Category: Movies
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On Writing and Storytelling: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Revising Process
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, yesterday was one of those working days that starts off on the wrong foot, as in, “Oh, crap, I’m ‘blocked.’ I can’t think of a good way to start this new scene!” Yet somehow, it ended on a note of accomplishment because I surprised myself…
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RIP Walter Koenig (1936-2026)
I had the privilege of meeting Walter Koenig at Vulkon ’89 on March 5, 1989, which happened to be my 26th birthday. He was witty, a great speaker, and shared some interesting anecdotes about his acting career. Mostly, of course, Star Trek: The Original Series and the first five feature films Paramount had made up…
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A Friendly Reminder
Sunday, October 25, 2026 – Orlando, Hi, everyone. I just want to remind you that I’m not merely a Florida man with a blog. Actually, I have two blogs, since my original A Certain Point of View site on Blogger is still out there. I’m also a working independent author with actual books to sell.…
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No ‘Fair Weather’ Friend is He: Constant Reader Profile – Juan Carlos Hernandez
Thursday, October 15, 2026 – Orlando, Florida This is one of my best friends from South Miami Senior High, actor-director Juan Carlos Hernandez. We met in Drama class during the 1982-83 school year; he was a junior who liked performing, and I was a senior who needed an elective because I’d taken Economics and Government…
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Book Review: ‘Star Wars: Tales from Jabba’s Palace’
Thursday, October 8, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Tales From Jabba’s Palace is one of several anthologies of short stories set in George Lucas’ “galaxy far, far away” that delve into the cast of supporting characters that were seen in specific scenes of Classic Trilogy Episodes IV, V, and VI. Edited by prolific Star Wars author…
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A Thursday Serenade for an Early Autumn Afternoon
Thursday, September 24, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hello, friends. I’m running fashionably—well, unfashionably—late on my usual blogging schedule. I normally start drafting my WordPress posts between 10:30 and 11 AM, but it’s already a little past noon. Since a decent-sized musing takes me an hour or two to coax into existence, that would push my…
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On Writing and Storytelling: The Little Scene That Became a North Star
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, Creative Writing, Films by Steven Spielberg, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Movies, Music, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, West Side Story (1961), West Side Story (2021), West Side Story – Original Broadway Cast (1957), West Side Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021)The Little Scene That Became a North Star Every long‑form project has its origin myths — the moments that, in hindsight, shaped everything that came after. Sometimes these moments are deliberate. Sometimes they’re the result of careful planning, thematic intention, or structural foresight. And sometimes they arrive quietly, almost innocently, in a first draft written…
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On Writing and Storytelling: Why “Somewhere” was the Only Song Jim and Marty Could Sing
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Books, Creative Writing, Films by Steven Spielberg, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Music, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, West Side Story (1961), West Side Story (2021), West Side Story – Original Broadway Cast (1957), West Side Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021)Why “Somewhere” was the Only Song Jim and Marty Could Sing Every writer knows the moment when a story makes a choice for you. You think you’re the one selecting the detail — the street name, the shade of blue, the song on the radio — but in truth, the story has already decided. Your…
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Say It with Music: A Saturday Musicale
“Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.”― Edward Bulwer Lytton
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On Writing and Storytelling: An Unexpected Boost in Sales!
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Epinions, Life in Florida, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer 2026, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), Writing as a CraftWednesday, August 26, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone — and happy Wednesday from the land of iced drinks, sunscreen, and weather that still hasn’t gotten the memo about fall. Well, folks, summer may be winding down on the calendar — meteorological fall begins on September 1 — but here in Central Florida, the weather…
