The Swords of Wicked Men: Final Chapter?
This blog features Chapters 21-23 of my action novel The Day of the Gun. Interested readers can find the first 20 chapters under the...
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Mike Martinez
- Nov 14, 2012
- 4 min
The Swords of Wicked Men: Final Chapter?
When I first set up my blog during the summer of 2011, I promised that it would “detail my efforts to research, write, edit, and publish...
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Mike Martinez
- Oct 31, 2012
- 14 min
A Tale of Two Idiocies
Occasionally I hear from friends and family who have read my latest blog: “You sure had a laugh at someone else’s expense, Mike. But can...
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Mike Martinez
- Oct 17, 2012
- 16 min
You Be My King; I’ll Be Your Queen. And You Can Be My Sex Machine!
I recently underwent my annual physical examination with Dr. John S. Carr, my primary care physician. Approaching age 50, I recognize the...
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Mike Martinez
- Oct 2, 2012
- 5 min
Through the Eyes of a Child
Ah, what a joy it is to see the world through the eyes of a child. I spend most of my days and nights struggling to improve myself. I...
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Mike Martinez
- Sep 17, 2012
- 10 min
The Day of the Gun, Part V
Chapter 18 As state and federal law enforcement officials pieced together what happened that afternoon in the Parkwood Cemetery, everyone...
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Mike Martinez
- Sep 12, 2012
- 12 min
Dreaming Out Loud, Chapter 13
Here is Chapter 13 of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 13 Now that mom has returned from the nursing home,...
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Mike Martinez
- Sep 4, 2012
- 6 min
Of Mothers and Their Children
On August 6, I posted a blog about my mother on her 73rd birthday titled “Remembering the Pluff Mud Queen.” In response, I received more...
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Mike Martinez
- Aug 22, 2012
- 12 min
Sometimes You Don’t Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
I have felt virtuous of late. It concerns my love for animals and my decision to save the life of an orphaned puppy. Almost every Sunday...
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Mike Martinez
- Aug 6, 2012
- 20 min
Remembering The Pluff Mud Queen
Although she died more than five years ago, I have been thinking a great deal about my mother of late. Today (August 6) is her 73rd...
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Mike Martinez
- Jul 27, 2012
- 3 min
The Story of Writing Where the Light is Dim: First Anniversary
I started writing a blog on my website in July 2011. Since a year has passed, I thought it would be instructive to reflect back on my ups...
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Mike Martinez
- Jul 20, 2012
- 7 min
Traipsing Through the Middle Kingdom; Or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation
In recent years, I have been conscious of time passing. One moment, I was safely ensconced in high school, and the next I was galloping...
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Mike Martinez
- Jul 1, 2012
- 7 min
The Swords of Wicked Men, Part V
So here is a lesson on compromise in the publishing game. In previous blogs, I have warned writers about the numerous changes — large and...
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Mike Martinez
- Jun 20, 2012
- 18 min
The Day of the Gun, Part IV
And now, for your reading pleasure, here are chapters 13 through 17 of The Day of the Gun. Chapter 13 Parkwood Cemetery dated from the...
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Mike Martinez
- Jun 8, 2012
- 27 min
I Fought the Law and the Law Won
We were arrested, my mother and I, on a hazy, humid Sunday afternoon in October when I was fourteen years old. She was 37. Handcuffed,...
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Mike Martinez
- May 25, 2012
- 34 min
The Day of the Gun, Part III
And now, for your reading pleasure, here are chapters 7-12 of The Day of the Gun. Chapter 7 Arthur Foster McLean — “Mac” to his friends...
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Mike Martinez
- May 11, 2012
- 13 min
A Quarter of a Century at the Bar
On a rainy afternoon 25 years ago, I graduated from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. The date was May 11, 1987. Emory...
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Mike Martinez
- Apr 26, 2012
- 5 min
Happy Confederate Memorial Day
William Faulkner once observed that “The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.” That wry observation seems especially appropriate for...
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Mike Martinez
- Apr 12, 2012
- 4 min
NPE 2012 and Environmentalism
On April 4, I attended a huge plastics trade show in Orlando, Florida, known as the National Plastics Exposition (NPE) 2012. Scheduled...
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Mike Martinez
- Mar 29, 2012
- 13 min
The Day of the Gun—Part II
And now, for your reading pleasure, here are chapters 3-6 of The Day of the Gun. Chapter 3 As the body of the one man who might be called...
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