Category: Kindle Create (Publishing App)
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, July 2, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third*
* Alternatively: On Writing & Storytelling: Grappling with Revisions and Uploads to Kindle Direct Publishing Hi there! It’s Sunday, July 2, 2023, and here in Lithia, Florida, it’s late morning. It’s also – no surprise there – a hot early summer day, and the second day of the long (and for me, dull and somewhat…
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More Musings, More Thoughts for Saturday, July 1, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second*
*Alternatively, On Writing & Storytelling: ‘Reunion: A Story’ Gets a Third Revised Edition, and the ‘The Reunion Duology’ is Officially Launched as a Two-Book Series It’s now early evening on Saturday, July 1, 2023, here in lovely Lithia, Florida. The sun is still out; the forecast was accurate, and no rain or storms popped up;…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, July 1, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
“Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.” ― Glen Cook, Sweet Silver Blues Hi, there. It’s late – almost noon – morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, July 1, 2023. It’s going to be a scorcher today; as I write this, it’s already 86°F/30°C…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, June 30, 2023, or: A Quick ‘Before Working on the Novel’ Post
It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, June 30, 2023. It’s the last day of the work week and the last day of the month. For many people, it’s also the first day of the long Fourth of July weekend. And, since it’s summer in the subtropical zone, it’s hot (89°F/32°C), humid, and…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Bing AI’s ‘Dust Jacket Blurb’ for Reunion: Coda
Reunion: Coda is a captivating and moving story of love, loss, and redemption, filled with realistic and relatable characters, witty and poignant dialogue, and vivid and nostalgic details. Diaz-Granados skillfully blends romance, humor, suspense, and history to create a novel that will appeal to fans of Nicholas Sparks, John Green, and Stephen King. Reunion: Coda…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, June 28, 2023, or: On Hot Summer Weather, Writing, and AI Reviews
Hi, there! Come Rain or Come Shine Well, it’s late morning – almost noon, really – here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. This being early summer, it’s already a steamy (87°F/30°C) and sticky (72% humidity) day (heat index is now 95°F/35°C), and it’s going to be even hotter by mid-afternoon: the forecast…
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Writing & Storytelling: What Bing AI Thinks About My Manuscript – So Far
I don’t use OpenAI ChatGPT, at least not the version seen in the illustration above. I do, however, consult with his/its accessible version (on Microsoft Edge’s Bing Chat function) on such things as whether my dialogue in a story works well, if the story makes sense, or if it, frankly, is going to be well-received.…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Writer’s SITREP for a Busy Tuesday in June
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, John Williams (Composer), John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Music Reviews, Personal Thoughts, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in Florida“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” ― Muriel Rukeyser It’s late afternoon in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Outside, it is a scorcher of an early summer day in the Tampa Bay area; as I start this, my second post for today, the temperature is 92°F/33°C, although with mostly sunny…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, June 26, 2023, or: A Slow, Late Start to a Writer’s Workday
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Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 26, 2023 – another torrid summer day in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature outside is 92°F/33°C, but with a weak westerly breeze and humidity at 47%, the feels-like temperature is 95°F/36°C. It’s partly sunny, no rain or…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, June 25, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second*
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, All the Things You Are (Kern and Hammerstein), Amazon, Blogging, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Music, Personal Thoughts, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in Florida* Also counts as an entry in the On Writing & Storytelling category with the title A Writer’s Dilemma – Solved! Hey, there! Well, it’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, June 25, 2023 – the 73rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War (1950-53). Since it’s early summer (meteorological summer started…
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