Category: Poetry
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October Leaves (A Haiku)
Yellow-orange leaves(Some scarlet-brown ones as well!)Fall gently downward.
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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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Writing & Storytelling: What Bing AI Thinks About My Manuscript – So Far
I don’t use OpenAI ChatGPT, at least not the version seen in the illustration above. I do, however, consult with his/its accessible version (on Microsoft Edge’s Bing Chat function) on such things as whether my dialogue in a story works well, if the story makes sense, or if it, frankly, is going to be well-received.…
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Forgotten Dreams
She played a song of forgotten dreamsOn the old piano in the barShe sang of love and loss and hopeHer voice was soft and clear as a star He listened with his heart and soulHe felt a connection he couldn’t explainHe saw the beauty in her eyesHe felt the joy and the pain They talked…
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But…It’s Spring! In Florida! (A Haiku for a Chilly May Morning in the Tampa Bay Area)
Chilly northern breeze Sends unexpected shivers To sleepy writer. (It’s 63 degrees Fahrenheit/17 degrees Celsius as I write this at 9:26 AM; it’s going to be hot later, with a forecast high of 88 degrees Fahrenheit/31 degrees Fahrenheit later in the day.)
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Tuesday Morning, May 2, 2023 (A Haiku)
Tuesday morning comes With golden sun and gentle breeze. Now, coffee I need.
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The Warmth of Florida Spring (A Haiku)
Humid tropic air Blows eastward from the warm Gulf. Spring, like summer feels.
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, April 16, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
Things on My Mind: (Sunday, April 16, 2023) Project X Update Well, even though I am sticking to my “No working on Project X on weekends” rule, I can’t quite shake off the impulse to think about the characters, settings, and situations of the story. I already know who the protagonists are – one very…
A Certain Point of View, Too 