Tag Archives: Monsters

Cooled

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: March 19, 2013

The problem with subversion and deconstruction is eventually they become so expected that to NOT do a subversion becomes the subversion. It’s a bit of a paradox. I saw Jack the Giant Slayer a few weeks ago, and what I liked most about it was that it wasn’t attempting to deconstruct the story. I was [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Also tagged Badass, Bloodshed, Brand Name, Costumes, Deconstruction, Emerald City, Fairy Tale, Giant Slayer, Giants, Golden Goose, Kick Ass, Skewer, Source Material, Stupid Names, Subversion, Superhero Flick, Superhero Genre, Wicked Witch, Wits | 5 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 [...]

Posted in Blog | Also tagged Amazon, Battlefield, Bile, Cannon Shells, Comments Section, Critcism, Dinobot, Dinosaurs, Dlc, Game, Hard Time, Hater, Haters, Hell, Horde, Killer Moon, Meat And Potatoes, Notion, Online Game, Player Campaign, Single Player, Skins, Stomps, T Rex, Three Games, Transformers, Youtube Video | 8 Comments

Things You Should Buy

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: August 3, 2012

Buy my books. I think I don’t say that enough. I like that my blog isn’t just an endless series of commercials, but the thing about commercials is that they work. The whole reason this site exists is because I write books. You would most probably not be here if I wasn’t a semi-famous novelologist. [...]

Posted in Blog, Video Games | Also tagged Average Person, Character Design, Commercials, Cool Stuff, Cutting Edge, Dinosaurs, Earning Money, Edge 3d Graphics, Endless Series, Enemy Base, Execution, Mario, Multiplayer Game, Personality, Premise, Proud Tradition, Realism, Turrets, Xbox Live | 4 Comments

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 [...]