Tag Archives: Hard Time

A Very Predicable Post

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 13, 2013

I don’t think storytelling should be viewed as a contest between the writer and the audience. By that, I mean I don’t think it’s my job as a writer to try to outsmart you, and I don’t think it’s your job as a reader to try to figure out what I’m doing. The whole notion [...]

Posted in Blog, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Audience, Bank Robbery, Byproduct, Characterization, Elements, Hero, Initial Surprise, Jfk, Job, Last Minute, Logic, Nature, Ninjas, Notion, Opponents, Predictability, Shared Experience, Storyteller, Storytelling | 1 Comment

Valued, part 2

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: October 24, 2012

A little while back, I mused on what exactly is valued and why do we value it? Value is mostly a matter of perception. Putting aside obvious things like food and shelter (though even those things can have disputable value once we get into specifics), value is found in valuing something. This is such a [...]

Posted in Blog | Also tagged Collectible Hobbies, Conundrum, Elements, Goodies, Money, Outsider, Passion, Perception, Perspective, Pumps, Specifics, Toys, Video Game | Leave a comment

A Blog Post to Tolerate

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: September 17, 2012

I try not to judge a person for what they believe. Instead, I believe people should be defined by their actions. This is why, while I’m not pro-religion, I’m not anti-religion. Because if someone wants to believe that the divine is looking down on them, and it makes them feel better about their life, why [...]

Posted in Blog | Also tagged Believability, Clarity, Essential Nature, Fifty Years, History Of The World, Human Experience, Islam, Islamic Extremists, Libya, Mistaken Assumption, Muslims, Private Universe, Protests, Religious Folks, Religious Person, Religious Unrest, Robots, Sacred Truth, Siding | 3 Comments

Haters

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: September 13, 2012

Blogs are weird. I don’t know what I find weirder about them. That people write them. Or that there is, right now, a generation growing up who won’t find them weird at all. To them, the notion of broadcasting your thoughts across the internet where anyone can (and hopefully will) read them will be perfectly [...]