Category: Spring in Florida
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A Writer’s Sunday Musings
Late Morning/Midday, Sunday, March 30, 2025, Miami, Florida “Write the book you want to read but can’t find.” – Ilona Andrews With the first scene of Reunion: Coda’s Chapter 30 written and included in the main manuscript, and the final scene safely tucked away in a separate document, I estimate that if all goes well,…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: ‘Reunion: Coda’ – The Beginning of the End
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Books, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Life in South Florida, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring in Florida, Writing a First Novel, Writing as a CraftMid-Morning, Thursday, March 20, 2025, Miami, Florida Good morning! It’s a refreshing spring day here in Miami. The clock reads 6:47 AM, and while the sun is still shy, waiting to make its appearance at 7:25, there’s a peaceful calm in the air. The current temperature is a cool 61°F (16°C), which feels quite brisk…
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A Weekend Respite in Sunny South Florida
Early Afternoon, Sunday, March 2, 2025, Miami, Florida “This is Sunday, and the question arises, what’ll I start tomorrow? “ – Kurt Vonnegut Hello there, dear reader! It’s another hot and sunny early spring day in South Florida. Currently, the temperature is a balmy 78°F (26°C) under clear skies, though with a gentle west-northwesterly breeze…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, May 31, 2023: Adieu, Spring – And a Writer’s Anxieties Come to the Fore
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in 4K UHD Blu-rays, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Atlantic Hurricane Season 2021, Blu-ray Collection, Books, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Family History, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Love, Sex, & Relationships, Movies, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Personal History, Personal Thoughts, Reunion: A Story, Spring in Florida, Star Trek: The Original 6-Movie Collection, The New StoryAdieu to Spring 2023 “Is it so small a thing To have enjoy’d the sun, To have liv’d light in the spring, To have lov’d, to have thought, to have done; To have advanc’d true friends, and beat down baffling foes…?” ― Matthew Arnold, Empedocles On Etna and Other Poems It’s late morning here in…
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On Writing & Storytelling: To Write or Not to Write – Today’s Pressing Dilemma
Hi, there, Dear Reader. How are you on this Friday, May 26, 2023 – or, if you live on the other side of the International Date Line, Saturday, May 27? As always, I hope you’re as well as your circumstances permit. Here in lovely Lithia, Florida, it’s a warm (78°F/26°C), humid, and sunny day, but…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Time for Another SITREP on The New Story
Hi, there, Dear Reader, and welcome to the Thursday, May 25, 2023, edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s midafternoon here in Lithia, Florida, and it’s hot (84°F/29°C), dark, and rainy. It’s so dark that I just had to turn on the ceiling lamp, and I hear thunder, which of course means we…
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But…It’s Spring! In Florida! (A Haiku for a Chilly May Morning in the Tampa Bay Area)
Chilly northern breeze Sends unexpected shivers To sleepy writer. (It’s 63 degrees Fahrenheit/17 degrees Celsius as I write this at 9:26 AM; it’s going to be hot later, with a forecast high of 88 degrees Fahrenheit/31 degrees Fahrenheit later in the day.)
A Certain Point of View, Too 