Category: Reunion: Coda
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Morning Reflections: Coffee and Creativity in Miami
Late Morning, Friday, November 1, 2024, Miami, Florida Hello there, Constant Readers. It’s another warm, sunny, and muggy day in South Florida. As I write this, the temperature is 81°F (27°C) under mostly sunny conditions. With humidity at 71% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 11 MPH (17 Km/H), the heat index is…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: The Road to Recovering from a Road Trip is Hardly Ever Smooth
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, Going Full Circle: Back to South Florida I Go, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Life in South Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaLate Morning/Midday, Thursday, October 31, 2024, Miami, Florida Hi there. It’s shortly after 11 AM Eastern on the last day of October 2024. This being South Florida in mid-autumn, it’s warm (82°F/28°C), sunny, and humid. So, for those of you hoping to see a pumpkin freeze, you’re out of luck. According to today’s forecast for…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Not Quite Back in the Swing of Things….
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, Going Full Circle: Back to South Florida I Go, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Life in South Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaEarly Afternoon, Wednesday, October 30, 2024, Miami, Florida Greetings, Constant Readers. Today greets me with a steamy, drizzly embrace here in the vibrant heart of Miami. As I shuffle into my third working day this week, the mercury reads 83°F (29°C) beneath a partly sunny sky. A brisk breeze from the east-northeast rushes past at…
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Writing as a Craft: Getting Back into My Routine…in a New Environment
Late Morning, Tuesday, October 29, 2024, Miami, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s a warm, humid, and somewhat cloudy day in the subtropical zone. As I write these words, the temperature is 81°F (27°C) under mostly cloudy conditions. With the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 12 MPH (19 Km/H) and humidity at 64%, the heat index…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: My Third Most Favorite ‘Best Friends Forever’ Scene
“There,” I said. “The one with the long chestnut hair and the blue denim outfit. She’s heading for the lunch line.” Mark squinted and nodded. “Yeah, I see her. She’s pretty. Who is she?” I shrugged. “I don’t remember her name. But she sang ‘We’ll Meet Again’ this morning. She was amazing.” Mark raised his…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: My Second Most Favorite ‘Best Friends Forever’ Scene
Mark walked with me that day, our last day of high school. He didn’t say much. He knew I was hurting. He knew I was losing Marty, and that I was feeling downright shitty about it. She was leaving for London with her family after graduation. She would be gone for the whole summer, maybe…
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A Novelist’s Soundtrack (Music to Write Stories By)
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you may remember that, for me, music is a vital element of the creative process when I write fiction. The format (screenplay, novella, or novel) doesn’t matter; the emotions and mental images evoked by the songs and other compositions…those matter. As someone who “sees” stories as mini-movies…
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A Note from a Late Rising Blogger
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, Going Full Circle: Back to South Florida I Go, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), New Hampshire Weather, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaLate Morning/Midday, Saturday, October 12, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire I am running late on this sunny but cold Saturday morning in Madison’s Eidelweiss District. I don’t know when I went to sleep last night; I only know that it was much later than it should have been. A trip to the bathroom at 6:20 AM didn’t…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Got Any Hobbies?
Jim Garraty, a history professor, balances his time between teaching and diverse hobbies like building model kits and playing classic computer games. His girlfriend Maddie, a pianist and stamp collector influenced by her diplomatic family, shares a deep intellectual connection with him, rooted in a mutual appreciation for history and music.
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Writer’s Shop Talk: My Twist on the ‘Meet Cute’ Trope
The discussion revolves around the “meet cute” trope in storytelling, specifically in romance genres. While the author acknowledges its challenges, they reflect on their own successful execution of it in their novel featuring Jim Garraty. In a noisy Brooklyn nightclub, Jim encounters a captivating stranger, Maddie, whose eloquence and charm draw him in. Their conversation…
A Certain Point of View, Too 