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November 2015

November 19, 2015

A TREMOR IN THE FORCE – Episode 5 of 5

It's taken me to episode five of this blog series to finally figure out why...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Be Who You Want……Just Don’t Expect Everyone to Like it…..

I’ve been grappling with some issues that have recently come hurtling toward us...

March 2015

March 10, 2015

Bound by Words: Love, Tragedy and Faith in a Writer’s Group

(Last year, I met the five remarkable ladies who make up Writer's Cubed. They liked...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

A TREMOR IN THE FORCE – Part 4 of 5

What is Captain Kirk doing in a series on Star Wars? Well, I personally don't...

February 26, 2015

A TREMOR IN THE FORCE – Part 3 of 5

As we re-explore the Star Wars prequels and steel ourselves for the upcoming installments,...

February 25, 2015

Catholic Imagination Series: How I started Writing Catholic Science Fiction And Fantasy

(I am delighted to introduce Karina Fabian who will become a regular contributor here at...

February 24, 2015

A TREMOR IN THE FORCE – Part 2 of 5

SO, what was it that changed me from a Star Wars prequel-hater to a... well......

February 24, 2015

A TREMOR IN THE FORCE – Part 1 of 5

Are you ready for the new Star Wars movies? Were you ready for the prequels?...

February 04, 2015

Daredevil Teaser Trailer is Here! Fighting! Blindness! Catholicism!

As everyone who has been around the Rogue long enough knows, I'm a huge Daredevil...

January 2015

January 13, 2015

Ron Swanson, Meat, and the Art of Being a Real Man

(We here at the Rogue are huge Parks and Recreation fans. On January 13, it...

January 08, 2015

2015: Yes, Marty, We’re in the Future (But Not Quite)

We're now a week into 2015 and if you're anything like me, you might have...

January 06, 2015

Taking on Scott Farkus: Standing up to Your Bullies.

In writing my YA novel, Against Her Will, I had to immerse myself in...

December 2014

December 15, 2014

Dick Cheney is the White Witch of Narnia (and so is any Christian who agrees with him on torture)

Every other weekend, I drive from South Bend to St. Louis to...

November 2014

November 13, 2014

SpongeBob SquarePants is Serious Business: How Pop Culture Helped My Family through a Horrific Struggle (with a message from the real SpongeBob inside!)

Pop culture often gets a bad rap, especially from those styling themselves as intellectuals...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

Simpsons Executive Producer Al Jean: “Religion Will Be A Part of Character’s Death”.

As I watch TV and movies, I'm often frustrated at how they treat the subject...

September 13, 2014

Revisiting Star Trek: VOYAGER

May 23, 1994 – a cheer erupted from a house packed with nerdy (and not-so-nerdy)...

September 06, 2014

Salt Lake City Comic Con: Interview with Neal Adams: “Comics can Entertain and Make People think on a Deeper Level”

(Salt Lake City Comic Con has been a mind blowing experience. I have so much to write...

September 03, 2014

Salt Lake City Comic Con to begin with a Press Conference

Tomorrow is Salt Lake City Comic Con! The madness begins. My day will start off...

September 02, 2014

Top Five Things I’m Looking Forward to at SLC Comic Con

The countdown to Salt Lake City Comic Con is T-minus two days. As of this...

September 01, 2014

My First Comic Con: How We Will Cover it

So, I'm about three days away from my first Comic Con ever. Yes, that's right,...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

SLC Comic Con Names Me to FIVE Panel Discussions…

I woke up this morning to an amazing email from Salt Lake City Comic Con....

August 12, 2014

Robin Williams, the Canary Prophet

The news of Robin Williams’ apparent suicide yesterday hit the Internet with blinding speed....

July 2014

July 26, 2014

San Diego Comic Con Decides to Bully Salt Lake City Comic Con

In the midst of the festivities surrounding the San Diego Comic Con, they decided to...

July 18, 2014

Earth 2.0: Alien Life as Humanity’s Reset Button

In 1996's Independence Day, President Whitmore, played by Bill Pullman, definitively declared that "the question...

July 16, 2014

Eve Ain’t What She Used to Be…..Shattering the Hollywood Woman

In the beginning, Hollywood created women… as the fainting ingénue in the arms of a...

July 16, 2014

The Rise of a Fledgling Gamer

Ten months ago I wrote an article about being a “newb” at video games. While my...

July 09, 2014

Getting Hit and Moving Forward: Pursuing the Dream of Full Time Writing

Some say that once you figure out what you truly want to do as a...

July 08, 2014

Salt Lake City Comic Con 2014: Arrow!!! WETA!!! HOWARD!!!! NAPOLEON!!!

Hey Geeks, As you know, The Rogue is going to be present at Salt Lake...

July 03, 2014

Inspiration isn’t from within: My journey as an aspiring writer

Earlier this spring, I was out driving aimlessly in the rain, during one of those...

July 02, 2014

Dark Bride Release Date News (And 3 Gates movie news)

Hey Everyone, Many of you have been asking about the release date for Dark...