Category: Reunion: A Story
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AI’s Take on ‘Reunion’ (A Haiku by Bing & Alex Diaz-Granados)
He loved her so much But never told her his heart Now he wonders why (Haiku created by Microsoft’s Bing AI, based on my novella Reunion: A Story.)
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, March 31, 2023, or: What Do You Mean, ‘March is Over’?
All Quiet on the Northwestern Front So, it’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, March 31, 2023. Another week, and another month, and another quarter of a year, have ended. I don’t have much in the way of news; the house in Brandon is still being remodeled and renovated, and since the owner…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Ups and Downs (Mostly Downs) of a Writer’s Working Life
Insomnia Strikes Again! Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, March 27, 2023 – and, man, am I tired! I had yet another one of those Gee, why can’t I go to sleep at a decent hour? nights when, as hard as I tried, I simply couldn’t get comfortable…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Playing Hooky (on a Sunday) from Storytelling
“Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft As I sit here at my writing desk in a house in Lithia, Florida, it is late morning…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Good Stories Come to Those Who Wait
Good Stories Come to Those Who Wait “And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Okay, folks. Listen up. It’s going to be…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Baby Steps are Better Than No Steps at All
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” ― Graham Greene, Ways of Escape SITREP: All Quiet on the Writing Front – For the Moment It’s…
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Writer’s Labor & Result (A Haiku)
Fingers type quickly As thoughts turn into phrases; Lo! A book is born!
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On Writing & Storytelling: What’s in a Name, You Ask?
“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.” – Virginia Woolf It’s almost noon on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 – the second day of traditional (or astronomical) spring and the 21st since the start of meteorological spring – and…
A Certain Point of View, Too 