Martha Gilstrap's life is filled with stories: The ones she reads, the ones she writes, and the ones she lives. Her family's oral tradition claims descent from the legendary Leif Erickson, a tale of which she is inordinately proud, although her mother always wondered why she'd claim "that old pirate." Martha has earned a 5th-degree black belt in RyuTe Karate under Taika Seiyu Oyata, ridden motorcycles, taught Latin to grade school children, and spent New Year's Eve on the Plaza del Sol in Madrid. she lives with a rescue dog driven 1000 miles to her in one day by lovely people to give the pup a...