J.Michael Martinez

I want to talk about my latest publishing venture in this blog. For the first time in my career as an author, I am tying together my...

Most of Up From Clay, my novel-in-progress, is written in the present tense, but in some chapters I reflect on past occurrences. In this...

The manuscript I have intermittently labored over for almost 18 years is titled Up From Clay. I chose the title to convey the idea that...

My non-fiction writing career progressed well during 2011. It promises to continue moving forward in 2012, and beyond. In addition to...

It is December 15, 2011, and I am in much better shape than I was a year ago. My book Coming for to Carry Me Home: Race in America from...

Now that I am writing the conclusion to my latest manuscript, The Swords of Wicked Men: Terrorist Attacks on American Soil (with an...

On October 8, 2011, I set aside my usual cares and attended my aunt and uncle’s 60th wedding anniversary celebration in Falls Church,...

On Monday, November 28, 2011, I submitted the first draft of my manuscript The Swords of Wicked Men: Terrorist Attacks on American Soil...

On October 8, 2011, I set aside my usual cares and attended my aunt and uncle’s 60th wedding anniversary celebration in Falls Church,...

One afternoon during the late 1990s, I was driving my car while my eight-year-old stepdaughter sat in the back seat. I was navigating...

It 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...

Berlin, 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...

Any worthwhile endeavor — whether it is a romantic relationship, a course of study in school, or a writing project — invariably requires...

I am insane. I know the statement smacks of melodrama, but what else explains my obsession with writing at the exclusion of other facets...

My graduate school mentor, Dr. Bill Richardson, formerly of Georgia State University, currently at the University of South Dakota, once...

My latest work, a history of race relations during the nineteenth century, is titled Coming For To Carry Me Home: Race in America From...

Welcome 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...

Welcome to the weird world of academic publishing. Faithful readers of my blog know that I always seek an expanding readership whenever I...