JoJo’s Hollywood Stories: The Giver Set Exclusive!!!
A brilliant sun glared off the white snow as we pulled into the film camp of the movie, The Giver. Production trailers, catering trucks and equipment crammed the lot. Clark and I unloaded the stunt...
View ArticleBound by Words: Love, Tragedy and Faith in a Writer’s Group
The “lone wolf” writer is firmly fixed in the cultural psyche. Everyone believes the phrase, “writing is a solitary profession.” There is some truth to the statement. When a person sits down to write,...
View ArticleGeek Goes Rogue Shoots the Messenger
As a freelance book reviewer, I’ve read my fair share of books. Who am I kidding? More than my fair share. And I must confess, I don’t always like what I read. It happens. I used to force myself to...
View ArticleRadio Free Geek: Interview with Dungeon Crawler Radio
(I (Jo Schaffer) met Daniel Swenson(aka Revan)at the LTUE writing conference in Provo, Utah. He sat at a table with a bunch of microphones interviewing authors and attendees at the event. Curious, I...
View ArticleFangirl Rave: An Homage to The Hollows by Kim Harrison
Warning! Raving fangirl sentimentality incoming! Ten years. Has it really been? A decade ago, I was cruising the aisles of my local brick and mortar bookstore, waiting for something to jump out at...
View ArticleInspiration 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 rare times that I have the car to myself, gallivanting into the unknown down some winding country road with the music...
View ArticleSalt Lake City Comic Con 2014: Arrow!!! WETA!!! HOWARD!!!! NAPOLEON!!!
Hey Geeks, As you know, The Rogue is going to be present at Salt Lake City Comic Con in a variety of ways. We’ll outline our coverage more extensively in future posts. Plus, it’s rumored that I’ll be...
View ArticleThe Rise of a Fledgling Gamer
Ten months ago I wrote an article about being a “newb” at video games. While my other geek credentials are worthy of praise, I neglected this chapter in the geek pantheon. I have a hundred excuses as...
View ArticleEve 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 mustache twirling villain or the Mata Hari seductress using sexuality as a way to exploit men and gain power. Women...
View ArticleSan 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 bully the folks who run the Salt Lake City Comic Con by sending them a “Cease and Desist Order”. This is kinda...
View ArticleTop 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?...
View ArticleSalt 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...
View ArticleSpongeBob SquarePants is Serious Business: How Pop Culture Helped My Family...
Pop culture often gets a bad rap, especially from those styling themselves as intellectuals and “real artists”. Some argue that it dulls the senses, doesn’t encourage “higher thoughts” and deadens...
View ArticleNot Quite Ten Things I Hate/Love About You
Sitting down to write this article is bittersweet for me. Looking back over the past year, thinking about the memories and special moments that I wanted to share, as always my need for it to be...
View ArticleIt’s a Post Christmas Run Down, Charlie Brown!
When I was a child, I always looked forward to Christmas with a sense of hope and wonder. Christmas wasn’t just one day in which we gave gifts and celebrated the birth of our Lord. It was two weeks of...
View ArticleGroundhog Day and Waking Up With Humility
“What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?” I’ve been thinking a lot recently about movies which have had a profound...
View ArticleCan ‘Better Call Saul’ Break Out of Bad’s Shadow?
(Jonathan Ryan posting on behalf of The Rogue’s newest writer, Jenn O’Mara.) For the last two nights, I’ve stayed up way too late to watch the two part premiere of AMC’s newest original series, Better...
View ArticleBound 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 my writing and did me the honor of inviting me to speak at the 2014 Teen Author Boot Camp, a one day conference for...
View ArticleTeen Author Boot Camp 2015 Interview: Co-Founder and Author Jo Schaffer
(What better way to start our Teen Author Boot Camp 2015 Coverage than with two of its founders? First up is Jo Schaffer, whose book, Against Her Will, releases today! So, go buy it. She has some...
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