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Month: May 2018

Non-fiction vs fiction

Published by Don on May 30, 2018

I have written some non-fiction books and now I am trying my hand at some fiction. As a NF writer, I think the fiction writer has it made.  As a fiction writer, I feel that the NF writer’s job is a piece of cake.  As a new fiction writer I am making my story free for five days.  Then it’s only going to be $0.99 I’m hoping for the best. It’s free tomorrow 5/31/18 to…

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Cognobal Freeman of the Delta Sector

Published by Don on May 30, 2018

Cognobal Freeman of the Delta Sector Space and time is like a slightly curved piece of notebook paper, college ruled. If you gaze at the edge, you can’t see very much. If you look at it straight on, you can still only see half of it. But you also will not lose your directions and start to wander, unless you are one of the unfortunate brings from Delta Sector who can’t perceive the color blue.…

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The Morning Hatcher Fell

Published by Don on May 21, 2018

“Mark  Hatcher, a very medium, very unremarkable guy, a self-described loser, is dreaming of landing a new job, but still driving a sub-galactic space transporter, when one of his two engines goes out.  As he is trying to call for help, his radio goes out too – he is only a couple of galaxies away from earth, but it might as well be a hundred light years.” –The Morning Hatcher Fell Don Martin Coming Soon!…

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Inside My Shiny Little Mental Airstream Food Truck

Published by Don on May 10, 2018

Inside My Shiny Little Mental Airstream Food Truck This article originally appeared over at Don-Martin.com and since it deals with the title of this site, we thought we would share it with you. This handy concept came along recently to serve as an example to clarify and explain to me my changing interpersonal communications, as well as to serve as another defense mechanism for me in facing the real world. It Started with an MRI…

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On Being a Journalist Without Being a Journaler

Published by Don on May 5, 2018

Everybody says it.  You have to write every day.  Keep a journal. Get a little  book of blank paper that you paid a fortune for, and start doodling in it.  Make one page say WRITE HERE in big, red, 3-D letters and an arrow pointing to a replica of a moon.  Glue sparkles, if needed. Before long you have spent your money and your time without writing a word.  But you are trendy. I am…

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