ATLANTA — As a child, J.R. Martinez was scared of Freddy Krueger, the disfigured menace in the Nightmare on Elm Street film series.After a bomb in Iraq ripped through his Army Humvee and burned one-third of his body — includingpart of his face — Martinez felt as if he had become the living embodiment of Krueger. He washorrified and, for a brief time, suicidal.Nine years later, the former Dalton, Ga., resident is very much alive. While in the hospital, hebegan sharing his story with other burn victims and soon became a fixture on the speaking circuitas an inspirational war survivor.His gift for gab and zest for life led to a regular role on the since-canceled TV soap opera All My Children and, in 2011, first place on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. And now he has produced a memoir about his life: Full of Heart: My Story of Survival, Strength, and Spirit.“Writing a book has been floating around in my head for a while,†Martinez says. But he didn’tthink it was the right time until he won Dancing With the Stars, which broadened his fame beyond soap fans.“I’m not a writer,†says Martinez, explaining why he worked with a ghostwriter, Alexandra Ro <a href={url}>{keyword}</a>ckeyFleming. Plus, given his full slate of speaking engagements, “It was difficult for me to write allthis by myself, given the deadlines I had.â€The most difficult part was res <a href={url}>{keyword}</a> earching his mother’s tough past, including her bad relationshipswith men and the suffering she endured after Martinez was injured. “It makes me appreciate her thatmuch more,†he says <a href={url}>{keyword}</a> . He also had to fill in post-injury memory gaps from when he was in a coma, sohe interviewed doctors and nurses as well as fellow soldiers stationed with him when his Humvee washit.Martinez, who spent most of his childhood in Arkansas, lived in Dalton only during his senioryear at Dalton High School. But he fell in love with the town. And his mother, Maria, still livesthere. “It was a great year for me,†he says. “It felt like home. I still consider it home.†Whenhe got out of the hospital and visited Dalton for the first time since the blast, the war vet wasstunned by the hero’s welcome, at which he received a key to the city.“That really choked me up,†he says.Now living in Los Angeles, he visits Dalton as his schedule permits. But visits to Georgia havebecome more difficult since the spring, when he and girlfriend Diana Gonzalez-Jones had a baby,Lauryn Annabelle.In the meantime, Martinez is looking for new TV and film roles.
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