Category: Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West
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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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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: Breaking News! I Kicked Off Chapter 10 Today with a First Scene
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in Acting Lessons, Adults-Only Games, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Books, Computer and Video Games, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Leap of Faith, MicroProse Software, Peter Caddick-Adams, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaIt’s now late afternoon (almost 5 PM Eastern Daylight Time) here in the Tampa Bay area on Monday, June 19, 2023. It’s also hot as hell outside according to my Weather app. Currently, the temperature is 90°F/30°C under mostly sunny skies. With humidity at 62%, the heat index is 99°F/37°C – definitely not my idea…
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On Books & Reading: My TBR List for April 2023, or: You Can’t Be a Good Writer if You’re Not a Good Reader
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Books, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947, James D. Hornfischer, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Military History, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Operation Downfall, Peter Caddick-Adams, Reunion: A Story, Star Wars, Star Wars: Brotherhood, The Kick-Ass Writer (Chuck Wendig), Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960, World War II (1939-1945)Time Marches Inexorably Onward… “Time flies over us but leaves its shadow behind.” – Nicholas Hawthorne Well, Dear Reader, here we are on Wednesday, April 5, 2023; it’s the middle of the first workweek of the month, and – once again – I am dumbstruck by how fast time seems to fly. I could have…
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On Books & Reading: My TBR List – Some Progress is Better Than None, I Suppose
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in Alfred Coppel, Books, Code-Name Downfall: The Top-Secret Plan to Invade Japan – and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947, Ian Doescher, James D. Hornfischer, Military History, Much Ado About Mean Girls, Operation Downfall, Peter Caddick-Adams, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars: Brotherhood, The Burning Mountain: A Novel of the Invasion of Japan (1983), To Be Read (TBR) Stack, Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960, World War II (1939-1945)Since I posted about my To Be Watched (TBW) list for late January yesterday, today I decided to do a quick update to my current To Be Read (TBR) list for the same period. (I would have preferred to review Code-Name Downfall, but my brain balks at the prospect of doing that now.) The Impediments…
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On Books & Reading, or: Reading Habits, the TBR Stack Got Bigger, and a Quick Life Update
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in Adults-Only Games, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Books, Computer and Video Games, Family History, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, James D. Hornfischer, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad, MicroProse Software, Movie Magic Screenwriter 6, Popcorn Sky Productions, Regiments (2022), Screenwriting, Screenwriting & Producing, Star Wars Books, Star Wars: Brotherhood, The Life and Times of Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle: Stories and Tips from Thirteen Years with a Leonberger, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, Thomas Wikman, Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960I cannot live without books. – Thomas Jefferson I love books. I love to read. I learned to read at an early age. I don’t remember when I started to read, but my mom used to tell me (and anyone else, for that matter) that Tata, my maternal grandmother, taught me to read before…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, August 28, 2022, or: Saturday Night Was a Mix of Thunderstorms, Wargames, and Loneliness
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in Amazon, Amazon Music, Bird's Eye Games, Blogging, Books, Cold War-Turns-Hot Games, Computer and Video Games, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, Gaming, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Love, Sex, & Relationships, MicroProse Software, Personal History, Personal Thoughts, Peter Caddick-Adams, Regiments (2022), SexWell, here I am at my desk on a quiet, mostly sunny Sunday morning in August. Not quite silent, mind you, I’m listening to the digital copy of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Edition), which I have because I bought the CD album earlier this morning. (Amazon often…
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