Tag: Self-Publishing
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My Revised Copy of the ‘Jim Garraty Chronicles’ is Here!
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On Writing and Storytelling: Buy Now…or Buy Later
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, Book Reviews, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Goodreads, Kindle, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Royalties, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series)Thursday, July 23, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, it’s been a few days since I uploaded the latest—and, I hope, final—batch of fixes for The Jim Garraty Chronicles: A Life in Four Movements to the Kindle Direct servers. From what I can tell after reading through the Reunion: Coda section on my Kindle…
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Correcting the ‘Chronicles’: Kindle Fixes Are Live—Now I’m Waiting on the Paperback
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Goodreads, Kindle, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Life in the United States, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), The Summer of Two Movies, Writing and EditingWednesday, July 22, 2026 – Orlando, Florida I’m pleased to announce that the latest batch of edits to The Jim Garraty Chronicles—specifically, the corrections I made this weekend and on Monday to the Reunion: Coda section of the omnibus—has made it through Kindle Direct Publishing’s production pipeline and is now visible in the Kindle edition.…
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Finishing Touches on ‘The Jim Garraty Chronicles’
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, Book Reviews, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Goodreads, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Summer of Two MoviesTuesday, July 21, 2026 – Orlando, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s another exquisitely hot and sticky midsummer day in Central Florida. As I write this, it’s just past noon, and the temperature outside is a sizzling 91°F (33°C) under sunny and windy conditions. Add 59% humidity to the mix, and the heat index is 98°F (37°C).…
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On Writing and Storytelling: When the KDP Gods Smile on a Monday
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Italy, Amazon Japan, Amazon Mexico, Amazon Poland, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon Sweden, Amazon Sweden, Amazon UK, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Goodreads, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Jim Garraty Chronicles (Series), The Summer of Two Movies, Writing and Editing, Writing as a CraftWhen the KDP Gods Smile on a Monday Monday, July 20, 2026 – Orlando, Florida “The awfulness of Monday mornings is the world’s greatest common denominator. To the millionaire and the coolie it is the same, because there can be nothing worse.” — Kenneth Fearing, The Big Clock Monday mornings aren’t usually awful for me.…
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Heat, Humidity, and the Never Ending Pursuit of a Better Book
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Books, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Central Florida, Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion: Coda, Summer 2026, Summer in Florida, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, Writing and Editing, Writing as a CraftSunday, July 19, 2026 – Orlando, Florida It’s another oppressively hot and humid summer day in Central Florida. As midday approaches on this last day of the weekend, the mercury sits at 90°F (32°C), though the heat index pushes it to 101°F (38°C) under mostly sunny skies. In other words, a typical Florida mean‑season afternoon:…
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Waiting for My Paperback to Arrive
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon DE, Amazon Reviews, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Book Reviews, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, Creative Writing, Goodreads, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, The Summer of Two MoviesSaturday, July 18, 2026 – Orlando, Florida I’m at my desk, because of course I am, on a brutally hot Central Florida afternoon, waiting for the Amazon Prime van like a kid watching for Santa’s sleigh. Today’s delivery? My first paperback copy of The Jim Garraty Chronicles. I ordered it Thursday, the moment the paperback…
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Four Stories, One Chronicle, and a Little Optimism
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A Milestone Week: The Jim Garraty Chronicles Heads Toward Release
Every so often, the publishing process delivers a moment that feels both surreal and deeply earned. This week brought one of those moments. Last night, I received the official notice from Kindle Direct Publishing confirming that the paperback edition of The Jim Garraty Chronicles will go live worldwide on July 17, 2026, at exactly 12:00…
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On Writing and Storytelling: The Sound of Modest Good News
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Amazon UK, Books, Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, The Jim Garraty Chronicles, Writing a First Novel, Writing and Editing, Writing as a CraftThursday, June 4, 2026, Orlando, Florida Some days in the indie-author life arrive with trumpets; others show up carrying a modest little kazoo. Yesterday leaned more into kazoo than fanfare. The free Kindle edition of Reunion: Coda promo ended at midnight, and while I can’t call it a runaway success—only six readers downloaded it on…
A Certain Point of View, Too 