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January 6, 2014
GGR Reviews Sherlock – “The Empty Hearse”
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, as told to by the 9 inches of snow piled up against his car… “…the holiday is over, brother dear.” I’m seriously geeking out right now, because while PBS will not be premiering the first episode of Season 3 of the BBC’s Sherlock until January 19th, [Read More...]
January 5, 2014
Introducing a new Rogue Writer….Jo Schaffer
So, poor Mel, she has been the only female around here for quite awhile. We’ve heard her cries for estrogen. Allow us to introduce… Jo Schaffer is a YA novelist, speaker and ninja mama, born and raised in the California Bay Area. She’s a founding member of Writers Cubed and co-founder of the Teen Author Boot Camp, one of [Read More...]
January 3, 2014
3 Gates of the Dead News…..99 Cents….and a new entry from film contest!
Hey Everyone, Wow, 3 Gates is exploding. At last count, it’s ranked at 263 over all over on Amazon and 92 over at Barnes and Noble. I’m just amazed to see my name next to Stephen King and Anne Rice, two of my heroes. So, the 99 cent campaign has been extended until January [Read More...]
Announcing….COTTONWOOD Indiegogo Campaign!
Hey Rogueites, Through a variety of cool circumstances, I’ve been attached as associate producer to a cool ground breaking indie project, Cottonwood. This project is a racial drama set in 1930′s dust bowl Texas and has some pretty major talent attached. Who? Try Academy Award Winner Louis Gosett Jr, Anthony Michael Hall, Alison Eastwood, [Read More...]
January 2, 2014
“Community” Returns With a New Face
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, as told to by the naked blanket he has wrapped himself with, although he is not naked… Stop picturing it. There is a certain voice that, when heard, gives cause for celebration, a hope of magical, whimsical moments of absurdity, and a guarantee that there will [Read More...]
Happy New Year! (Time to Get High?)
As some of us across the nation welcomed in the first day of 2014 by sleeping in and lounging around yesterday, others – a certain contingent in Colorado to be exact – got up bright and early to be among the first in U.S. history to legally buy marijuana. Feel free to locate the irony [Read More...]
December 27, 2013
Geek Goes Oblate….uh…what’s an oblate?
Tomorrow, at noon Central time, I’ll be taking my vows as an Oblate Noviate. Strangely, the Geek crowd is probably best equipped to understand what all this means. How so? Allow me to explain. In Geek culture right now, Game of Thrones, comics, and nearly every paranormal book contains some sort of “monk” like [Read More...]
December 24, 2013
Merry Christmas! Here is a scene of 3 Gates of the Dead…
First, Merry Christmas from all of us here at Geek Goes Rogue. Alan, Zach, Melody and I wish you all a very wonderful holidays. Now, as many of you know, my book, 3 Gates of the Dead, is in book outlets everywhere. While you can get the hard copy version, the ebook is available in [Read More...]
December 9, 2013
Mark Driscoll, Pope Francis and the Clanging Symbols
Many people ask me why I gave up my evangelical ordination and journeyed towards the Catholic church. I struggle to answer these questions because there are multiple answers. None of them are simple The recent Mark Driscoll controversies (Named Legion, for they are many), and the release of Pope Francis’ Joy of the Gospel gives [Read More...]
