Tag: A Writer's Life
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Chapter with the Emails Moves Forward…One Romantic Email at a Time
Late Morning, Thursday, January 18, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks. It’s almost 9 AM Eastern Standard Time as I begin my 1,401st post on A Certain Point of View, Too. Once again, it’s been one of those long mornings when I wake up much earlier than I need to, can’t get back to…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Pressing On with the ‘One with the Emails’ Chapter…and Welcome to My 1,400th Post on WordPress!
Mid- to Late Morning, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks. Well, it’s 9:00 AM EST here in Madison as I begin this, the 1,400th post in this blog. It’s quite chilly here; the current temperature is 16°F/-9°C under partly sunny skies, with a “feels-like” temperature of 18°F/-°C. The forecast for today…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, January 16, 2024, or: Writing Reunion: Coda’s Epistolary Chapter…One Simulated Email At a Time
Late Morning, Tuesday, January 16, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, folks. It’s late morning – 9:10 AM Eastern Standard Time – here in my corner of New Hampshire as I start this, the 1,399th post in A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s a gray, oft-snowy winter morning; the temperature outside is 20°F/-7°C under cloudy…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, January 11, 2024, or: Notes from a Storyteller in New England (and a Quick Life Update)
Late Morning, Thursday, January 11, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, everyone. It’s late morning here in my corner of New England on the fourth day of the regular workweek. Since it’s early winter still, the temperature here is 31°F (0°C) under mostly cloudy conditions. It feels colder than that, though; the wind-chill factor on…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Early to Rise, Early to Work? Musings on a Gray, Cold New England Morning
Mid-to-Late Morning, Wednesday, January 10, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. It’s already midway through the workweek, and this 10th day of the new year is off to a chilly and soggy start here in New England. As I write this, the temperature in Madison is 38°F/3°C under a mixture of light snow and rain.…
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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: ‘Reunion: A Story’ – Genesis of a Novella
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in South Florida, Life in the United States, Passage of Time, Personal History, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Sex, South Miami Senior High SchoolLike most writers, I’m often asked questions along the lines of “Where do you get your ideas from?” and “How did you write this story?” So, to give you some idea of how Reunion came to be and what it’s about, here are some questions and answers related to my novella. The Premise: It is February 1998. 33-year-old…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A SITREP on ‘Reunion: Coda’ for August 3, 2023
Late Morning, Thursday, August 3, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, Dear Reader. As I write this, noon is less than three hours away, and yet it is shaping up to be another simmering high summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature (outside) is 82°F/27°C under mostly sunny conditions. However, with humidity at…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Editing and Revising ‘Reunion’ – It’s Not Over Until the Last (Egregious) Mistakes Are Corrected
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On!’ has solved and always…
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