Tag: #ReunionAStory
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, August 16, 2023, or: Welcome to Midweek, Midmonth, and a Hellishly Hot Midsummer!
Late Morning, Wednesday, August 16, 2023, Lithia, Florida Greetings and salutations, Dear Reader. Well, here we are again in midweek in mid-August, and it’s another miserably torrid midsummer day in Florida. As I begin this, my 1,226th post in A Certain Point of View, Too, the temperature outside is 87°F/31°C under mostly cloudy conditions. Of…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Tentative Plans for Writing Today…and Other Related Matters
I’m a writer. I have been a writer for a long time. I may not be commercially successful yet, but I have two published books on Amazon, and I have gotten paid for my work on various websites, and my blogs both bring in ad revenue. But…for those people out there who insist otherwise, here’s…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Novel-Writing Journey Continues…Slowly but Surely
Late Afternoon, Monday, August 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I’m back to give you a quick update on my daily writing journey and the progress of my first novel, Reunion: Coda. First, as expected, the weather was typical “Florida mean season” stuff. It was sunny and hot for much of the morning, then turned…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 14, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third – and My Writing Plan for Today
Late Morning, Monday, August 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s yet another simmering midsummer day here in the Tampa Bay area. According to my computer’s Weather app, the temperature outside is 87°F/31°C under sunny conditions. With humidity at a sticky 70% and a south-southeasterly breeze blowing at 6 MPH/10 KMH, the heat index is…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Looks Like Today is Editing & Revising Day!
Afternoon, Friday, August 11, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, Dear Reader. I’m off to a distressingly late start to the last working day of the week. I didn’t sleep late; I woke up between 6:30 and 7:30 in the morning, and I usually publish my daily WordPress blog around noon. But I went to bed later…
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On Writing & Storytelling: ‘Reunion: A Story’ – The Naming of Characters, and Musical Influences
Questions & Answers about Reunion: A Story Since I self-published my novella Reunion: A Story five summers ago, I am sometimes asked by readers whether the story of Jim and Marty (and Mark!) is based on real events, who Marty really was based on, what inspired me to write Reunion, and whether there will be…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Facts Behind the Fiction in ‘Reunion: A Story’
Five summers ago – seems like it was a lifetime ago – I decided to self-publish Reunion: A Story, a novella I wrote in stages between 1986 and 1998, through Amazon’s CreateSpace Independent Publishing division (now Kindle Direct Publishing). It wasn’t my first self-published work; that would be my collection of movie reviews originally written…
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On Writing & Storytelling: ‘Reunion: A Story’ – Genesis of a Novella
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in South Florida, Life in the United States, Passage of Time, Personal History, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Sex, South Miami Senior High SchoolLike most writers, I’m often asked questions along the lines of “Where do you get your ideas from?” and “How did you write this story?” So, to give you some idea of how Reunion came to be and what it’s about, here are some questions and answers related to my novella. The Premise: It is February 1998. 33-year-old…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Reunion: A Story’
Jim Garraty was, from the first version of the story to the final published work, my literary alter ego. Like most first-time creative writers, I put a lot of myself into Reunion’s protagonist, even though Jim is an idealized, non-disabled, and far more accomplished version of Alex Diaz-Granados. We both attended South Miami High from…
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