Monthly Archives: January 2013

Q&A Thursday

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: January 31, 2013

So this Friday, I’ll be traveling. Rather than leave you with all your unanswered questions for another week, I thought I’d move Q&A Friday up a day because I care. As always, if you should have any questions, feel free to leave them here in the comments section, send them to me via Twitter (@ALeeMartinez) [...]

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It Conquered the Media Property!

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: January 29, 2013

The monopolistic nature of media is what worries me the most about the future. J.J. Abrams is now going to be put in charge of two powerful science fiction dynasties. One man will control both Star Trek and Star Wars. Meanwhile, Disney defacto owns 90 percent of our fairy tale characters, Marvel Comics, the Muppets, [...]

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Q&A Friday

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: January 25, 2013

So here we are with another Q&A Friday where I, famous novelologist and all around neat guy, answer your questions. Before I get to that though, I’ll take a second to plug myself on Youtube, where I’m uploading cool videos of me talking about games and writing and whatever else crosses my mind. Look me [...]

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Armstronged

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: January 23, 2013

I don’t follow sports. I couldn’t give two damns about cycling, football, curling, or pro bowling. So maybe I’m not invested in this as some other people, but I have to admit this whole Lance Armstrong backlash confuses me. I understand people, especially fans, being disappointed in Armstrong. Except I don’t think this has much [...]