Tag: Creative Writing
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 21, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third – Wrap-up Edition
Late Morning, Monday, August 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, it’s another torrid late summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. Outside, the temperature is 85°F/29°C under sunny skies. With an east-northeasterly breeze of 9 MPH/14 KMH and humidity at a sticky 66%, the heat index is 93°F/35°C. That’s bad enough, but as…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, August 20, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second – Trouble in the Tropics Edition
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Popcorn Sky Productions, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in Florida, Sunny in the Valley of Crickets, Sunny in the Village of Crickets, WeatherEarly Afternoon, Sunday, August 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, it’s another hot and muggy day in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin writing this, the temperature is 89°F/32°C under mostly sunny conditions. With humidity at a sticky 63% and a somewhat brisker than usual easterly breeze – a land breeze in this…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 19, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Late Morning/Midday, Saturday, August 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida “August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, here it is late morning on another steamy late summer day in the Tampa…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, August 18, 2023, or: Sorry I’m Late, But…
Early Afternoon, Friday, August 18, 2023, Lithia, Florida I’m starting way later than usual on this, the last day of the regular workweek, which is unusual for me because I usually begin writing my daily blog post between 8 and 10 in the morning – depending on my energy levels and if I have a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, August 17, 2023, or: A Bit of Blogger’s Potpourri on a Stormy Day in Florida
Late Morning, Thursday, August 17, 2023, Lithia, Florida “The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s a gray, cloud-shrouded morning here…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, August 16, 2023, or: Welcome to Midweek, Midmonth, and a Hellishly Hot Midsummer!
Late Morning, Wednesday, August 16, 2023, Lithia, Florida Greetings and salutations, Dear Reader. Well, here we are again in midweek in mid-August, and it’s another miserably torrid midsummer day in Florida. As I begin this, my 1,226th post in A Certain Point of View, Too, the temperature outside is 87°F/31°C under mostly cloudy conditions. Of…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Tentative Plans for Writing Today…and Other Related Matters
I’m a writer. I have been a writer for a long time. I may not be commercially successful yet, but I have two published books on Amazon, and I have gotten paid for my work on various websites, and my blogs both bring in ad revenue. But…for those people out there who insist otherwise, here’s…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Novel-Writing Journey Continues…Slowly but Surely
Late Afternoon, Monday, August 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I’m back to give you a quick update on my daily writing journey and the progress of my first novel, Reunion: Coda. First, as expected, the weather was typical “Florida mean season” stuff. It was sunny and hot for much of the morning, then turned…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 14, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third – and My Writing Plan for Today
Late Morning, Monday, August 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s yet another simmering midsummer day here in the Tampa Bay area. According to my computer’s Weather app, the temperature outside is 87°F/31°C under sunny conditions. With humidity at a sticky 70% and a south-southeasterly breeze blowing at 6 MPH/10 KMH, the heat index is…
A Certain Point of View, Too 