Category: Books
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A Quiet Sunday and a Waiting Game
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Almost There, Almost Audible
Saturday, February 14, 2026, Orlando, Florida Hi there! Not much news today. Amazon’s ACX doesn’t conduct quality‑assurance reviews on weekends, so the Audible edition of Reunion: Coda is in a bit of a holding pattern. So far, the only milestone logged is that the cover — the one I designed on Canva Pro last fall…
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Progress, Patience, and a Quiet Anniversary
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On Writing and Storytelling: Meanwhile, in the Land of ACX…
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Wrangling Subheadings and Other Midweek Adventures
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, Winter in Florida, WordPress, Writing as a CraftWednesday, February 11, 2026, Orlando, Florida Hello there, dear reader— Well, here we are, smack in the middle of another workweek in Central Florida. It’s a cool, gray, late‑winter Wednesday, with the world outside draped in clouds—think more moody Russian play than sun‑drenched vacation postcard. As I sit here, it’s 63 °F (17 °C) and…
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On Writing and Storytelling: In Which Florida Behaves and Kindle Create Does Not
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A Pretty Swell Monday, All Things Considered
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On Being Seen: A Few Thoughts After an Appreciative Review
On Being Seen: A Few Thoughts After an Appreciative Review Every so often, something happens in a writer’s life that stops you mid-stride—not because it’s loud or dramatic, but because it’s unexpectedly kind. Today brought one of those moments. A fellow writer and blogger, Paul Schingle, published a review of Comings and Goings – The…
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Gray Skies, Small Wins
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Blogging, Books, Computers, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Lenovo – IdeaPad S340 15″ Touch-Screen Laptop, Lenovo IdeaCentre (PC), Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, Royalties, Winter in FloridaThursday, February 5, 2026 — Orlando, Florida Central Florida woke up under a heavy gray quilt today. The latest cold front is sliding south, and as I write this, the temperature sits at 57°F (14°C) beneath a sky that can’t decide whether it wants to rain or simply brood. Light showers are expected around 3…
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A Chilly Tuesday’s Update
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