Ren Martinez

It’s Been Awhile

My life has been gloriously hectic, rather than unfortunately relaxing. My bout of unemployment has officially ended and I’m back to work, for which I’m grateful. As each day passed, resume after resume being sent and my bank account dwindling slowly, drop by drop, my anxiety grew to unbearable levels. Getting the job was aContinueContinue reading “It’s Been Awhile”

A Twitter Rant against Queer-Baiting: Supernatural Edition

Stumbling to Catch Up

So, as most of everyone knows, NaNoWriMo started six days ago. Like a dingus, just today is when I finally got around to writing. Luckily, my world-building is pretty much completed. Without further ado, a summary: A futuristic, crime-ridden city. Taeje is the center of the Heon nation, a landscape choked with pollution and smoke butContinueContinue reading “Stumbling to Catch Up”

An Intersection and a Choice

My work life has changed drastically. I’m somewhat unemployed at the moment and it’s both liberating and terrifying. I find myself in the unique position of determining how I want to start anew. When I first decided to enter mental health as a profession, the wounds from my childhood were still bearing stitches. The memoriesContinueContinue reading “An Intersection and a Choice”

Enjoying Small Successes

I’m sorry it’s been such a long time since I’ve posted. I’ve recently been accepted into a professional theatre company, and between creating the show and my work it’s been quite the roller coaster. Even this will be brief, but I promise I will commit to more regular postings soon.On that note, I was published!OneContinueContinue reading “Enjoying Small Successes”

A Modest Celebration

So. It finally happened. The infinitesimally tiny spark of hope. I got my first reply of interest in my novel. ::confetti:: Naturally, I’m trying not to get too worked up in a dizzying whirl of giddiness. The agent merely stated that she was intrigued and requested the entire manuscript. It’s nowhere close to being signedContinueContinue reading “A Modest Celebration”

Cutting Away the Fat

Recently, I got a rejection letter that actually had feedback. FEEDBACK. Which, while it’s still the bitter arrow to heart called rejection, I could not be more thrilled for my subsequent wound. Because, feedback means my work was actually read and I could actually improve. As it happened, I took out an entire prologue andContinueContinue reading “Cutting Away the Fat”

Cantabile: A Love Story

He began his new life standing up, surrounded by cold darkness and stale dusty air. But, that is not where this story begins. It begins with bird and a star. A bird whose songs caused willows to weep. Its voice rang through dusk and the dawn and all who heard were made beautiful. A starContinueContinue reading “Cantabile: A Love Story”

Stopping to Smell the Rose City

For the last five days, I was soaked in the smell of roses and wind coming up the Willamette River. I feasted on marionberry pie and drowned my sorrows in Kell’s Irish Red. I walked no less than three bridges connecting the two halves of the city, and my feet are aching even as myContinueContinue reading “Stopping to Smell the Rose City”

Practice Makes For Perfect Procrastination

I’m still cranking through the sequel and it’s getting to be almost torturous. The moments where words seem to flow naturally are interspersed with coffee breaks and Tumblr posts and GoT marathons. I’m so easily distracted that when I finally sit down to write, my fingers seem rigged with lead. It’s like chicken pecking andContinueContinue reading “Practice Makes For Perfect Procrastination”