Monthly Archives: April 2012

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By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 25, 2012

Here’s a handy thing to know: If someone is writing about how females are portrayed in fiction, they are not automatically guilty of feminist diatribe. And talking about minority portrayal is not the sole province of extremists and radicals. These topics are worth talking about, and just because someone might feel uncomfortable with the conversation, [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Tagged Biases, Civil Conversation, Diatribe, Extremists, Female Presence, Females, Feminism, Fight Club, Immutable Rule, Important Women, Indictment, Jerk, Portrayal, Prominence, Pushback, Racism Sexism, Radicals, Sole Province, Taboo Topics, Woodwork | 3 Comments

At a Glance

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 23, 2012

I am so over steampunk, I think I went all the way around, liked it again, then passed it by several more times. Not that I was very into steampunk. My enjoyment of the genre begins and ends with steam-powered robots. I love robots in any and all of their forms, and so if you [...]

Posted in Blog | Tagged Cloaks, Cosplay, Costume Design, Extra Mile, Fangs, Fantasy Fans, Fiction Genres, Glance, Legs, Makeup, Robot, Robots, Sci Fi, Sheep, Steam, Top Hat, Vampires, Walks, Zombie, Zombies | 1 Comment

Mack Megaton Story, Part 1

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 20, 2012

Hi, everyone. It’s been a while, but remember when I had people vote on a short story I’d write? Here, at last, is the first part of it. My goal is to add a new section every Friday until it’s done. We’ll see how that goes, but I figure that if it’s out there, at [...]

Posted in Blog | Tagged American Dream, Captivity, Chunk, Damn Thing, Demeanor, Dinosaur Robots, Dinosaurs, Distinct Impression, Empire City, Exact Title, Going Home, Gorilla, Grigori, Instincts, Manservant, Megaton, Nostrils, Personal Vision, Plastic Robots, Russian Immigrant, Short Story, Small Fortune, Weird Sights | 16 Comments

Boned

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: April 16, 2012

We live in a world of false choices. Much of this is due to the limits of language. I only speak English, so I can’t say for certain that all languages suffer from this problem, but I know that English is full of necessary limitations that create conflict where none need exist. Conceptually, we tend [...]