Tag: Books
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Echoes of Reunion
In the tapestry of life, woven tight, Jim Garraty’s journey comes to light. From high school halls with youthful grace, To college lectures, an esteemed place. A scholar’s path, both tried and true, With shadows of the past in view. In Reunion: Coda, we see his quest, Balancing knowledge and memories repressed. A student’s spark,…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: ‘Reunion: Coda’ Update – 22 Chapters Down…Only a Few More to Go!
Late Morning, Friday, December 20, 2024, Miami, Florida I’m pleased to report that yesterday’s afternoon writing session was delightfully productive, and Chapter 22 of Reunion: Coda is, pending my Beta Reader’s seal of approval, officially complete. It’s a rather succinct chapter, perhaps one of the shortest in the novel, clocking in at a mere three…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: From Page to Screen – Prologue to ‘Reunion: Coda’ Adapted as Screenplay
I am a writer. I don’t remember the exact age when I decided to write stories and make a living from it. It was probably around 12, but I became serious in the fall of 1977 after watching Star Wars for the first time. The realization that movies start as screenplays and seeing “written and…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Jim Garraty’s Graduation Day: From Page to Screen
This scene is drawn from the last chapter set during Jim’s high school years at South Miami High in the novel Reunion: Coda. The narrative unfolds on graduation day at Miami-Dade Community College (South Campus), where Jim stands among a sea of new graduates, symbolizing both an end and a beginning. While I do not…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Jim Meets Maddie (A Scene from ‘Reunion: Coda’ in Screenplay Format)
I’m excited to share an excerpt from my upcoming novel, Reunion: Coda. In this scene, our protagonist, Professor Jim Garraty, is at a pivotal moment in his life. He is about to meet the woman he will fall in love with during a serendipitous encounter set against the backdrop of the Moonglow nightclub, with its…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Exciting Developments in ‘Reunion: Coda’ – Chapter 21
Midday/Early Afternoon, Thursday, December 5, 2024, Miami, Florida Hello, Constant Readers! I’m thrilled to announce that yesterday afternoon’s writing session was unexpectedly successful. After two hours of brainstorming – and, admittedly, worrying that I wasn’t making any progress – filled with drafting, editing, and revising, I completed the 21st chapter of Reunion: Coda. This chapter’s…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: My Productive Writer’s Monday
Seamlessly Weaving Fiction: A Day of Creative Triumphs Late Morning, Tuesday, December 3, 2024, Miami, Florida Yesterday was a fantastic day for writing. Not only did I manage to craft my daily blog post – an after-action report of a session of Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, written in the style of…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Maddie Fends Off a Matchmaker! (Writing Exercise)
Writing As a Craft: Keeping Secrets? Author’s Note: This passage is based on one of the many writing exercises from the book How to Write a Romance: Or, How to Write Witty Dialogue, Smoldering Love Scenes, and Happily Ever Afters. In this exercise, I wrote in the third person to practice creating engaging dialogue and…
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The Journey of a Storyteller: Embracing Challenges in Writing
Midday/Early Afternoon, Friday, November 22, 2024, Miami, Florida “Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.” ― Mark Twain I am, first and foremost, a storyteller. Crafting and sharing a good tale – whether presented as a blog post, a short story, a novella, a poem, a screenplay, or (since I’ve been working on one…
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Discovering My Writer’s Journey: Triumphs and Challenges
Late Morning, Thursday, November 21, 2024, Miami, Florida On Writing and Storytelling: The Path to ‘Reunion: Coda’ I’m a writer and storyteller. I started writing when I was nine years old, but I really got going after I started ninth grade at Riviera Junior High School in Miami. At Riviera, I wrote two guest articles…
A Certain Point of View, Too 