Category Archives: Writing

Finding Your Thark

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: March 15, 2012
There’s storytelling.  There’s plotting.  While they’re loosely related, they are not the same thing. Most books about writing I’ve glanced through tend to focus on plot, and there’s a reason for that.  Plotting is a technical process.  It’s definable elements like conflicts, goals, complications, and resolutions.  It’s the blueprint of which many a story is [...]
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Paper Souls

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: March 9, 2012
My stories are about characters.  I’m unlikely to wow you with my amazingly complex plots.  I’m not going to bowl you over with my astounding command of language.  And aside from a general theme of “Don’t be a jerk”, you probably aren’t going to walk away from an A. Lee Martinez novel with a profound [...]
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The Numbers Game

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: March 8, 2012
We are rapidly reaching the point where majorities as we know it will no longer exist.  Heck, we’re probably already past it.  We live in a world where more people have a voice than ever before, and the resulting din can sure get confusing.  But there’s really no going back, and while the future is [...]
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Inside Novelology

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: March 6, 2012
Today, the gloves come off.  Today, I’m going to write about the subject of writing, and I’m going to do it with utter ruthless honesty.  I’m going to tell you, fans, aspiring writers, and otherwise curious onlookers, the secret about writing a successful novel. Nobody really knows how to do it. Yes, I know this [...]
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