Tag: And the Horse You Rode in On….
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On Writing and Storytelling: When a Modest Little Story Develops Ambitions
When a Modest Little Story Develops Ambitions Writers make plans. Stories, apparently, find this adorable. When I started And the Horse You Rode in On…, I had what I thought was a perfectly reasonable idea of what it would become. It would be a modest story, roughly comparable in length to Comings and Goings: The…
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On Writing and Storytelling: When Memory Supplies the Dialogue
When Memory Supplies the Dialogue One of the strange things about writing a story set fifty years ago is discovering what memory decided to keep. Not necessarily the important things. Sometimes what survives is a voice. I’ve been working on Chapter Five, “Home Turf,” of And the Horse You Rode in On…, my current Jim…
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Six New Readers, One Work in Progress, and a Return to 1976
Six New Readers, One Work in Progress, and a Return to 1976 The free Kindle promotion for The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life Told in Four Movements is over, and six readers downloaded copies during the promotion. To those six readers: thank you. I hope you enjoy meeting Jim Garraty, his friends, and the various…
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Halfway There, and the Horses Are Getting Restless
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, And the Horse You Rode In On, Autumn 2026, Autumn in Florida, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life Told in Four Movements, The Summer of Two MoviesTuesday, November 3, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone, and welcome to another exciting episode of A Writer’s Life. Today has been a better day than yesterday, at least weatherwise. It rained a little while I was sleeping last night, but even though it was cloudy and mostly gray when I got up around eight…
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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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On Writing and Storytelling: The Stories Hiding Behind the Stories
Saturday, October 24, 2026 – Orlando, Florida The Stories Hiding Inside the Stories If you’re one of the Constant Readers of this blog (thank you, by the way!), you doubtlessly know that I’m working on the fifth book of The Jim Garraty Chronicles. More specifically, it’s the fourth long-form standalone work. The Jim Garraty Chronicles:…
