Category: Reunion: A Story
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A Scene from Reunion: A Story…As Reimagined by Bing AI’s Chatbot in the Style of William Shakespeare
Written by Bing AI Chatbot, in the style of William Shakespeare The school bell then did ring, Breaking silence with its dinging sound, Startled, Marty removed her arm from my wing, I took a step back, relief and regret abound. “Well,” I said in my best Harrison Ford voice, “This is it, sweetheart,” I picked…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Monday, Music, and Waiting for My Muses
“So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends—but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more-positive partnership.”― Julio-Alexi Genao Late morning – at least in what is, for now, my room in Lithia, Florida – on Monday, April 10, 2023: Curtains cracked open, but the blinds are closed to prevent…
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A Tale of Love & Loss (Reunion: A Story): A Poem by Bing AI Chatbot
A tale of love and loss, of youth and time,Of what might have been and what never came,Reunion: A Story doth sublimeThe reader’s heart with its lamenting flame. Jim Garraty, a scholar and a scribe,Doth love fair Marty from a distance far,But on the day he should his love describe,He lets the chance to speak…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, April 9, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, April 9, 2023. It’s also Easter Sunday 2023. It’s a somewhat cool and cloudy day here in the Tampa Bay area, and the house is quiet and peaceful, with only…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, April 6, 2023, or: Carving Out Time to Read (and Other Challenges)
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Thursday, April 6, 2023. I just finished my second – and last – cup of morning coffee, and even though I have caffeine in my system, I’m still a bit sleepy. Clearing the cobwebs up in Brain Central is not as easy as…
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Jim & Marty: An AI Sonnet Based on ‘Reunion’
A tale of love that never had a chanceOf Jim who yearned for Marty from afarBut never found the courage to advanceAnd tell her how he felt before they part He gave her a letter on the last day of schoolA letter that confessed his love for herShe read it after graduation and felt a…
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Bing AI Reinterprets ‘Reunion: A Story’ (An AI Haiku)
Reunion’s sweet tale Two hearts, two souls, one story Love’s mystery told (Haiku created by the Bing AI, based on Reunion: A Story, a novella by Alex Diaz-Granados)
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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 Writing & Storytelling: Getting Over the Fear of Starting is Not Easy, but it is Necessary
“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings I have a confession to make. Every time I embark on a new writing project that’s more substantial than a blog post, I feel both excitement and…
A Certain Point of View, Too 