Category: Books
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, October 23, 2023, or: A TBR Update, and My Writer’s Journey Resumes – with a Change in the Itinerary
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Late Morning, Monday, October 23, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. As I write this, it’s just past 9:15 AM on a cool October Monday. Outside, the temperature is 66°F/19°C under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the northeast at 5 MPH/KMH and humidity at 80%, the feels-like temperature is 72°F/23°C. Today’s forecast calls…
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My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five ‘Favorites’ Lists
My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five “Favorites” Lists Movies Star Wars (aka Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) Casablanca Jaws Raiders of the Lost Ark (aka Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) Summer of ‘42 Books (Non-fiction) A Bridge Too Far (Cornelius Ryan) Apollo 13 (James A. Lovell…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 5, 2023, or: Family Anniversaries Loom; Progress on Novel Inches Forward
Midday/Early Afternoon, Thursday, October 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Welcome to another Thursday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s the fifth day of October, which as you know is not one of my favorite months – for a number of reasons. First, it’s the “birthday month” of both my parents. Dad…
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On Books & Reading: My Much Delayed Update of My TBR Pile
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in Books, Creative Writing, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, James D. Hornfischer, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Peter Caddick-Adams, Star Wars Books, Star Wars: Brotherhood, The Kick-Ass Writer (Chuck Wendig), To Be Read (TBR) Stack, Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960Late Morning, Tuesday, September 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, all. It’s another warm early fall day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin this, my 366th post for 2023 and 1,265th overall since I started A Certain Point of View, Too in March 2020, the temperature outside is 80°F/27°C under mostly cloudy conditions.…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My ‘Hump Day’ Was a ‘Two-Steps Forward, One Step Back’ Kind of Day
Late Morning/Midday/Early Afternoon, Thursday, September 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Greetings, all! It is another extremely hot early (meteorological) fall day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin my 1,260th post in A Certain Point of View, Too, the temperature (outside) is 87°F/31°C under sunny conditions. With humidity at 58% and the wind blowing…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, July 29, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Blogging, Books, Computer Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Movies, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, To Be Read (TBR) StackEarly Afternoon, Saturday, July 29, 2023, Lithia, Florida Well, here I am at my desk – which is where I usually am, regardless of whether I am working on something or just trying to keep from being bored out of my skull – and still trying to figure out how to spend my Saturday. Clearly,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, July 19, 2023, or: Adios, Mami – Eight Years Later (And My Writing Plan for the Day)
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Books, Creative Writing, Family History, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in South Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaLate Morning, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, it’s “Hump Day” – Wednesday – morning, and not surprisingly, it’s shaping up to be another steamy late July day here in the Tampa Bay area. The sun has been up for only a couple of hours, and already the temperature is…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, July 17, 2023, or: Wrapping Up the Weekend Update While Prepping for the Writing Workday
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Books, Creative Writing, Family History, Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Military History, Operation Downfall, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in Florida, World War II (1939-1945)Late Morning, Monday, July 17, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, folks. It’s another scorching summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I start my 1,183rd post on A Certain Point of View, Too, it’s 87°F/30°C under sunny skies, but with humidity at 78% and a weak southwesterly breeze of 3 MPH/5 KMH, the feels-like…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Looks Like the Fixes to ‘Reunion: A Story’ Are In! (An Update on the Updates)
A Soggy, Hot End to a Short Workweek It’s now midafternoon on Friday, July 7, 2023. It’s both hot (91°F/33°C) and rainy outside – the forecast was 100% accurate today – so even though it’s dark outside, I still feel the heat seeping through the wall at my stocking feet as I write this. I…
