Tag Archives: Handful

The Crowd

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: February 5, 2013

So I’m laying the groundwork for a short story anthology to be funded on Kickstarter. It seems like a good project and a good way of dipping my toe into the Kickstarter pool. It should be up and running in a few days, and we’ll see what happens. This is a preview of The Crowd. [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Also tagged Board Game, Few Days, Game Fan, Gatekeepers, Great Games, Great Literature, Groundwork, Kickstarter, Notion, Pool, Possibilities, Publicity, Return On Investment, Robots, Saga, Shelves, Short Story, Slime Monsters, Story Anthology, T Project, When Was The Last Time | Leave a comment

Valued

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: October 2, 2012

I really enjoy the Skylanders video game. If you’re unfamiliar with it, it’s a game with a gimmick. By using a device called a “Portal of Power” you can summon characters into the game via little plastic figures. The figures have a memory too, so if you level up that character and then take it [...]

Posted in Blog | Also tagged Figs, Gifted Folks, Gimmick, Great Personality, Honest Question, Human Nature, Humility, Memory, Money, Mystery, Profession, Professional Storytellers, Superpower, Video Game | 2 Comments

Martinez On: Characters

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 6, 2011

Just the other day, Feeosh at Twitter asked: Hey A Lee, I was wondering what your methods are in character creation? Where do you start when you’re in the 1st stages? Ah, a writing question. Yes, aside from who would win in fight between Tarzan and anyone (short answer: Tarzan) and why giant fightin’ robots [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Also tagged Assertion, Badass, Bread And Butter, Character Creation, Darth Vader, Detective, Endless String, Giant Robots, Hundred Years, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Origin Story, Prequel, Scar, Short Answer, Suave Superspy, Tarzan, Wolverine, Wonder Woman | 3 Comments

Catching Up

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: March 8, 2011

Hey, gang. Sorry I haven’t been around for a while. Been busy. Still am. Have a couple of projects demanding my full time attention, and they’re still ongoing. But I wanted to drop by, check in, and just confirm that I am still alive. This is a preview of Catching Up. Read the full post [...]