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The Dragon Award nominated Honor at Stake is Undead Once More
You’d think with all my experience on Twitter, I’d have more pithy titles. Anyway, yes, Honor at Stake is back. The Award nominated book is possibly the best thing I’ve ever done. If you don’t believe me, look at the … Continue reading
ANNOUNCEMENT: Tales of the Once and Future King Anthology is here
Okay, to be perfectly technical, the anthology Tales of the Once and Future King is only available for preorder. And, as of this exact minute, only available as a Kindle.Yeah. I know. Don’t look at me, I’m not in charge of this … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Writing
Tagged Books, Superversive Fiction
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Catholic Dragon Award Suggestions
Since we have not mentioned this since February, It’s occurred to me that the first post was probably a little too cavalier in that Dragon Award post. We should spell out what the bleep is going on a little bit … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, News, Romance, Science Fiction, Superhero, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Alternate History, Arrow, Catholic Fiction, Daniella Bova, DragonCon, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grimm, John C. Wright, John Ringo, Karina Fabian, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Larry Correia, Military, Monster Hunter International, Monster Hunter Series, Star Wars, Superversive Fiction, Timothy Zahn, vampire, vampire novel, Vampires, Winter Born
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Silver Empire To Re-release Declan Finn’s A Pius Man
Before Declan Finn became a Dragon Award nominated horror writer — before there was even a Dragon Award — he wrote a thriller series that’s been described as “the anti-Dan Brown,” or perhaps, “The Da Vinci Code — but not … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Historical, Mystery, News, Personal Posts, Romance, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Pope Pius XII
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Dragon Awards Are Live
Last year, we released footage of the first annual Dragon Awards, the official award of DragonCon, one of the world’s largest SFF conventions. And now, the Dragons are once again upon us. The nominations process has begun. However, I don’t recommend … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming, Horror, News, Romance, Science Fiction, Tabletop RPGs, Thriller, Video Games, Writing
Tagged DragonCon, Honor At Stake, live and let bite
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Top 10 Catholic Books to Give this Christmas
In my family, the easiest thing in the world is to give the gift of books. And, seriously, who doesn’t read? If your first thought is “I don’t read,” then I will ask you how exactly this post is getting … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Superhero, Thriller
Tagged adam baldwin, Ann Margaret Lewis, baldwin, C. S. Lewis, Dystopia, Dystopian Fantasy, John C. Wright, Larry Correia, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes
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Review: Iron Chamber of Memory
John C Wright has pulled off a great trick with his latest novel, Iron Chamber of Memory. What started out as a Nora Roberts style romantic comedy ended in an epic battle on the scale of Mary Stewart and her … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews, Romance
Tagged Fantasy, John C. Wright, Romance
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Book Review: The Mermaid & The Unicorn
There’s a lot of “urban fantasy” out there, and I’ve only experienced small handfuls of it. I’ve devoured The Dresden Files, caught a few episodes of Buffy, delved into the lore of World of Darkness, and even gotten into Monster … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews, Romance
Tagged Mermaid and the Unicorn, Urban Fantasy
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A Flight of Dragon Awards
DragonCon is a convention that takes place every year over the Labor Day weekend in downtown Atlanta, GA. It is, by all accounts, the largest sci-fi and fantasy convention on the planet Earth. If you don’t believe me, their minimum … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Board Games, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming, Horror, News, Romance, Video Games
Tagged AKA Jessica Jones, Ant-Man, Arrow, Captain America: Civil War, Card, Daredevil, David Weber, DC, DC Comics, Deadpool, Declan Finn, Doctor Who, DragonCon, Flash, Game, Game of Thrones, Gaming, George R. R. Martin, Honor At Stake, Honor Harrington, Hugo Awards, Jessica Jones, Jim Butcher, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Military, Sad Puppies, Science Fiction, Star Wars, Urban Fantasy
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Writing Catholic Novels
I was recently asked to write about Catholicism in my novels. Going through Honor at Stake, one might pick up on the fact that I’m Catholic. It’s only in about a quarter of the novel, after all. I built my … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek: Rory Modena and David Chalmers 08/30 by We Built That Network | Culture Podcasts
Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK ‘Shadowdancer’ Modena and her cohort David Chalmers. We’ll cover art (which Declan knows nothing about), censorship in gaming and game chat, as well as their upcoming collaboration on … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Rants, Romance, Science Fiction, The Church, Writing
Tagged Hugo Awards, Matthew Bowman, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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Did Romeo Love Juliet?
It seems a silly question. The Shakespeare play Romeo & Juliet is third only to Hamlet and Macbeth in fame, and widely considered the most famous romance in the English language (though I would argue Pride and Prejudice to be more influential on literature). Yet … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Romance
Tagged Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Tragedy
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AAR on The Catholic Geek radio show: Erin Lale on WorldCon 09/20
Tonight, host Declan Finn (Honor at Stake) will talk with Damnation Press’ Erin Lale, as Erin gives us an after action report on this year’s WorldCon. Erin Lale is an author and editor.
Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Rants, Romance, The Church, Writing
Tagged Damnation Books, Declan Finn, Erin Lale, Eternal Press, Honor At Stake, Sad Puppies, Strawpope Frank, Worldcon
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AAR: The Catholic Geek Radio show with Michelle Buckman on Death Panels from 09/06
Host Declan Finn (author, Honor At Stake), will interview Catholic Writer Guild member and author Michelle Buckman, who penned a book called Death Panels in 1994. Expect that we’ll be talking about Planned Parenthood and Obamacare.
Posted in Fiction, Romance, Writing
Tagged Blog Talk Radio, BlogTalkRadio, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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The Catholic Geek: Rory Modena and David Chalmers 08/30 by We Built That Network | Culture Podcasts
Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK “Shadowdancer” Modena and her cohort David Chalmers. We’ll cover art (which Declan knows nothing about), censorship in gaming and game chat, et al Source: The Catholic Geek: Rory … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming, Horror, Romance, Science and Technology, The Church, Video Games
Tagged Blog Talk Radio, BlogTalkRadio, Honor At Stake, Vatican Ninjas
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Quick Review: Plastic Memories
So, one thing I’m going to start doing is reviews of shows that I’ve finished recently, which typically means recent shows (but sometimes older ones that I haven’t caught yet!). Plastic Memories aired during the Spring cour of 2015, and … Continue reading
Writing Catholic Romance
My new book, Honor At Stake, is officially posted as a vampire romance. I’ve obviously done romance before, but mostly as a subplot in the books I’ve written. With Codename: Winterborn, for example, there were two love plots going on. … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Personal Posts, Plugs and Promotions, Romance, Writing
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Writing Vatican Ninjas
I’ve always had a problem with vampire fiction in which the vampires were so secret, nobody knew they existed. Nobody. At all. Seriously, when you’re around for hundreds of years, eventually somebody is going to start talking. Which is why … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Plugs and Promotions, Romance, Writing
Tagged Manhattan, New York, New York City, Vatican, Vatican Ninjas
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The 2017 Dragon Award Ballot Is In!
Vote early, vote often …. Sorry, some Chicago humor. Anyway, he Dragon Award Ballot went live for 2017 Let’s take a look, see if we know any names. Best Science Fiction Novel Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey A Closed and Common … Continue reading →