Tag: Beatriz Diaz-Granados
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, July 18, 2024, or: A Sad (Ninth) Anniversary Poses Challenges for Newbie Novelist
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Family History, 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, Summer 2024The author reflects on the anniversary of his mother’s passing, sharing memories and motivations behind his novel, Reunion: Coda. He discusses his writing process and progress, expressing his determination to fulfill a promise to his late mother. Despite emotional challenges, he remains committed to his work.
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Coping with Grief: The Role of Novel Writing and AI in Finding Joy
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The author reflects on writing, grief, and joy, discussing the struggle to focus due to a family loss. They share their writing process, resistance to outlines, and use of AI and human Beta readers. The AI analyzes a passage from their novel, revealing the character’s regrets and emotional depth. The scene adds depth to the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 12, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the First…and Some Thoughts on Mother’s Day of ’24
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Family History, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), MicroProse Software, New Hampshire Weather, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring 2024The post describes a cloudy but pleasant spring day in New Hampshire. The author reflects on taking a break from writing, expressing the stress and fatigue involved in the process. It’s Mother’s Day, a bittersweet occasion due to the loss of the author’s mother and past family tensions. The post ends with well wishes and…
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Tempus Fugit: I Wish You’d Known My Mom (A Tribute)
Late Morning/Midday, Saturday, October 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. If you’re a regular visitor to this space, you might recall that my late mother would have been 95 years old on Tuesday, October 17. As it is, she’s been gone for over eight years; she died less than three months before her 87th…
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Tempus Fugit: Yesterday Was My Mom’s 95th Birthday….
Yesterday was my mother’s 95th birthday. She, of course, is no longer here. She died in the early morning of Sunday, July 19, 2015, after a five-year struggle with dementia and the effects of a long and eventually failed recovery from an operation to repair her spine. I do my best not to dwell on…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 5, 2023, or: Family Anniversaries Loom; Progress on Novel Inches Forward
Midday/Early Afternoon, Thursday, October 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Welcome to another Thursday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s the fifth day of October, which as you know is not one of my favorite months – for a number of reasons. First, it’s the “birthday month” of both my parents. Dad…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Action Plan for Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Family History, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Movie Magic Screenwriter 6, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaLate Morning, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, there, Dear Reader. This being summer, and this being west central Florida in summer, it’s shaping up to be another sweltering day in the Tampa Bay area. As I start writing this, the temperature outside is 86°F/30°C under sunny skies. Thanks to a combination of a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, July 21, 2023, or: On Writing Stories on a Sweltering Summer Day in Florida
Midday, Friday, July 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, Dear Reader. It is a suffocatingly torrid day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature outside is, according to the Weather app on my computer, 91°F/33°C under partly sunny conditions. The heat index is quite high – the “feels-like” temperature is…
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More Musings, More Thoughts for Thursday, July 20, 2023, or: On Writing, Stress, Grief, Stormy Weather, and Stark Realities
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Creative Writing, Family History, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in Florida, Victoria Eugenia Pineros Restrepo (Vicky)Evening, Thursday, July 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, again, Dear Reader. It’s still light outside – sunset is about an hour or so away – as I begin writing this second post of the day. And after a batch of thunderstorms passed through the area between 5 and 6 PM Eastern Daylight Time, the skies…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, July 20, 2023, or: Grief, Stress, and Writing
Early Afternoon, Thursday, July 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, it looks like today is going to be one of the hottest days of the still young summer; as I write this, the temperature (outside, of course) is 91°F/33°C under mostly cloudy conditions. With humidity at 64% and a barely moving (3…
