A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Audible Milestone: Six Units Sold One week after the Garratyverse stepped into audio, we’ve reached our first milestone: six units sold across Audible and Apple Books.  Comings and Goings leads with four copies, while Reunion: A Story adds two more. Three were direct purchases, one came through Apple Books , and two were redeemed with Audible credits. It may sound modest, but in the world of independent publishing, every unit matters. Each listener is a pioneer, experiencing Garraty’s journey in a new medium. And with no returns, the response so far has been encouraging. This milestone reminds me that audiobooks are not just products—they’re invitations. Six listeners have accepted that invitation, and I couldn’t be more grateful. The Garratyverse is finding its voice, one listener at a time.    

© 2025 Alex Diaz-Granados/ADG Books 📣 Audiobook Release Announcement: Reunion: A Story I’m delighted to share that Reunion: A Story: A Novella (The Reunion Duology Book 1) is now officially available on Audible and Amazon , with Apple Books availability coming in just a few days. Produced by Brandon Padilla , this audiobook has successfully passed ACX’s rigorous quality assurance reviews—cover design, metadata, and audio files—ensuring that narration, production, and technical standards all meet professional benchmarks. 📖 About the Story Reunion: A Story takes us back to June 1983 , where Jim Garraty is a senior at South Miami Senior High. A staff writer for the school paper and a college‑bound scholar with dreams of becoming a historian, Jim is well‑liked by peers and teachers alike. His future looks bright—except for one lingering matter of the heart. The girl he loves from afar, Marty, is also graduating. Rumor has it she’s leaving for the summer before...

© 2025 Alex Diaz-Granados    Comings and Goings – The Art of Being Seen A Jim Garraty Story | Now Available on Audible and Amazon Narrated by Bryan Haddock Written by Alex Diaz-Granados “A lovely tale of empathy.” – Denise Longrie, Amazon Reviewer In this quietly powerful companion to the Reunion Duology, Jim Garraty returns—not with fanfare, but with emotional fluency and the ache of being truly seen. Comings and Goings – The Art of Being Seen is a story about memory, connection, and the small gestures that shape a life. Now available as an audiobook, this intimate novelette is brought to life by Bryan Haddock’s warm, nuanced narration. Whether you’re revisiting Jim’s journey or discovering it for the first time, this is a story that invites you to pause, reflect, and feel. © 2025 Alex Diaz-Granados What Readers Are Saying “A lovely tale of empathy.” Denise Longrie’s review captures the heart of the story—a quiet, emotionally resonant explorati...

  This morning brought a small but welcome surprise: a modest uptick in my Kindle Direct Publishing royalties. Someone picked up a paperback copy of Save Me the Aisle Seat , my first self-published book—a collection of movie reviews originally written for the now-closed site Epinions. I’ve always had mixed feelings about that book. Of the four titles I’ve published, it’s the one I’m least fond of—not just because I rushed it out in 2012 so my mom could see it while she was still with us, but also because I believe it doesn’t measure up to my fiction work: Reunion: A Story , Reunion: Coda , and Comings and Goings – The Art of Being Seen . Many of the reviews weren’t edited as carefully as they should have been, and I gave away more plot points than I intended. Still, the introduction—written specifically for the book—feels true and heartfelt. That part came from a place of love. Sometimes I consider retiring Save Me the Aisle Seat , but I probably won’t. Despite its flaws, readers s...