Category: Writing as a Craft
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Writing Exercise for Reunion: Coda
Writing Exercises for Reunion: Coda Monday, April 1, 2024 What does your hero say the first time he sees the heroine naked? “As a historian, I’ve always believed it’s the unseen details that hold the true essence of beauty. Now, standing before you, I realize some histories are felt rather than told.” And this is…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, February 29, 2024, or: A Leap Day Report on My Journey as a First Time Novelist
Mid- to Late Morning, Thursday, February 29, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi there, friends. It’s a beautiful, if perhaps chilly New England morning on this last day of (Leap Year) February 2024. Currently, the temperature is 19°F (-7°C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 40% and the wind blowing from the west-northwest at 9 MPH…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, February 26, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second…and Starting a New Writer’s Workweek
Late Morning, Monday, February 26, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks, and welcome to the 1,444th post in A Certain Point of View, Too. It is a cloudy, chilly late winter day here in northern New England. Currently, the temperature is 32°F (0°C) under – naturally – cloudy skies. With the wind blowing at…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, December 27, 2023, or: The Settling-In Saga Continues…and a Quick Writer’s Life Update
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, From Lithia (FL) to Madison (NH), Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing as a CraftLate Morning, Wednesday, December 27, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks. It’s just past 9 AM Eastern Standard Time here in my corner of New England. Currently, the temperature in my neighborhood is 37°F/3°C under light rain and snow showers; the feels-like temperature outside – which is where I don’t want to be right…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, September 22, 2023, or: There Shall Be No Weekend for This Writer
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in A Certain Point of View (Blogger), Alex Diaz-Granados, All the Things You Are, All the Things You Are (Kern and Hammerstein), Blogging, Creative Writing, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Music, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing as a CraftMidday/Early Afternoon, Friday, September 22, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, all. So, here we are again at the end of another workweek and on the brink of another weekend. For me, Fridays aren’t as full of promise as they used to be regarding restfulness or weekend fun. If I have a reasonably productive writing week (which…
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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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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, July 3, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Fourth
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Star Wars, Star Wars action figures (Kenner/Hasbro), Star Wars collectibles, Star Wars The Black Series, Summer in Florida, Writing as a CraftIt’s midday/early afternoon in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, July 3, 2023. It’s a steamy – and not in a good way – summer day here in the Tampa Bay area: the temperature outside is 90°F/32°C under mostly sunny conditions, although the heat index is higher – 96°F/36°C. A true scorcher of a day, if you…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Bing AI’s ‘Dust Jacket Blurb’ for Reunion: Coda
Reunion: Coda is a captivating and moving story of love, loss, and redemption, filled with realistic and relatable characters, witty and poignant dialogue, and vivid and nostalgic details. Diaz-Granados skillfully blends romance, humor, suspense, and history to create a novel that will appeal to fans of Nicholas Sparks, John Green, and Stephen King. Reunion: Coda…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Sometimes the Writing Muse Smiles Down at Me, Sometimes She Doesn’t….
Hi, there. Well, it’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, June 23, 2023. It is a hot (87°F/30°C) early summer day in the Tampa Bay area. It doesn’t look like we’re going to see too many rain showers or thunderstorms around; the forecast calls for partly sunny skies and a high of 89°F/31.…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, June 21, 2023, or: On Writing, Weather, and the Summer Solstice*
* Not necessarily in that order. Thunder in the Morning, Sunshine in the Afternoon Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning – almost midday, actually – here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. It’s a warm (82°F/26°C) and soggy day in my corner of the Tampa Bay area. It’s also the summer solstice…
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