J.Michael Martinez

Beginning with this post, I will outline key figures from my work-in-progress, Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and...

In August 2021, I signed a book contract with Routledge, an academic publisher from Great Britain and an imprint of the Taylor & Francis...

To conclude this series on writing a book—and to conclude 2021, for that matter—I offer final thoughts on the subject. Many folks have...

Let us talk of talent, you and I--of writing talent. It’s a touchy subject, I know, but we must speak of it as part of this series. This...

This is my fifth post in a series on writing a non-fiction book. I have discussed selecting a topic, searching for a publisher,...

This is my fourth posting on the writing process. I have discussed how to select a book topic (Part I), the steps in searching for a...

This is my third post on the writing process. In the first posting, I discussed how to select a book topic. In the second posting, I...

This is my second posting on the writing process. The first post, from August 31, 2021, concerned selecting a topic. Next up: the...

When I began writing my blog in July 2011, I promised that I would devote space to the writing life, and so I have. Yet most postings...

Every summer since 2011, when I started writing my blog, I have provided an update on my writing projects. Here is my 2021 update. I have...

As I discuss in my forthcoming book Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History, Jack Abramoff was a lobbyist whose name became...

The most recent scandal covered in my forthcoming book, Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History, involves the 2016...

As I discuss in my forthcoming book Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History, the Iran-Contra scandal occurred during President...

As I discuss in my forthcoming book Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History, the savings and loan (S&L) crisis has been almost...

It sounded like something out of a poorly written crime novel. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an...

Watergate has become the scandal by which all other American scandals are judged. Whenever an elected official is caught in a...

His name was Spiro Agnew, and he served as governor of Maryland before becoming Richard Nixon’s vice president from 1969 until 1973. As I...

As I discuss in my forthcoming book, Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History, William “Wild Bill” Langer was a...

The most infamous example of government corruption before the Watergate era was a scandal that occurred during the presidency of Warren...

As I discuss in my forthcoming book Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History, the United States suffered through a series of...