J.Michael Martinez

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,...

Here is Chapter 12 of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 12 Finally, the big day arrives. On Friday, March 19,...

Here is Chapter 11 of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 11 Weeks pass, and we leave the “Law & Order” crisis...

Well, my friends, two years have passed since I posted my first blog on my website. I have experienced my share of ups and downs during...

Here is Chapter 10 of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 10 It is Tuesday, January 27, 2004, and we have...

Here is Chapter 9 of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 9 From deep inside a tunnel, I hear someone call my...

Here is Chapter 8 of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 8 My aunt Polly arrives in Atlanta ready for action,...

Here is Chapter 7 of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 7 Paula and I journey home for the night along cold,...

Dear earth, I do salute thee with my hand, Though rebels wound thee with their horses’ hoofs: As a long-parted mother with her child...

Dear earth, I do salute thee with my hand, Though rebels wound thee with their horses’ hoofs: As a long-parted mother with her child...

Here is the fifth chapter of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 5 Mom’s sister, Polly, is the matriarch of...

Here is the fourth chapter of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 4 Thirty-six minutes after the triage nurse...

Here is the third chapter of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 3 The automatic doors slide open and Paula...

Here is the second chapter of Dreaming Out Loud, the book about my mother’s stroke. Chapter 2 Emory Eastside Medical Center sits on an...

I mentioned in a previous blog that I am reworking my memoir, tentatively titled Dreaming Out Loud, about my mother’s stroke and...

Inspiration is a fickle mistress. I love it when she flirts with me, but it happens so seldom that I almost don’t recognize her when she...

On December 28, 2012, I marked half a century of life on this planet. I suppose I must buy a sports car, display the few graying chest...

With Christmas rapidly approaching, I have been thinking about my mother, Laura. She loved the holidays, despite the hustle and bustle of...

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...

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...