Credentials
Education
- B.A. in English
- Latin minor
- Certified paralegal
- Various certifications in the training field, including designer/developer and manager/director, among others
Bibliography
Nonfiction
"Plenty of Pitfalls in the Martial Arts Mystique," by Martha G. Verlander and
Greg Lindquist,
Consumer's Digest, January/February 1987
"Seiyu Oyata, Karate Master," by Martha Verlander, "Limelight" column,
Kansas City Magazine, November 1987
"How to Select a Karate School," by Martha G. Verlander and Greg C.
Lindquist, Inside Karate, September 1988
"Seiyu Oyata: Karate's 'Gentle Destroyer'," by Martha G. Verlander,
American Karate, January 1989
"The Summit Is Newest Resource for Associate Self-Improvement," by
Stephanie Hoopes, Rick Grabill, Wess Hudelson, Marti Verlander, Quest,
November/December 2002 (the newsletter of Honeywell FM&T)
"Possibility," by Martha Gilstrap Verlander, e-clips, Spring 2005
Editor and Publisher, Ryu-TeŽ Reporter, 1986-2000
Managing Editor, whimsplace.com, 03/2007-11/2007
Fiction
"The Garden of Eve," by Martha Gilstrap Verlander, Flashquake, vol. 4,
Iss. 2, Winter 2004/2005, ISSN: 1546-3540
"Boomerang," by Martha Gilstrap Verlander, AlienSkin Magazine, Vol. IV,
No. 5, April/May 2006, ISSN: 1545-3650
"The Box," by Martha Gilstrap Verlander, e-clips, Winter 2005
"Feathers," by Martha Gilstrap - Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction Contest,
whimsplace.com, 3rd quarter 2006
Presentation and Teaching Background
- Total Quality
- Creative Problem Solving
- Communications and Generations
- Peak Performance in Presentations
- CPR
- RyuTe KarateŽ (18 years teaching)
- Includes 8 years in her own dojo
- Includes teaching chizikunbo at Mr. Oyatas annual summer and birthday conferences
- Self-defense seminars
- Latin for grade-school children
Memberships
Romance Writers of America
Pikes Peak Writers
Write Stuff Novels online group (co-manager)
Murder Must Advertise listserve
International Ryu-TeŽ Karate Association
Broad Universe
