Martin R. Nelson - Children of the Dying Hearth - Fantasy, Adventure, World Building and Writing. This is episode 667 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Martin Nelson has served as a high school history and Latin teacher for the past five years at Saint Mary’s School of Medford. Prior to that he held various positions, including substitute teacher and summer school administrator of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana; teaching assistant and writing coach at Fordham University; and a blog editor for the history department at Fordham.

Nelson was awarded Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest for The Journal of Dr. Rudy J. Gleeman.

Martin earned his B.A. in History from University of Portland, in Oregon. He received a master’s in history from Fordham University, in New York. His research interests include early and high Medieval Danish Political Culture, Conceptualizations of Sanctity, and Cultural Memory.

He speaks three foreign languages – Spanish, Italian, and Latin - -and is a member of several professional academic organizations, including: American Historical Academy, American Classical League, and Hagiography Society.

True to enjoying anything fantasy, the subject of his debut novel, Children of the Dying Hearth, Nelson spends hours playing video games. He grew up on RPGs like Final Fantasy and Suikoden. He likes getting into a new anime or role-playing a tabletop game.

Nelson presently coaches the all-girls soccer team at a Catholic high school.

A lifetime soccer player, he recently took up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He also enjoys hunting and fishing. Born and raised in Oregon, he spent time playing semi-professional soccer in Romania, Spain, Portugal, and Germany. He’s also lived in California and New York. 

He can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/martin.nelson), Instagram (www.instagram.com/annals_of_tessian), and X (www.tritter.com/martinsonofnel). For more information, please see: www.martinraynelson.com  

He resides with his family in Medford, Oregon.

Our focus today is Martin’s Novel - Children of the Dying Hearth….

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Length - 46:28