2023 Events
This is a tentative schedule of events for 2023: May 20 – Gaithersburg Book Festival – Gaithersburg, MD June 3-4 – 3 Rivers Comicon – Pittsburgh, PA June 16-18 – AwesomeCon – Washington, DC August 5-6 – Momento Con – Pittsburgh, PA August 26-27 – WV Pop Con –...
Time Purge: A Five-Year Retrospective
As I did with Time Binge, I recently took the time to re-read my second book, which just turned five years old. Here's what I discovered: I love this book. When people ask me which book is my favorite, Time Purge is my answer. I find that it strikes just the right...
Time Binge: A Five-Year Retrospective
Somehow, it's been just over five years since I published my first book. In what might be evidence of narcissism, I went back and did a thorough re-read. Here's what I learned. I still like my jokes. The Prologue was totally unnecessary, and Chapter 1 was more like a...
The Great Recovering
Maybe you've noticed. Maybe you haven't. You probably haven't. I'm probably writing this post for no one... I've updated all of my book covers. Why? For a few reasons: The Brooks & Smith series wasn't originally a series, and I needed to add clear numbering and...
New Stuff Available and Coming Soon
Now Available You can now order Fun Times in a Dystopic Hellscape in several formats. Click to Buy: Amazon Kindle | Paperback | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Apple Books Works in Progress I have several books in progress, because it's always a good idea to work on...
Fun Times in a Dystopic Hellscape – Now Available for Preorder
It's heeeere! I finally put the pandemic to good use, and finished one of my works in progress. Actually, I finished two books and a terrible screenplay, but we'll touch on that another day. Here's the blurb: The road to Hell is paved through Indiana. When a...
The Taste Barometer: Comedy Edition
I like listening to 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back, which is a wonderful podcast about terrible books hosted by Mike Nelson (MST3k) and Conor Lastowka (Rifftrax). One of the things they do is employ a taste barometer, either by disclosing their own likes and dislikes...
Test Subjects Wanted!
I’m looking for readers interested in receiving ARCs, aka… FREE BOOKS. Click for more info.
2022 Events
This is a tentative schedule of events for 2022: May 21 – Gaithersburg Book Festival – Gaithersburg, MD June 4-5 – 3 Rivers Comicon – Pittsburgh, PA June 12 – Pulp Fiction Convention – Cleveland, OH August 27-28 – WV Pop Con – Morgantown, WV September 10 – Committed...
What a Year!
You won't believe how much I achieved in 2020. Actually, you might. I achieved nothing. But I didn't die, so I have that going for me. Now that the world's open again, I'm back in the swing of things. My next book will be out by the end of the year, and I'm working on...

Martina Fetzer
Martina is a technical writer by day and a creative writer by night. She holds an M.A. in English and a Ph.D. in Hating Michael Bublé. She grew up reading comic books and watching stand-up, and is now a well-adjusted adult writing comedic sci-fi and fantasy.