Tag: Life in Central Florida
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On Writing and Storytelling: Books, Breaks, and the Business of Being Bad at Marketing
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Goodreads, Kindle, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Royalties, Summer 2026, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), The Summer of Two Movies, Writing a First Novel, Writing and Editing, Writing as a CraftWednesday, August 5, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. I hope your middle-of-the-week is treating you kindly, wherever you are and whenever you’re reading this. Here in Central Florida, it’s late-summer business as usual: hot, cloudy, sticky, and keeping one eye on the sky just in case the rain decides to make a dramatic entrance.…
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A Hot Florida Weekend and a Cold War Victory
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Books, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age, Summer 2026, Summer in Florida, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), Triassic GamesSunday, July 26, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s a scorching midsummer day here in Central Florida. We’re in the middle of a particularly brutal heat spell—official temperatures in the high 90s, barely any rain, and a stubborn drought that refuses to break. I’m in good health for a 63‑year‑old man, but even so,…
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Heat, Humidity, and the Never Ending Pursuit of a Better Book
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Books, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion: Coda, Summer 2026, Summer in Florida, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, Writing and Editing, Writing as a CraftSunday, July 19, 2026 – Orlando, Florida It’s another oppressively hot and humid summer day in Central Florida. As midday approaches on this last day of the weekend, the mercury sits at 90°F (32°C), though the heat index pushes it to 101°F (38°C) under mostly sunny skies. In other words, a typical Florida mean‑season afternoon:…
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A Small Moment of Book Marketing at Aldi
Friday, July 17, 2026 – Orlando, Florida A Small Moment of Personal Book Marketing at Aldi Yesterday offered one of those unexpected, quietly meaningful moments that remind me why I write in the first place. I was at my local Aldi—nothing glamorous, nothing planned, just a routine stop with my landlady—when I spotted the young…
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My Not-So ‘Glorious Fourth’: The Semiquincentennial That Fizzled
Sunday, July 5, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s already early afternoon here in my corner of Central Florida on this post-America 250 Sunday, and the weather is making its best impression of a steam room with palm trees. It’s a classic Florida summer day: hot, sticky, and flirting with rain. Right now, it’s…
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A Quick Life Update from a Very Hot Spot in the Sunshine State
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer 2026, Summer in Florida, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Summer of Two MoviesTuesday, June 30, 2026 – Orlando, Florida “I believe someone made a grievous mistake when summer was created; no novitiate or god in their right mind would make a season akin to hell on purpose. Someone should be fired.” ― Michelle Franklin It’s another sweltering and – eventually – stormy summer day in Central Florida. The…
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Summer Heat, a Mentor’s Passing, and a Memento Mori
Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Orlando, Florida It is brutally hot outside. According to my Microsoft Weather app, the temperature here in my corner of Orange County is already 91°F (33°C) under partly sunny skies. The humidity is 56%, the wind is barely stirring out of the east-southeast at 4 MPH (7 Km/H), and the…
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Florida Summer Has Entered the Chat
Here we are, 12 days into Summer 2026—at least if you subscribe to “meteorological summer,” which starts on June 1. The traditionalists will point out that summer doesn’t officially begin until 4:24 AM Eastern Time on Sunday, June 21, but Central Florida clearly did not get that memo. Outside, it already feels less like early…
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On Steamy Days and Sluggish Muses
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On Writing and Storytelling: Small Victories Are Better Than None
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Book Reviews, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Computers, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Lenovo IdeaCentre (PC), Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring 2026, Spring in Florida, Writing as a CraftWednesday, April 29, 2026, Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. Central Florida is doing its best impression of late July today. As midday slides into early afternoon, we’re sitting at 86°F (30°C) under mostly sunny skies, humidity at a deceptively polite 46%, and a shy little southwesterly breeze at 3 MPH (4 km/h). The heat index, however,…
A Certain Point of View, Too 