July, 2022. — 1) FREE “YEAR of MARTIN” BOOK Part pure genius — marketing and psychology! Part sheer insanity — the humor! 52 stories, one for each week! 217 pages in read-anywhere PDF format! 2) FREE PDF GUIDE — Finding the Writer in You Finding the Writer in you — a 6 page PDF Guide to get you where you need to be. …

60-second progressive patriotism update — We’ve got heat a-plenty. We’ve got drought. We’ve got fire warnings and burn bans. Some of our neighboring communities have decided the answer to this year’s city celebration is to use a play from the theme park playbook. Take a bunch of drones, and strap penlights to them, and run…

60-second morning news stories on parade. — The heat is crazy around here. Like I’m telling you something new. And I always like to condense the day’s news stories into about 60 seconds. Here are two. Your pets don’t always have enough sense to check the weather report and dress appropriately. …

Get off my badlands, punk! — 3 Links that point to my weekend. This weekend I spent the highest and best use of my time watching some old cowboy movies with my wife and working on my Medium newsletters. I may review some eventually. These I heartily recommend these without taking your time to review them. …

Another misuse of the platform you have — People tune in to television to check the weather before they start their day. But weather personalities here also carry the responsibility of filling allotted news time with extra content. Therefore, the usual ad-libs, the teaching, and re-teaching of common sense become so consistent, that they have their own stock…

A continuing newsletter saga — A tale of two newsletters. Anyone who has darkened the door of my area lately, no doubt will have heard of my incessant efforts at launching a newsletter. Two newsletters, actually. One is for my business and another for this, the more enlightened area of my concentration. …

Why do people try to make it more than that? — All I try to be is a storyteller. It can usually be said in a story if it is worth saying. A parable. People naturally listen to stories. Sit the little one down and tell a story. Sit a bigger one down and tell the story. Sit the elder down…

Works for me EVERY TIME! — This is way too simple. After you read it, you will want your money back. “It’s so simple, it’s stupid,” you will tell me. OK. Suit yourself. Get up. Watch the news. Start writing. That’s it. Don’t over-complicate it. Take a look at life. It will make you laugh or cry, bring you up or down, but it won’t leave you alone. Some of your fellow peeps are goofy. Some are sad and hurting. Some can’t be described at all. Whether you are a humorist or a realist, you will see the same newscast from your own perspective.

Showing a total lack of good taste for 10 weeks now! — Don’s Big-Time Writer’s Corner The Struggle for Beauty Some readers have suggested a bit of a face lift may be in order for the old Struggle Bus. Some have implied a total makeover may be more appropriate. But I say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! We’re only 10 weeks out of the…