Tag: #CreativeWriting
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On Writing & Storytelling: New Month, New (Meteorological) Season, and Persistent Writing Challenges
Late Morning, Friday, September 1, 2023, Lithia, Florida “But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, August 31, 2023, or: First Stress, Then Euphoria…Idalia’s Passing Screws Up My Sleeping Cycle
Late Morning, Thursday, August 31, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. Well, here we are – it’s the last day of August and the last day of meteorological summer – on another torrid Thursday in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature is 83°F/29°C under mostly cloudy skies. However, with humidity at…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, August 30, 2023, or: Hurricanes, Stress, and Writing Are Not a Good Mix
Midday/Early Afternoon, Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Lithia, Florida “Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.” ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Hi, there, everyone, and…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, August 29, 2023, or: As Hurricane Idalia Approaches, the Writing Goes On (Trouble in the Tropics Edition)
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, August 29, 2023, Lithia, Florida “That’s something every islander knows–there’s always going to be another hurricane. Another storm. Everything buried will surface again, and everything you thought would last forever will come down eventually. But you rebuild. You dredge. You keep moving, keep adding new. That’s how we go on living.” ―…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 28, 2023, or: Wrapping Up the Weekend Report, and Starting the New Workweek with Positivity
Late Morning/Midday, Monday, August 28, 2023, Lithia, Florida “The awfulness of Monday mornings is the world’s greatest common denominator. To the millionaire and the coolie it is the same, because there can be nothing worse.” ― Kenneth Fearing, The Big Clock Hi, everyone! Well, here we are, greeting – in my case, anyway – another…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 26, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First (Frustrated Writer’s Edition)
Late Afternoon/Early Evening, Saturday, August 26, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone! As I write this post, it’s just past 5:15 PM on a stifling, muggy late summer day in the Tampa Bay area. The current temperature is 93°F/34°C under mostly sunny conditions. Today’s forecast called for partly sunny skies and a high of 95°F/35°C, but…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Chapter 11, Scene Two (Excerpt from ‘Reunion: Coda’, an Upcoming Novel)
Author’s Note: This is an excerpt from the first draft of Reunion: Coda‘s Chapter 11, Scene Two, as it appears in the rough draft of my first novel. It’s been revised a couple of times between yesterday and today, and it might be revised and edited again, so this may or may not be how…
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On Writing & Storytelling: August is Almost Over…But My Writing Journey Continues
If you have not yet purchased a copy of Reunion: A Story in any format (I don’t endorse the paperback over the Kindle edition; either choice is good), please consider buying one. And if you have bought a copy, please…tell your friends, relatives, or co-workers: every copy sold not only will give the readers a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, August 22, 2023, or: Summer Broils On…Writing Goes On, As Well
Late Morning, Tuesday, August 22, 2023, Lithia, Florida “This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realise that it is August: the summer’s last stand.” ― Sara Baume, A Line Made By Walking Hi, there, folks. So, here we are, just over three weeks into August – the last month of meteorological summer and one…
A Certain Point of View, Too 