, Summer in FloridaWednesday Afternoon, July 9, 2025 â Miami, Florida Hi, everyone. Historically, July has never been my favorite month. Aside from the nearly six years I spent living in Colombia (1966â1972) and a more recent 10-month stint in New Hampshire, July in Florida usually means oppressive heat and humidityâweather that makes retreating indoors feel more like…
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Poetâs Corner: Boston, 1984 (#2)
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Comings and Goings (Short Story), Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Garratyverse, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Poetry, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Romantic Poetry, Writing as a CraftThe Story Boston, 1984. A party Jim Garraty never wanted to attend. A girl who didnât look away. A night stitched together by mixtapes, quiet courage, and the ache of choosing to stay. Jim isnât chasing romanceâheâs just trying to outrun the noise. But when Kelly Moore enters the room with her drink, her Rachmaninoff…
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Being Seen (and Reviewed): A Small Request from the Authorâs Desk
Asking for help has never come easy for me. Especially when it feels like the line between authentic connection and shameless self-promotion blurs under the weight of algorithms and sales metrics. But here I am, doing just that. Comings and Goings â The Art of Being Seen is out in the world now, carrying within…
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âThis Nightâ: Music, Memory, and the Moments That Define Us
Thereâs something about music that stays long after the moment has passed. A lyric looping quietly in the back of your mind. A piano chord that stirs a memory you hadnât meant to revisit. In Comings and Goings â The Art of Being Seen, one such song plays softly in the backgroundâBilly Joelâs âThis Night.â…
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Poet’s Corner: Boston, 1984 (#1)
Morning, Sunday, July 6, 2025, Miami, Florida Iâve been a writer for as long as I can remember. The earliest stories came to life when I was nine or ten, seated in a sunlit classroom at Tropical Elementary here in Miami. Back then, English was still a new frontierâa language I was learning word by…
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Writing, Storytelling, and Music: ‘Comings and Goings’ – The Playlist
+đľ âYou Were Hereâ: Source Music, Intimacy, and the Mixtape Mind of Comings and Goings Some stories unfold over weeks, with characters shaped by seasons and seismic shifts. Others happen in a night. A moment. A mixtape. Comings and Goings â The Art of Being Seen takes place over one Boston evening in 1984âa quiet…
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On Writing and Storytelling: Copy Editor’s Update to ‘Comings and Goings’
đ Comings and Goings Update: A Little Cleanup, a Lot of Heart This morning, bright and early, I gave in to my inner copy editor. That missing hard return on one page of Comings and Goings had been irritating me to no end, so I opened up the Kindle Create app with one goal: fix…
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On Writing and Storytelling: Welcome to the Garratyverse
⨠On the Gentle Art of Being Seen: Reflections from the Garratyverse Sometimes the most powerful storytelling happens in the spaces betweenâbetween memory and longing, silence and revelation, thunder and comfort.Thatâs where Jim Garraty lives.Thatâs where these stories found their readers. Hereâs what theyâve seen in himâand in the stories he carries. đď¸ Reunion: A…
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Thunder, Memory, and the Gentle Ache of Longing
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Books, Comings and Goings (Short Story), Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Going Full Circle: Back to South Florida I Go, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaThursday Afternoon, July 3, 2025, Miami, Florida âWhen thunderstorms roll in, you make a choice to either succumb with tears to the gloomy downpour, or smile and look for rainbows.â â Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year Itâs a dark and stormy⌠day. Iâm…
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The Weight of a Book, the Light of a July Afternoon
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Comings and Goings (Short Story), Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Donating “Reunion: A Story” to the Conway Public Library, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Life in South Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer 2025, Summer in FloridaAfternoon, Wednesday, July 2, 2025 â Miami, FloridaItâs a hot, muggy, and overcast summer afternoon here in southeastern Florida. Thankfully, while the atmosphere is heavy, the skies arenât stormyâat least not at the moment. I did wake to the distant rumble of thunder, though. Tourists hoping for postcard-perfect sunshine might be disappointed; the Greater Miami…
A Certain Point of View, Too 