Tag: Life in Florida
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, June 6, 2023, or: Action This Day…& D-Day Plus 79 Years
Hi, there. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. It’s a cool (71°F/22°C) but rapidly warming morning in the Tampa Bay area, and the forecast for the rest of the day calls for sunny skies and a high of 90°F/32°C) – a reminder that yes, meteorological summer began less than…
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On Writing & Storytelling: If it’s Monday, it Must be ‘Revision Day’….
It’s late evening here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 5, 2023. As I write this, the sun is still above the western horizon; it will set, however, in less than an hour, and soon, night will fall. After I revised the scene where Jim and Marty first started practicing their duet for the Spring…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Road to Success is a Bit Bumpy
On the Issue of Using “Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)” in Reunion: Coda[1] Hello again, Dear Reader. Well, I finally got a response from Concord Music, the copyright holder to the song “Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)” from West Side Story. It was brief – the rep in question, Georgina, referred me to…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, June 5, 2023, or: My Sunday Night at the Movies & My Plans for Today
It’s midmorning in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 5, 2023. As I write this, it’s relatively cool outside (69°F/20°C) under clear skies. Since its now early summer and Day 5 of the Atlantic hurricane season, it’s going to be warmer and stickier later; the forecast calls for partly sunny skies and a high of 86°F/30°C,…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Quick, End-of-the-Workweek Update on the Novel
Today’s writing efforts were acceptable. I added 882 words to the manuscript – not the 1K-word goal I was shooting for, but fuck, I’ll take it. 882 words is still three pages of story, is it not? So, yes, my friends, I did as well as I could. I accomplished my mission: finish the scene…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, June 2, 2023, or: A Writer’s SITREP on The New Story
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Atlantic Hurricane Season 2023, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaHi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, June 2, 2023. It’s a nice early summer day here in the Tampa Bay area: it’s sunny, warm (76°F/24°C) and clear right now, though it’s going to be cloudy, hot (86°F/29°C) and humid later in the day. Also, the National Hurricane Center…
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On Writing & Storytelling: ‘Praise for the Author’ – Selected Reviews for ‘Reunion: A Story’
In July of 2018 – nearly five years ago – I self-published the first edition of Reunion: A Story, a novella I originally wrote in 1998 to see if I could write an original work of fiction. Back then, I didn’t think about getting it published through the traditional route of finding a literary agent,…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A New Month Begins, and I Must Go On Writing, Come What May
“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” ― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Thursday, June 1, 2023. It’s a warm (77°F/25°C) first day of (meteorological) summer and the Atlantic hurricane season.…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, May 31, 2023: Adieu, Spring – And a Writer’s Anxieties Come to the Fore
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in 4K UHD Blu-rays, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Atlantic Hurricane Season 2021, Blu-ray Collection, Books, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Family History, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Love, Sex, & Relationships, Movies, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Personal History, Personal Thoughts, Reunion: A Story, Spring in Florida, Star Trek: The Original 6-Movie Collection, The New StoryAdieu to Spring 2023 “Is it so small a thing To have enjoy’d the sun, To have liv’d light in the spring, To have lov’d, to have thought, to have done; To have advanc’d true friends, and beat down baffling foes…?” ― Matthew Arnold, Empedocles On Etna and Other Poems It’s late morning here in…
A Certain Point of View, Too 