Tag: Kindle Create
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Writing and Storytelling: This, Too, Is Part of the Story
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Comings and Goings (Short Story), Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaThis, Too, Is Part of the Story Late Morning, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi there. It’s a typical South Florida summer morning, the kind that the tourism industry doesn’t tell non-residents about. It’s hot, yes (82°F/28°C, but the heat index is 93°F/34°C), and sticky, but the skies are veiled by a sheet of…
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Easter Sunday Musings: Sunshine, Stories, and Subheadings
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in Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Books, Creative Writing, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, Writing a First Novel, Writing as a CraftAfternoon, Sunday, April 20, 2025, Miami, Florida It’s a warm and breezy Easter Sunday here in sunny South Florida, where the weather feels like a sneak preview of summer. At 82°F (28°C) under mostly sunny skies, with a gentle east-southeast breeze at 13 MPH (21 Km/H) and 47% humidity, the “feels-like” temperature is a balmy…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Amazon Kindle Create App: Boon, Bane, or Both? (A Review)
App Name: Kindle Create Developer: Amazon/Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Type of App: E-publishing formatting and publication tool Amazon Kindle Create App: Boon, Bane, or Both? For readers familiar with my blog, you know that independent publishing has been my thrilling yet occasionally exasperating companion on the creative journey. My experiences with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)…
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Perfecting ‘Reunion: Coda’: The Editing Process Revealed
Afternoon, Friday, April 11, 2025, Miami, Florida “Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.” ― Truman Capote Hi, everyone. Well, here we are on the last day of the workweek, and I’m still hard at work trying to make Reunion: Coda as captivating a…
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Reunion: Coda (Print Edition) Update—A Tale of DPI Drama, ISBN Shenanigans, and Sleepless Nights
Ah, self-publishing—the glorious path where passion meets the occasional pothole. While Reunion: Coda’s Kindle edition has been available since April 5, print aficionados (and me!) must exercise the fine art of patience for just a few more days. Why? Because the journey to put ink on paper isn’t exactly a jaunt through a field of…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, May 3, 2024, or: My (Mis)Adventures with Amazon’s Kindle Create App
Today in New Hampshire, the weather is a mix of sun and chill, with temperatures currently at 56°F, feeling like 70°F due to humidity. The writer faces formatting challenges with Kindle Create while working on their book. They are determined to overcome these obstacles and hope readers are as excited about the book as they…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, March 21, 2024, or: A Quick Progress Report on My Novelist’s Journey
Late Morning, Thursday, March 21, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. It’s a sunny but frigid early spring day in eastern New Hampshire. Currently, the temperature is 22°F (-6°C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the west-northwest at 14 MPH (22 KMH) and humidity at 39%, the wind chill factor is 14°F (-10°C).…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, March 20, 2024, or: Moving Forward with the Novel…Slowly But Surely
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Madison (NH), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), New Hampshire Weather, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring 2024, Weather in New HampshireLate Morning/Midday, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. Well, it might be spring – both in the meteorological and astronomical calendars – but it still seems like winter here. Currently, the temperature is 38°F (-3°C) under cloudy conditions. With humidity at 56% and the wind blowing from the southwest at 5 MPH…
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More Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 21, 2023, or: I Will Be Getting Royalties Soon – But I Can’t Plan on Going House Hunting Just Yet…
One thing that did cheer me up today is that while I was writing Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 21, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second, Amazon sent me two emails to inform me that I can expect to receive at least two royalty payments. One is for the Kindle e-book edition of…
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‘Love Unspoken, Love Unbroken’: A Scene from ‘Reunion’ Reimagined by Bing AI in the Style of Stephen King
Last of a series: If you’re a regular visitor to this space, you’ve noticed that I’ve been “collaborating” with Microsoft’s OpenAI “Bing Chatbot” by asking the artificial intelligence to rewrite passages from Reunion, my novella about love, loss, time, and regret, in the styles of well-known authors, including: I am doing this little experiment for…
A Certain Point of View, Too 