Tag: #ReunionCoda
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On Writing & Storytelling: Decisions, Decisions, or: 1983…or 2000?
“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system.” ― Flannery O’Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Well,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, June 12, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Berliner Philharmoniker/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, John Williams/Berliner Philharmoniker: John Williams -The Berlin Concert, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), MicroProse Software, Music, Music & Concert Specials, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaHi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 12, 2023. It’s a hot early summer day (85°F/29°C). It’s sunny, humid, and with no rain in the immediate future, it’s bound to get hotter still. Today’s forecast for the Tampa Bay area calls for mostly summer skies and a high…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, June 11, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
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in Adults-Only Games, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Books, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Creative Writing, John Williams: Live in Vienna, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, MicroProse Software, Movies, Music & Concert Specials, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Regiments: Second Wave, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaHi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, June 11, 2023. It’s a warm (80°F/27°C) early summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. It’s sunny, humid, and it’s going to be a hot and more humid day, with the forecast calling for a high of 91°F/32°C and mostly sunny…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, June 10, 2023, or: Weekend Update – Part the First*
* Alternate Title: On Writing & Storytelling: Man, I Really Need a Day (or Two) Off! “Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Today Was Not a Good Day to Write…
“Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don’t have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Well, looks like tomorrow – a Saturday – I will likely be working on Reunion: Coda, even though…
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On Writing & Storytelling: From Chapter Nine to Chapter Ten, or: Pushing Forward, Thanks to the Time Jump Thingy
It’s early afternoon now here in my corner of Lithia, Florida, on Friday, June 9, 2023. I need to take a lunch-and-rest break in a bit so I can get going with my writing, so I will make this a short update. After looking at what I have written so far – at least based…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Running into Unexpected Narrative Speed Bumps
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, June 9, 2023. It’s a warm (80°F/27°C) sunny early summer day, with clear sunny skies and rising temperatures. It’s going to be sunny and hot – the high for today is expected to reach 89°F/31°C, although the heat index (aka “feels-like temperature”) will…
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On Writing & Storytelling: All Quiet on the Writing Front…for Now
Hi, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon on Thursday, June 8, 2023, here in Lithia, Florida. Outside, it’s quite warm (83°F/29° but feels like 90°F/32°C under partly sunny skies) on this humid early summer day. Of course, I’m inside an air-conditioned house, with my blinds closed and my curtains only partially open, so my writing space…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Today I Edited; Tomorrow…I’ll Write?
Writer’s Log, Stardate 2306.7 “When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft After taking an hour-long rest-and-relaxation break before noon, I decided to focus my…
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On Writing & Storytelling: SITREP on Tasks Accomplished – and Tasks to be Done
Hi, there! It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. It’s relatively cool outside on this seventh day of the month and seventh day of meteorological summer (traditional summer is still two weeks away); the temperature is 74°/23°C under sunny conditions. This being Florida, it won’t stay this mild for long.…