My name is Rodney Carl Martin, Jr. I am an artist, writer and software engineer. I have a great love of astronomy, history, myth, legend, philosophy and religion. In fact, I'm fond of most of science. My fiction pen name is Carl Martin (co-author with John Dalmas [John Robert Jones] of Touch the Stars: Emergence. My non-fiction pen name is Rod Martin, Jr. I have written 118 books, 83 of which were ghostwritten for my clients.
For more about me and what my interests are, check out:
Rod Martin, Jr. Blog — A site about me and my interests.
Tharsis Highlands Publishing — A site about books, software, websites, courses and videos.
Ancient Suns — A site about astronomy, space science and planetary physics.
Outsiderness in the Scientific Community — A first-place, award-winning essay about the barriers in thought which can blind us to the fruits of discovery.
Mission: Atlantis, Proof that something big happened 9600 BCE — A site dedicated to the analysis of science and myth as they relate to the possible past validity of Plato's lost island. This Atlantis quest has already found evidence in a broad range of scientific disciplines in support of past reality of the fateful island. A 780-page book of the same name has also been published (ebook, paperback and hardcover).
IMDB Carl Martin profile lists some of the films to which I contributed.