R.L. Martinez (Author of In the Blood)

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R.L. Martinez

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Born

in Ft. Knox, KY, The United States

March 27

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Poetry

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I write mutant stories - you know the kind that are a little of this and a little of that - that have dark edges and corners. So, while I love putting romance in my tales, the lovers have to go through some serious sh*t to be together. And sometimes, even then, it doesn't work out.

My favorite scenes to write are about death and destruction - gotta let the inner killer blow off steam SOMEHOW - followed by scenes with lots of witty banter. Comedy and death make my inner killer very happy. Yep, that's right, instead of an "inner goddess" (bleh, by the way) I've got an inner killer and she has her eye on you.

And now the boring stuff: I live in Oklahoma with my husband, two small sons, two naughty puppies, and a mouse-killing cat. Now you know ...more

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	In the Blood (Witchbreed #1) 4.16 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath the Skin (The Witchbreed Book 2) by R.L. Martinez (欧宝娱乐 Author), Kate Foster (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Luna Station Quarterly: The First Five Years by Jennifer Lyn Parsons (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Deborah Bailey (Contributor), Kim Bannerman (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Horses Don't Stop at Whoa: Poems and Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Path Through Fire and Blood: A Story of the Witchbreed it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luna Station Quarterly: Issue 018 by Jennifer Lyn Parsons (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), R.L. Martinez (欧宝娱乐 Author), Sandra Wickham (欧宝娱乐 Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luna Station Quarterly: Issue 031 by Jennifer Lyn Parsons (欧宝娱乐 Author), Sarah Donnelly, Michelle Muenzler (欧宝娱乐 Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Witchbreed Series (2 books)
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“Damn them all, my love. Your future is your own. Destiny is for the weak. The strong make their own futures, and you were born with a sword for a spine.”
― R.L. Martinez, Beneath the Skin

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“It鈥檚 a terrible thing to limp along the sides of a life you once ran through.”
― R.L. Martinez, In the Blood

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“You hold a lioness in your arms, little witch. Someone鈥檚 sky; another鈥檚 earth; and a third鈥檚 star. Blood, skin, and breath in one.”
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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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