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N.M. Martinez

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Born

in Fort Ord, The United States

January 29

Website

http://ruindestruction.com/

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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N.M. Martinez lives with her boyfriend and their two cats in Monterey Bay. She harbors a not so secret crush on Isaac Asimov, loves comic books, and enjoys playing old video school games.

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My Father

The person I am today is mostly because of the influence of my father.

He was the man who taught me how to play chess. Now I know how to play it, and yet I am not very good at it. Doesn’t matter. We still taught how to play chess to my niece and nephew and I intend on showing friends who don’t know the moves how to play chess even if we never actually play.

He was the man who taught me a love of sto

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Above Ground

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The Great Book of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1-10)

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N.M.’s Quotes

“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: humor, writing

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“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

tags: violence

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“You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: persistence, writing

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“I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.”
― Isaac Asimov

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“The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: life

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