Tag: #ReunionAStory
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A Tale of Love & Loss (Reunion: A Story): A Poem by Bing AI Chatbot
A tale of love and loss, of youth and time,Of what might have been and what never came,Reunion: A Story doth sublimeThe reader’s heart with its lamenting flame. Jim Garraty, a scholar and a scribe,Doth love fair Marty from a distance far,But on the day he should his love describe,He lets the chance to speak…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, April 9, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, April 9, 2023. It’s also Easter Sunday 2023. It’s a somewhat cool and cloudy day here in the Tampa Bay area, and the house is quiet and peaceful, with only…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, April 6, 2023, or: Carving Out Time to Read (and Other Challenges)
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Thursday, April 6, 2023. I just finished my second – and last – cup of morning coffee, and even though I have caffeine in my system, I’m still a bit sleepy. Clearing the cobwebs up in Brain Central is not as easy as…
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Bing AI Reinterprets ‘Reunion: A Story’ (An AI Haiku)
Reunion’s sweet tale Two hearts, two souls, one story Love’s mystery told (Haiku created by the Bing AI, based on Reunion: A Story, a novella by Alex Diaz-Granados)
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On Writing & Storytelling: Getting Over the Fear of Starting is Not Easy, but it is Necessary
“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings I have a confession to make. Every time I embark on a new writing project that’s more substantial than a blog post, I feel both excitement and…
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AI’s Take on ‘Reunion’ (A Haiku by Bing & Alex Diaz-Granados)
He loved her so much But never told her his heart Now he wonders why (Haiku created by Microsoft’s Bing AI, based on my novella Reunion: A Story.)
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, March 31, 2023, or: What Do You Mean, ‘March is Over’?
All Quiet on the Northwestern Front So, it’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, March 31, 2023. Another week, and another month, and another quarter of a year, have ended. I don’t have much in the way of news; the house in Brandon is still being remodeled and renovated, and since the owner…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Playing Hooky (on a Sunday) from Storytelling
“Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft As I sit here at my writing desk in a house in Lithia, Florida, it is late morning…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Good Stories Come to Those Who Wait
Good Stories Come to Those Who Wait “And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Okay, folks. Listen up. It’s going to be…
A Certain Point of View, Too 