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Catholic Geek Lecture on the Hero’s Journey
This Saturday (yes, it’s short notice; sorry about that), I’ll be giving an online lecture through the Catholic Writers Guild. The topic is on the Hero’s Journey, a concept invented and popularized by Joseph Campbell. Here’s the blurb: March 24 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog News, Fiction, News, Personal Posts, Plugs and Promotions, Resources, Writing
Tagged Catholic Writer's Guild, Heroes, Lecture, Matthew Bowman
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The Catholic Geek: The Last Closet, by Moira Greyland 12/17
//percolate.blogtalkradio.com/offsiteplayer?hostId=533877&episodeId=10462525 The Catholic Geek show returns this Sunday, with host Declan Finn interviewing Moira Greyland Peat, the author of The Last Closet.
Why Vatican Ninjas?
I think the first time I came up with the concept of Vatican ninjas was as a joke during a Dan Brown review. The protagonist stated that he, personally, knew the current pope, and therefore he was certain that the Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Plugs and Promotions, Thriller
Tagged Fantasy, Honor At Stake, Larry Correia, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Vatican Ninjas
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A Pius Man, Chapter 2, A Pious Mercenary
Yup. Here we go again. Last week was chapter 1, and now we continue with your look at the new edition of chapter 2 for A Pius Man: A Holy Thriller. By now, you’re probably well aware my yanking this … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Plugs and Promotions, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Books, Declan Finn, Free Fiction, History, Pope Pius XII
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Continuing a Catholic Romance Novel
I had a great many reactions to my novel Honor At Stake. If you read the original Lori review on this site, you may have noticed in is that it’s a romance. It’s also one that doesn’t follow the standard … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Personal Posts, Plugs and Promotions, Writing
Tagged Honor At Stake, Jim Butcher, vampire, vampire novel, Vampires
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Announcing the Catholic Geek Library!
This weekend, I teased the logo you see here on social media. If you saw that, then now you get answers! If this is new to you, well, you still get answers! The Catholic Geeks is happy to announce a … Continue reading
Audible.com 2-for-1 Sale on The Great Courses
Hello, everyone! I’m dashing off a quick (and rare) Sunday post just because I want to let you all know about Audible’s latest sale: no less than 153 lecture series from The Great Courses! Specifically, it’s a 2-for-1 sale; it only works if … Continue reading
The Baen Free Library: “Hey, Kid, the First Taste is Free!”
Over the last several weeks, I’ve found myself explaining the Baen Free Library to people. Now, I like introducing people to cool stuff, but even the best things can get repetitive, and repetitive can easily become boring, and boring quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Plugs and Promotions, Resources, Science Fiction
Tagged 1632, Baen Books, Baen Free Library, David Weber, Eric Flint, Honor Harrington, Jim Baen
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Habitica: Productivity that Grants XP
A few months ago, I noticed someone in one of my Facebook groups posting about an interesting app called Habitica. It’s one of a host of time-management and productivity-increasing applications, both web- and mobile-based. What sets it apart, however, is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Gaming, Health, Plugs and Promotions, Resources, Reviews, Video Games
Tagged Habitica, Productivity
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A Wizard, a Supervillain, and Death Walk Into a Convention
That sounds like the setup for a joke, but it really was my weekend. I went with CG founder Matthew Bowman to the fourth annual AwesomeCon in Washington, D.C. I had never been to a major convention before, so the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Plugs and Promotions
Tagged awesomecon, comics, cosplay, harley quinn, Sandman, The Dresden Files
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To Sail the 7th Sea
There’s a game I’ve never played and yet I’ve enjoyed anyway. It’s called 7th Sea, and it’s a near-Earth (not an alternate history, but with deliberately obvious parallels) setting that, at its debut, was extremely innovative. Unlike much more ubiquitous roleplaying games, you … Continue reading
Confessions of a Star Wars Character
Picture this: A line that runs through the theater lobby and out the door. People talking excitedly, hoping to get in to see the new film about to be released. The same two words on everyone’s lips: Star Wars. No, … Continue reading
HonorCon 2015: After Action Report
THE ROYAL MANTICORAN NAVY MEMORANDUM FOR: HONORCON Third Day, Eleventh Month, Year Three Hundred and Three After Landing From: Spacer Second Class Lori Janeski, Grayson Space Navy To: –Captain (Senior Grade) Christa Brolley, GS, QBM, EM; Commanding Officer, HMS Hector … Continue reading
Saturday’s Children: Grand Prize Winner
And now for a moment of shameless self-promotion: I won! My Halloween short story, Saturday’s Children, won the Grand Prize at the Liberty Island short story contest. If you need to extend your Halloween fun for another few days, give … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Personal Posts, Plugs and Promotions
Tagged Halloween, Liberty Island, Short Story, Urban Fantasy
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Review: Liberation
Well, we come now to book three in the I Am Margaret series, and I have to say, I’m starting to fall off the bandwagon. I know, and I’m sorry to have to say it, but there it is. Once … Continue reading
Review: The Three Most Wanted
There’s no way I could review I Am Margaret and just leave it at that. It would be thoroughly against my nature to leave the series unfinished without addressing each installment in turn. And, of course, it’s a good series, so … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Plugs and Promotions, Reviews
Tagged British, Catholic Fiction, Catholicism, Dystopia, I Am Margaret, Romance, Violence
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Better Living Through Lego
As you already know if you’ve been following me over at Novel Ninja, I like Lego. I really like Lego. Lego is one of the greatest inventions of mankind, right up there with the wheel, written language, agriculture, and pizza. Lego … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Plugs and Promotions, Resources
Tagged Art, Asperger Syndrome, BrickFair, Depression, Lego, Physical Therapy, US Military, WAMALUG
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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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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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A Tale of Two Awards
A lot of attention has come to the state of awards in the field of science fiction and fantasy in the last few years, thanks to increasing problems with and arguments over the Hugo Awards. If you’re unaware of why, … Continue reading →