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The Remaining: Casey La Scala

(Today, The Remaining comes out in theaters everywhere. I had a chance to screen the movie. I have to say, it’s the best “faith based” movie I’ve seen. Parts of the movie scared me and provided some great thrills. Casey La Scala is a Hollywood rebel who makes his own way. He’s produced amazing cult [Read More...]

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 at 11:00 P.M with the press conference at the Salt Palace Convention Center. What will this look like? From the official press release…. The press conference is a chance for Dan Farr, the Show Producer and founder and Bryan Brandenburg, [Read More...]

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 time Thursday, I’ll be giving my first panel discussion. So, what am I looking forward to the most at my first ever Comic Con? Here is the list….. 5) Interviewing Cool People. Here’s the thing, I’m not really a celebrity [Read More...]

SLC Comic Con Exclusive: Teen Author Boot Camp To Announce their Main Speaker for 2015!

As regular readers of The Rogue know, staff writer, Jo Schaffer, along with the other ladies at Writer’s Cubed, started an amazing writer’s conference called Teen Author Boot Camp. They’ve started to attract some of the largest names in the YA business, including last year’s speakers James Dashner and Ally Condie. If you’re at Salt [Read More...]

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, I’ve never been to a comic con. I know this is really hard for most people to comprehend, especially the people who follow this site on a regular basis. Here’s the thing, I’m only partially a geek. I like playing [Read More...]

The Remaining: Interview with Alexa Vega

(As regular readers of The Rogue know, we have an interest (some say warped) in the deluge of so-called Christian movies hitting the market. Most of them are bad, few are good and some just recycle the same old evangelical crap. However, when The Remaining came across my email, I couldn’t pass it up. How does a [Read More...]

Confessions on Waffle Street: Interview with James Adams

From Wall Street to Waffle Street…a true story. Recently, I had the opportunity of working on the movie set of Waffle Street. The movie is based on the book by James Adams and stars Danny Glover, James Lafferty and Julie Ganzalo. Being a part of the crew, I had a great time meeting the actors [Read More...]

Mark Driscoll Temporarily Stepping Down (Heartfelt Repentance or Good Acting?)

Mark Driscoll, head pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, has been no stranger to the controversial spotlight throughout his pastoral career. But opinions by people simply being annoyed or offended at his style and tone have taken a sharp and serious turn over the past year as some major accusations have come to light.  [Read More...]

Introducing the Brand New ADOPTION TICKLE-ME CHALLENGE

Supposedly there’s this thing going around the interwebs called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Very few people know about it, of course. Only the entire country or so. After the ALS Association received more millions in donations this year than ever before (which is really awesome) it got me thinking about what other Internet campaigns [Read More...]

SLC Comic Con Names Me to FIVE Panel Discussions…

I woke up this morning to an amazing email from Salt Lake City Comic Con. My publishing company (Open Road Media) submitted my name for panel discussions as they ramp up their marketing for 3 Gates of the Dead, and the sequel, Dark Bride (March 2015).  According to the email, they had over five hundred panel