Monthly Archives: November 2010

The Squirrel Girl Dilemma

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: November 24, 2010

So the latest World of Warcraft patch has come out, and I have a tauren paladin to level. But I haven’t posted anything in a while, so let’s get to it. Recently, I tweeted that I’d like to write a story with either Marvel’s Squirrel Girl or DC’s Killowog. And I really, really would. This [...]

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Friday Musings

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: November 19, 2010

2010 is nearly over, and I still don’t have my jetpack. Mutants are not lurking in the sewer. The great robot uprising has not started. Aliens aren’t here to harvest our organs. The mole people are still lurking quietly, unseen, below the Earth’s crust. There are no superpsychics threatening to replace us as dominate species. [...]

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In Which, I Fix Skyline’s Ending

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: November 14, 2010

Saw Skyline. It’s a fun movie with some very cool aliens and great action. Sadly, it’s ending is stupid. Or rather, it’s non-ending. I get that everything is about franchises and sequels at this point, but there’s a difference between leaving room for a sequel and refusing to end your story at a satisfying point. [...]

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The Talent Myth

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: November 12, 2010

The myth of effortless talent has always annoyed me. Nobody is great at something naturally. Everyone who has mastered anything has put time and effort into it. Studies have shown that child prodigies are talented because they started young and thus, have an edge in terms of experience and practice to those of similar age, and [...]