Mike MartinezOct 31, 20118 minI Found My Thrill on Capitol HillOn October 8, 2011, I set aside my usual cares and attended my aunt and uncle’s 60th wedding anniversary celebration in Falls Church, Vir...
Mike MartinezOct 28, 201123 minThe Swords of Wicked Men, Part IVOn Monday, November 28, 2011, I submitted the first draft of my manuscript The Swords of Wicked Men: Terrorist Attacks on American Soil t...
Mike MartinezOct 19, 20118 minReflecting on Life’s MilestonesOn October 8, 2011, I set aside my usual cares and attended my aunt and uncle’s 60th wedding anniversary celebration in Falls Church, Vir...
Mike MartinezOct 3, 20118 minThe Swords of Wicked Men, Part IIOne afternoon during the late 1990s, I was driving my car while my eight-year-old stepdaughter sat in the back seat. I was navigating thr...
Mike MartinezSep 22, 20117 minComing For To Carry Me Home, Part IIIt is December 2010, and I am as depressed as I have ever been. Normally, I am a happy, “glass-half-full” guy, an optimistic person imbue...
Mike MartinezSep 8, 201110 minA German Interlude; or Ass-Kicking the Ugly AmericanBerlin, Germany, Tuesday, August 30, 2011: When I step in front of the crowd, my heart thunders in my chest as if it will explode from my...
Mike MartinezAug 26, 20117 minWhen “My Precious Ache” Becomes “My Indifferent Yawn”Any worthwhile endeavor — whether it is a romantic relationship, a course of study in school, or a writing project — invariably requires ...
Mike MartinezAug 15, 20119 minReflections on InsanityI am insane. I know the statement smacks of melodrama, but what else explains my obsession with writing at the exclusion of other facets ...
Mike MartinezAug 6, 20115 minThe Swords of Wicked Men, Part IMy graduate school mentor, Dr. Bill Richardson, formerly of Georgia State University, currently at the University of South Dakota, once t...
Mike MartinezJul 29, 20118 minComing For To Carry Me Home, Part IMy latest work, a history of race relations during the nineteenth century, is titled Coming For To Carry Me Home: Race in America From Ab...
Mike MartinezJul 25, 20113 minThe Story of Writing Where the Light is DimWelcome to my story, the story of writing where the light is dim.So here I am--48 years old, reasonably well-educated, more-or-less satis...
Mike MartinezJun 17, 20117 minThe Quest for Obscurity; or the Weird World of Academic PublishingWelcome to the weird world of academic publishing. Faithful readers of my blog know that I always seek an expanding readership whenever I...
