Tag: #ReunionDuology
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 19, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Late Morning/Midday, Saturday, August 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida “August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, here it is late morning on another steamy late summer day in the Tampa…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, August 18, 2023, or: Sorry I’m Late, But…
Early Afternoon, Friday, August 18, 2023, Lithia, Florida I’m starting way later than usual on this, the last day of the regular workweek, which is unusual for me because I usually begin writing my daily blog post between 8 and 10 in the morning – depending on my energy levels and if I have a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, August 17, 2023, or: A Bit of Blogger’s Potpourri on a Stormy Day in Florida
Late Morning, Thursday, August 17, 2023, Lithia, Florida “The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s a gray, cloud-shrouded morning here…
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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 Saturday, August 12, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First – Hellishly Hot Edition
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Amazon Prime Video, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaLate Morning/Early Afternoon, Saturday, August 12, 2023, Lithia, Florida Another Hellishly Sweltering Day in the Summer of ‘23 Hi, there. Well, here we are again, on a stifling midsummer day in Florida, starting one of those weird “meh” weekends where I must figure out if I’m going to take the day off from working on…
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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…
A Certain Point of View, Too 