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Review: I Am Margaret
I was asked to do a review on I Am Margaret by Corinna Turner, published by our friends at Chesterton Press.Being a good and friendly blogger, I agreed, and even though I was a bit wary at the description at … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Plugs and Promotions, Reviews
Tagged British, Catholic Fiction, Catholicism, Dystopia, Editing, I Am Margaret, Romance, Style, The Hunger Games, Violence
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Don John of Austria and Our Lady of Victory
Today is October 7th, which most of the world will refer to as Wednesday; but those who know its significance know it as a day when the world could have turned out very differently. Dig deep enough and you can … Continue reading
Posted in History, Resources
Tagged G. K. Chesterton, Lepanto, Ottoman Empire, Our Lady of Victory, Pope Pius V, Rosary
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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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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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That Day in September – a New Yorker remembers 9-11
Remember, remember that day in September, Airplanes and Terror and plot I see no error in thinking that terror Should never be forgot.** You know what today is.
Posted in Commentary, History, Personal Posts
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Catholicism and the Recency Bias
On Sunday, as I was leaving the 7:30 Mass at my parish, I met an elderly woman coming in early for the 9am. She decided to strike up a conversation about the weather, which in my area around this time … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, History, Resources, The Church
Tagged Bias, Vatican I, Vatican II
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Review: Honor at Stake
I read Honor at Stake at the request of the author, Declan Finn. He needed a review, and now he’s got this one. Cue the maniacal laughter! Nah, I’m just giving a fellow blogger a hard time, really. Honor at … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Plugs and Promotions, Reviews
Tagged Catholicism, Declan Finn, Monster Hunter International, Vampires, Writing
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ACLU Forces Catholic Hospital To Sterilize Woman
I’m sure no one, at all, saw this coming. The threat of a lawsuit — not the actual lawsuit, the mere threat — from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has compelled Catholic hospital Mercy Medical Center in San Francisco … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Health, News, The Church
Tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Mercy Medical
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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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SciTech: Printed Prosthetics
Not too long ago, science fiction author John Ringo stated that science was getting ahead of his fiction. He could no longer handwavium away details and move on — he would have learn all the intricate details. These are prosthetic … Continue reading
Fatherhood is a Sexist Concept
Abortion supporters tend to have only two settings: shrill attacks, and sullen silence. We’ve been seeing a lot of the latter thanks to the Planned Parenthood exposés that have been hitting the Internet (yet not so much with the news … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Health, Resources
Tagged Abortion, Contraception, Family, Planned Parenthood
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Hugo Who?
If you’ve been on social media this weekend, you might have seen a kerfuffle over the Hugo Awards, which took place on Saturday. This kerfuffle has been going on for a long time, but it’s getting louder and louder, and … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, News, Plugs and Promotions, Resources, Science Fiction
Tagged Hugo Awards
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Touch One Life
Ever have that one awesome favorite that is nothing like anything else you like of the same type? That’s me and the Cruxshadows. The Cruxshadows are a darkwave band. If you don’t know what that is, just think “goth”; the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Personal Posts, Resources, Reviews
Tagged Afterall, David Weber, Depression, DragonCon, John Ringo, Music, The Cruxshadows
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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
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
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, Historical, History, Mystery, News, Superhero, Writing
Tagged Ann Margaret Lewis, DC Comics, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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Let’s Take Back Rainbows
Ever since the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage, people on Facebook have put that rainbow overlay on their profile pic. Matthew posted on July 3rd instructions on how to Vaticanize your profile pic with an overlay of the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Plugs and Promotions, Resources
Tagged Bible, Facebook Banners, rainbows, Social Media
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Not Quite Gundams
It’s the distant future, the year 2015. We may not have flying skateboards, but you know what we do have? COMBAT ROBOTS. Sorta. Lemme back up a second. See, once upon a time, the Japanese robotics company Suidobashi Heavy Industry … Continue reading
Posted in News, Resources, Science and Technology, Science Fiction
Tagged Action, Fighting, Japan, Mecha, Robots
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Bastille Day
Today is Bastille Day, seen as the beginning of freedom in France. Of course, it lead almost immediately to one of the worst tyrannies in human history. Then that lead to a more efficient tyranny that contradicted that previous tyranny … Continue reading
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Judge Napolitano’s Odd View of Catholicism
The Catholic Geek network brought to my attention an interview with Andrew Napolitano, a former judge on the New York Superior Court and now a law professor and a commentator for various publications in both print and on television. The former … Continue reading →