Tag: publishing
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Dear Reader, Let Me Tell You a Story About…the Paperback Edition of ‘Reunion: Coda’
Late Morning, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Miami, Florida “Our revels now are ended.” – William Shakespeare, The Tempest It’s a warm, buttery-gold spring morning here in my corner of Kendall. Currently, the temperature is 76°F (25°C) under sunny conditions. With humidity at 61% and the wind blowing from the south-southeast at 2 MPH (3 Km/H),…
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Thoughts from a First-Time Novelist on the Day of Reunion: Coda’s Hardcover Debut
Afternoon, Monday, April 14, 2025, Miami, Florida “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft I’m a novelist now. I’ve been at it for just over a week. On April 5, I published Reunion: Coda through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing…
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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—Reflections on a Writer’s Milestone
Late Morning/Midday, Thursday, April 10, 2025, Miami, Florida Writer’s Log, Stardate 2504.10 Twenty-five months ago, I began drafting Reunion: Coda, fulfilling a solemn promise I made to my mom as a teenager: that someday, I’d write a novel. With its roots in Reunion: A Story, my existing novella, this new work set out to expand…
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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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‘Reunion: Coda’ News: The Ups and Downs of Self-Publishing a First Novel
Midday, Early Afternoon, Sunday, April 6, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi there, folks! Well, I’m now officially a novelist! After many years and several failed attempts to write a long work of fiction, I published Reunion: Coda – Book 2 of the Reunion Duology yesterday via Amazon. First as a Kindle e-book, and – as of…
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The Journey Culminates: ‘Reunion: Coda’ is Submitted
It’s official—I’ve crossed the finish line. Reunion: Coda has been submitted to Kindle Direct Publishing, and the clock is ticking until it becomes available to readers. This novel will be released in three editions, each with its own unique cover. While the hardcover and paperback versions will feature designs sourced from Amazon’s stock photo collection…
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Dear Reader, Let Me Tell You a Story: The End of the Journey Draws Near
Late Afternoon, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, Miami, Florida “Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Well, folks, as I mentioned yesterday, after two years of pouring my…
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From Morning Musings to Manuscripts: A Sunny Sunday in Miami Springs Creativity to Life
Hey there, folks! It’s another gorgeous early spring day here in South Florida. Right now, it’s a pleasant 70°F (21°C) with sunny skies. The humidity is a bit on the sticky side at 88%, and there’s a gentle breeze blowing from the south at 4 MPH (6 Km/h). It feels like a cozy 79°F (26°C).…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: What’s in My Novelist’s Toolkit?
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Book Reviews, Books, Copilot AI, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, OpenAI (Bing Chatbot), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing a First Novel, Writing as a CraftOne of the coolest things about being a writer in 2025 is the amazing array of technological tools available to help create, analyze, revise, and improve literary projects. Some, like Microsoft Word, are time-tested classics that I’ve used since the late 1990s. However, I do think the app could use some tweaks by folks who…
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