Category Archives: Writing

The Burden of the Smart Protagonist

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 26, 2010
I hate it that intelligence is usually portrated as a character flaw.  It just bugs the ever-livin’ hell ouf of me.  For a country that prides itself on achievement and exceptionalism, the U.S. of A. sure seems to dislike smart people.  We bow down to athletes and actors like living gods, but smart people, they [...]
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Haven and the State of Urban Fantasy

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 24, 2010
Watched my third and final episode of Haven tonight.  There’s nothing terribly wrong with the show, but there’s nothing much right with it either.  It just seems like something I’ve seen before, and while it’s not a bad show, I can’t really get into it. The story is about a town where special people live.  [...]
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Thursday Musings

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 16, 2010
Hey, there.  Been a while.  Things get crazy sometimes, but don’t fret.  I’m back.  Feel free to commence adoring me again. Isn’t it weird that we’ll push our television and movie technology to absurd levels of “improvement” while we’re still debating whether or not we should burn oil and coal to power our world?  We’ll [...]
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Go Go Blue Beetle!

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 15, 2010
Hey, hey.  How’s it going? So there’s talk of a Blue Beetle live-action TV series.  I don’t know if it’ll happen, but I’m not sure I’m for it.  I love the new Blue Beetle for so many reasons, and I  just have a hard time imagining they’d do him justice.  Especially since they’re apparently hoping [...]
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