Tag Archives: Damn Thing

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By A. Lee Martinez | Published: October 19, 2012

Hey, everybody. Today’s blog is a little bit different. I had a couple of my Twitter / Facebook followers throw out some suggested opening sentences to see what kind of story I could write from it. I had three pretty good suggestions and incorporated them all into this very short piece of fiction. I don’t [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Also tagged Bombeck, Cats, Corpses, Crap, Dead Guys, Dead Man, Dead Writer, Different Reasons, Flesh, Followers, Ghosts, Girlfriend, Habit, Hell, Human Nature, Information Superhighway, Jerks, Kindness, Little Bit, Massive Multiplayer Online Games, Mmos, Morgue, Morning Sex, Multiplayer Online Games, Ol Lady, Old Lady, Opening Sentence, Pets, Ragers, Risk, Secondary Skill, Sentences, Strange Contradiction, Trolls | 4 Comments

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 | Also tagged American Dream, Captivity, Chunk, 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

Inverte-Great!

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

When first getting published, I used to check my Amazon.com sales rankings all the time. It was fun, exciting. It was a reminder that my novels were out there in the world and that, if someone had the urge, they could find them and buy them. This still confuses and amazes me. Often. I spent [...]

Posted in Blog | Also tagged Amazon, Brain, Decade, Emperor, Existence, Fluke, Greatest Novels, Important Things, Job, Marketing, Mollusk, Publicity Campaign, Punch, Reminder, Self Publishing, Surprise, Universe, Urge, Word Matters | 4 Comments

Diced (A Game Tuesday Post)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: August 23, 2011

As a tabletop gaming enthusiast, I have a whole lot of games. I own a small Toys R Us worth of games, and have played even more. I really do love games and could play them all day, all night. If I was locked in a warehouse with every single board and card game made [...]