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June 2014

June 26, 2014

Mid-Life Report Card of a Mostly Bad Christian (Written by St. Peter Himself!)

A few days ago, I turned forty. I felt pretty good about the first half...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Death Comes to us all: Interview with David Ury

(David Ury is an actor, writer and magna specialist. His most famous role was being crushed...

May 27, 2014

The Most Underappreciated Work of Fantasy Ever – THE SILMARILLION – Part 3 of 4

There's a Silmarillion movie in this post... What? A Silmarillion movie?? Read on, Middle Earth...

May 23, 2014

Living in a World Where “Nobody Says Hi Anymore” – A Review of J. Shepard Trott’s Novella

I hear feet. Sprinting feet. They are coming down the main street, they haven't seen...

May 14, 2014

Sci-Fi Gospel: Pope Francis, Aliens and Jesus.

The media world exploded yesterday when Pope Francis announced the Catholic Church would baptize aliens,...

May 13, 2014

Salt Lake City Comic Con 2014: ASH!!!! DOC BROWN!!! WESLEY!!!

I'm beyond excited because I'm going to my first Comic Con in Salt Lake City...

May 12, 2014

Hey, We Like Birds and Stuff: Our New Nature Writers

In an age long past, four years ago, I met my fabulous agent, Italia Gandolfo....

May 12, 2014

Wanna Sneak a peak at the new Batmobile? Sure you do…

Zack Snyder released this tease on his Twitter account. What do you think?

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Open Road…..take me home…..(Big Ole Publishing News)

Once upon a time, there was this little book called 3 Gates of the...

April 01, 2014

Radio Free Geek: Interview with Dungeon Crawler Radio

(I (Jo Schaffer) met Daniel Swenson(aka Revan)at the LTUE writing conference in Provo, Utah....

March 2014

March 29, 2014

I Sold My Soul to Amazon; Plus, Major 3 Gates News.

Here is a straightforward fact; Amazon is helping make my writing career through the huge...

March 26, 2014

New Writer Inside!: Tom Durham

(We are Geek Goes Rogue try to bring you the most entertaining, and frankly hottest...

March 24, 2014

Geek Goes Catholic, Part Two: In the Lair of Richard Dawkins

For four years, I spent time hanging out with atheists at The Ohio State University....

March 24, 2014

God’s Not Dead…But Films Like This Should Be (Part 2)

It's official. God's Not Dead, released by Pure Flix Entertainment, has been nothing short of...

March 19, 2014

JoJo’s Hollywood Stories: Interview with Clark Schaffer

(We at Geek Goes Rogue are...welll....Geeks. And, we love to hear behind the scenes...

March 13, 2014

God’s Not Dead…But Films Like This Should Be (Part 1)

Back when I was in college at the dawn of the 21st century, Christian films...

March 12, 2014

Geek Goes Catholic: How Atheists, Comic Books and Eating Jesus Led me Home

Prologue: Somewhere in the fields of Southern Indiana… Imagine, if you will, a boy. There...

March 10, 2014

Teen Author Boot Camp 2014: 3 Gates, Awesome Kids, and Jet Lagged Author

As I write this post, I’m a bit blurry eyed, tired, and my body isn’t...

March 04, 2014

Teen Author Boot Camp 2014: Interview with Renee Collins

(In a few hours, I'll be boarding a plane for Utah to speak at...

March 03, 2014

Teen Author Boot Camp 2014: Agent Amy Jameson

(An agent can make or break an author. Get an amazing one (like me), and...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Teen Author Boot Camp 2014: Interview with Sara Larson

(We're less than a week away from Teen Author Boot Camp and I can't wait....

February 18, 2014

3 Gates Sound Track….(just for fun)

February 18, 2014

JoJo’s Indie Artist Spotlight: Brian Higgins

(We at Geek Goes Rogue loves indie artists who live on their art and who...

February 10, 2014

#HamonNye Epilogue: What People at the Debate Said….

Hey Everyone Here is a short video summing up the crowd at the HamOnNye debate....

February 06, 2014

JoJo’s Hollywood Stories: The Giver Set Exclusive!!!

A brilliant sun glared off the white snow as we pulled into the film...

February 05, 2014

HamonNye Final Thoughts: This Debate Personifies What’s Wrong with America….

Many bloggers rushed to post their thoughts right after the debate. I couldn't do this...

February 03, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Hollywood’s Greatest Chameleon

It's not often that I get depressed about the death of a celebrity. It's happened...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

HamonNye: Live Blog of the Debate here

At Patheos, Jonathan Ryan liveblogs the debate between Creationist Ken Ham and evolutionist Bill Nye....

January 29, 2014

First Clip from Left Behind: Nick Cage Style!!!

We at Geek Goes Rogue cannot WAIT For this movie. Bad theology, and the crazy...

January 24, 2014

“King of the Nerds” Season 2 Flies Into Action

From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, as told to by the... well,...