Category: Reunion: A Story
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, July 10, 2023, or: Stressed Out! Tales from an Insomnia-Plagued Novelist
Come Rain or Come Shine Late Morning, Monday, July 10, 2023. Lithia, Florida It’s another steamy – and not in a good way – summer day in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature outside is 87°F/31°C under partly sunny conditions. With a weak southwesterly breeze and humidity at 57%, the heat index is at…
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Late Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, July 9, 2023, or: My Sunday Was Not Necessarily ‘Funday’ (But it Wasn’t Necessarily a Bad Day, Either)
My Sunday Wasn’t Exactly a “Fun Day” Sunday Afternoon, July 9, 2023. Lithia, Florida It’s now late afternoon on this hellishly torrid summer day. Outside, it is mostly sunny – a line of rain showers did make their way to the Tampa Bay area, but I don’t think they had much of an impact with…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Quick Sunday Afternoon SITREP on ‘Reunion: Coda’
No Stormy Weather, But Sweltering Heat Continues Sunday, July 9, 2023, Lithia, Florida It’s early afternoon in my corner of Hillsborough County as I begin this, my 1,172nd post in A Certain Point of View, Too. Outside, the heat is oppressive: the current temperature is 92°F/33°C under partly sunny conditions, but when you factor in…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Today’s Planned Workday is Cancelled (or Postponed) on Account of Rain
Late Morning: Black Clouds, Distant Thunder “But the thing about thunderstorms is that there’s always a sense of peace when once the storm is over.” ― Tabitha G. Kelly, Standing By Saturday, July 8, 2023, Lithia, Florida It’s late morning here in my corner of the Tampa Bay area. Outside, the skies are covered by…
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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…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Editing and Revising ‘Reunion’ – It’s Not Over Until the Last (Egregious) Mistakes Are Corrected
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On!’ has solved and always…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The (Hopefully) LAST Update on the Updates to ‘Reunion: A Story’…and Moving Onward with ‘Reunion: Coda’
A Hot Day in Tampa Bay…What Else is New? Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Thursday, July 6, 2023 (a Thursday that, after the long, long Fourth of July weekend, feels like a Tuesday). As you might expect, it’s a hot (88°F/31°C) summer day in the Tampa Bay area:…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Just When I Thought I Was Done with Fixes and Uploads to KDP….
“That’s the magic of revisions – every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.” ― Kelly Barnhill Just when I thought there were no more glaring errors in Reunion: A Story – and wrote On Writing & Storytelling: Is There an End to the ‘Constant Revisions on Kindle Direct Publishing’…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Is There an End to the ‘Constant Revisions on Kindle Direct Publishing’ Saga? I Hope So!*
* Also counts as Thoughts & Musings for Wednesday, July 5, 2023, or A Scorching Hump Day – and NOT in a Good Way! The Long Hot Summer Continues Hi, there. It’s late morning on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, here in Lithia, Florida. It’s a hot summer day in the Tampa Bay area; noon –…
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Summer Reissue Special! For a Limited Time (July 3-10), Get the Kindle Edition of ‘Reunion: A Story’ for $1.99
To celebrate the completion – at long last – of the third revised edition of Reunion: A Story, the first volume in a two-book series, Amazon and I are offering a Fourth of July special price for the Kindle edition. (Sorry, paperback fans, but Amazon doesn’t let me offer discounts on the hard copy editions!)…
A Certain Point of View, Too 