Tag: Fiction
-
Musings & Thoughts for Monday, February 26, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second…and Starting a New Writer’s Workweek
Late Morning, Monday, February 26, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks, and welcome to the 1,444th post in A Certain Point of View, Too. It is a cloudy, chilly late winter day here in northern New England. Currently, the temperature is 32°F (0°C) under – naturally – cloudy skies. With the wind blowing at…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Friday, February 9, 2024, or: Adventures in Editing and Revising
Late Morning, Friday, February 9, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there. Well, it’s a chilly and somewhat gray New England morning on this last day of the regular workweek. Currently, the temperature is 36°F (2°C) under cloudy conditions. With humidity at 73% and the wind barely blowing at 1 MPH (1 Km/H), it feels like…
-
On Writing & Storytelling: Reunion: Coda‘s Epistolary Chapter – ‘the One with the Emails’ – is DONE!
Mid- to Late Morning, Thursday, January 25, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi there, dear readers. It’s a cold but sunny winter morning here in east central New Hampshire. Currently, the temperature is 31°F (0°C) under partly sunny conditions. With humidity at 89% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 1 MPH/1 KMH, the feels-like…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Friday, January 12, 2024, or: Reflections on My First Month in New England…and a Progress Report on Reunion: Coda
Late Morning, Friday, January 12, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, folks. It’s just past 10 in the morning here in New England as I begin this, the 1,395th post in A Certain Point of View, Too. Although it’s cold outside – the temperature is 34°F/1°C, with a feels-like factor of 48°F/9°C, it is a lovely…
-
On Writing & Storytelling: Getting Ready to End the First Workweek of 2024
Late Morning, Friday, January 5, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. Welcome to the 1,387th post in A Certain Point of View, Too. Today, obviously, is Friday, the first of the new year. It’s a bright, sunny, if perhaps frigid day here in this corner of New England. As I write this at 10:48 AM…
-
On Writing and Storytelling, or: How I Spent My Friday Afternoon – Revising, Rewriting, and Re-Publishing ‘Reunion’
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ― Louis L’Amour Today I spent several hours revising – first on Word, then on Kindle Create – my short story Reunion, which I originally wrote in 1998 but waited 20 years till I could self-publish through Amazon’s CreateSpace…
-
A Writer’s Tale: A Brief Discussion of Characters in ‘Reunion’
In the summer of 1998, I wrote a short story about a man, his best friend, and a woman who died. Because I wrote the story around the same time that South Miami High’s Class of 1983 held its 15th reunion – an affair that I did not attend because I could not afford the…
-
A Writer’s Tale: Birth of a Short Story
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been a tad over three years since I self-published my short story Reunion via Amazon’s CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Originally written in 1998 at a time when I was feeling nostalgic about my teenage years and, among many things, prompted by the recent death of one of my…
-
I’m a Teller of Tales: An Excerpt from ‘Reunion: A Story’
10:55 a.m.: South Miami Senior High School: A Classroom: On the last day of school, things always seem to take place at a slower pace than usual, especially after the last final exams have been completed. Since Finals Week is so markedly different from the norm, with schedules switched to accommodate final exams, there is…
-
I’m a Teller of Tales: Excerpt from ‘Reunion: A Story’
Forgotten Dreams: 14th of June 1983 11 a.m.: South Miami Senior High/ The Library I had been sitting in the library for nearly an hour when fatigue and emotional exhaustion finally caught up with me. I’d been leafing listlessly through the final issue of the school newspaper and had nearly finished the lead article (Assistant…
A Certain Point of View, Too 