Tag: Books
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Navigating the Writing Journey: My Novel ‘Reunion: Coda’
Midday, Wednesday, November 20, 2024, Miami, Florida “The hardest thing about writing is writing.” ― Nora Ephron Writing Journey Well, I’ve been diligently working on Reunion: Coda – my first novel and a continuation of Reunion: A Story, a novella I wrote in 1998 and published 20 years later – for precisely 20 months and…
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Writing Breakthrough: Crafting Chapter 21 of Reunion: Coda
Late Morning, Tuesday, November 19, 2024, Miami, Florida Hi, Constant Readers, and welcome to the Tuesday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s another warm and muggy late fall day in South Florida. The temperature is 81°F (27°C) under partly sunny skies. With humidity at and the wind blowing from the at (),…
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Crafting Stories: My Writing Journey
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in Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Uncategorized, Writing as a CraftLate Morning, Monday, November 18, 2024, Miami, Florida Greetings, Constant Readers. It’s another gray-shrouded late autumn morning on this first day of a new workweek in South Florida. The temperature is 79°F (26°C) under mostly cloudy conditions. With humidity at 54% and the wind blowing from the east at 8 MPH (12 Km/H), the feels-like…
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On Writing and Storytelling: The Curse of the Blinking Cursor Strikes Again!
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, MicroProse Software, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, Writer’s BlockLate Morning, Saturday, November 16, 2024, Miami, Florida It’s a gorgeous, if rather warm, autumn day in the subtropical zone. The current temperature is 78°F (25°C) under sunny conditions. With humidity at 58% and a north-northeasterly breeze blowing at 7 MPH (11 Km/H), the heat index is 86°F (30°C). The forecast for today calls for…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Coping with Stalled Progress on ‘Reunion: Coda’
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Autumn in Florida, Blogging, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Going Full Circle: Back to South Florida I Go, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Life in South Florida, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writer’s BlockLate Morning, Thursday, November 14, 2024, Miami, Florida Hi, Constant Readers. It’s another warm, bright, humid day in South Florida as I prepare for another writing day in my new abode. Currently, the temperature is 82°F (28°C) under partly sunny conditions. With humidity at 54% and the wind blowing from the east-southeast at 11 MPH…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: My Slow Tuesday…and Blessings from My Beta Reader
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Life in South Florida, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing as a CraftLate Morning/Midday, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, Miami, Florida Hi, Constant Readers. It’s another bright, sunny, and muggy autumn day in South Florida as I prepare for another workday as a first-time novelist. The temperature is 84°F (29°C) under partly sunny skies. With humidity at 62% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 17 MPH…
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Weekend Update, Part the First: Even Writers Need Time Off….
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Going Full Circle: Back to South Florida I Go, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, WeatherLate Morning, Sunday, November 10, 2024, Miami, Florida Hi, Constant Readers! It’s a warm, muggy late autumn day here in my hometown of Miami. The temperature is 82°F (28°C) under partly sunny skies, but with humidity at 69% and an easterly wind blowing at 15 MPH (25 Km/H), it feels like 87°F (31°C). Today, we…
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Life in Miami: Balmy Mornings and Creative Reflections
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Late Morning, Saturday, November 9, 2024, Miami, Florida Hi there, Constant Readers. It’s a hot, muggy Saturday morning in South Florida as the second weekend of November 2024 rolls in. The temperature is a toasty 83°F (28°C) under mostly sunny skies. With humidity at 68% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 13 MPH…
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Writing Progress: Chapter 20 of Reunion: Coda
Mid- to Late Morning, Friday, November 8, 2024, Miami, Florida Greetings, Constant Readers. It’s another warm, humid late fall day here in South Florida as I prepare for the last day of my regular workweek. The temperature is 82°F (28°C) under sunny skies, but with humidity at 73% and the wind blowing from the east…
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A Writer’s Tale: Tangling with Bureaucracies and a Novel Adds Stress to a New Living Arrangement
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, Donating “Reunion: A Story” to the Conway Public Library, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaLate Morning, Thursday, November 7, 2024, Miami, Florida Greetings, Constant Readers. It’s another warm but grey-shrouded late autumn day in my corner of South Florida. According to my computer’s Weather app, the temperature is a balmy 83°F (28°C) under mostly cloudy conditions. With humidity at 81% and the wind blowing from the east at 17…
A Certain Point of View, Too 