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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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Honor At Stake, Sept 1
And now, for a page from the “self promotion file.” My vampire novel, Honor At Stake, is coming out on September first of this year. It’s the vampire novel with Catholic philosophy and metaphysics, jammed together with every traditional myth about vampires, … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, News, Personal Posts, Plugs and Promotions, Romance, Writing
Tagged Amanda Colt, Books, Brooklyn, New York, vampire, vampire novel, Vampires
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Of The Many Reasons I Don’t Blog a Lot
Call them reasons. Call them excuses. But there are several issues that keep me from blogging a lot, from the full-time writing job for Top Ten Reviews (which is awesome fun, especially lately), balancing the social marketing and interaction for … Continue reading
Interview with Ann Margaret Lewis on Murder in the Vatican
In 2011, I originally interviews Ann Margaret Lewis for my blog, A Pius Man. Since then, the interview was broken up and reposted for Examiner.com, twice. But now, as Ann Lewis will be my guest this Sunday on the Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Historical, Mystery, The Church, Writing
Tagged Ann Margaret Lewis, Arthur Conan Doyle, interview, Pope Leo XIII, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vatican
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Talking Iran and Military Tech with Ava Armstrong
Check Out Military Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Did I ever mention I live on a corner? A corner that does NOT have a four-way stop sign? What happens when a body (of … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Romance, The Church, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Ava Armstrong, Iran, Military, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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The Catholic Geek, with John C. Wright and L. Jagi Lamplighter
http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7754943 Check Out Culture Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Wow, that was AWESOME. L. Jagi Lamplighter and John C. Wright are sincerely awesome people. Jagi and I spent a large part of the … Continue reading
White Privilege Gets You Published: A Fisk
Bet you didn’t know that the only reason you get published is because of white male privilege. I read this, and, literally, was sitting in my office with my mouth hanging open, praying that no one would come in and … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek Radio Show Has Begun!
So. This happened. Yes, I seem to say that a lot.
Posted in Analysis, Blog News, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, News, Plugs and Promotions, Resources, Reviews, Science Fiction, Superhero, Writing
Tagged Daredevil, Declan Finn, Joss Whedon, Lori Janeski, Matthew Bowman, Novel Ninja, Pope Francis, Sad Puppies, Sense8, Strawpope Frank, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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The Tyranny of the Mega-Novel: A Fisk
Yesterday’s fisk covered a lot of stupidity, and there is more to be slapped down today. There is a counter-argument for yesterday’s article, also from The Guardian, and it was written by someone who is dumb enough to deserve multiple … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Fisks, Writing
Tagged Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Carter of Mars, Les Miserables, Liberals, Matthew Bowman, Monster Hunter International, Novel Ninja, Publishing, Short Fiction, Tarzan, Terry Goodkind, The Guardian, Tor Books, Worldbuilding, Writing
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Fantasy Worlds in Short Fiction: A Fisk
AUTHOR RAGE ACTIVATED! There are few things more maddening than some stupid liberal author trying to tell all the rest of us what is and isn’t possible. They seem to enjoy making gigantic blanket statements that are supposed to be … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Fisks, Writing
Tagged Baen Books, Brandon McClellan, Chicks in Chainmail, Damien Walter, David Weber, Farseer, Frodo Baggins, George R. R. Martin, Harry Dresden, Harry Potter, High Fantasy, Honor Harrington, Honorverse, Ian McEwan, James Bond, Jane Austen, John D. Brown, K. D. Julicher, Liberals, Lord Darcy, Merlin, Monster Hunter International, Natasha Pulley, Powder Mage, Pride and Prejudice, Reader-Response Criticism, Robin Hobb, Shattered Shields, Short Fiction, Tales of Tethedril, The Dark God, The Dresden Files, The Expendables, The Guardian, The International Lord of Hate, The Lord of the Rings, Worldbuilding
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Sherlock, Flash, Arrow, and Ann Lewis on The Catholic Geek
https://player.cinchcast.com/?assettype=single&show_id=7786823&version=2.0&platformId=1 Check Out Books Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Welcome my friends to another episode of The Catholic Geek. On this week’s episode, we have … Continue reading →