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# Matthew Schmidt

The website of author Matthew P. Schmidt

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## Posts

- [I've moved!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2023/08/02/ive-moved/)
- [October 2022 Status Report](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2022/10/01/october-2022-status-report/) - What's going on, and what's the state of C&D and related works?
- [2022 Status Update](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2022/06/15/2022-status-update/) - An update on what's been happening behind the scenes, and where the heck have I been all this time?
- [On Trigger Warnings](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2021/09/30/on-trigger-warnings/) - A meditation on the controversial topic of trigger warnings.
- [The World of Wishes is out!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2021/09/24/wow-its-out/) - I've just released a new novel in a new way.
- [Christ in the General Population](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2021/03/17/christ-in-the-general-population/) - Many old churches use Zodiac imagery, but what else can we use it for?
- [C&D2 on Audible! / STATUS UPDATE!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2021/03/28/cd2-on-audible-status-update/) - C&D2 is out on Audible, and more books are coming soon, hopefully.
- [The Miracle Closet](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/12/07/the-miracle-closet/) - I have seen this circular argument about miracles one too many times.
- [Politics and Religion and The City and the Dungeon.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/11/30/politics-and-religion-and-the-city-and-the-dungeon/) - Somewhere between an explanation and an apology.
- [The Plutonium Idol](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/11/13/the-plutonium-idol/) - Nuclear weapons are one of America's favorite idols.
- [C&D2 is finally out!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/10/12/cnd2release/)
- [Incoming C&D1 sale!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/10/09/incoming-cd1-sale/) - C&D1 will be on a countdown sale for a few days. Get it while it's hot!
- [COVER REVEAL!/C&D2 preorder is up!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/09/24/cover-reveal-cd2-preorder-is-up/) - C&D2 is available for preorder now!
- [The Laborers in the Vineyard](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/09/20/the-laborers-in-the-vineyard/) - A discussion on the nature of Providence, free will, personal beatitude, and being randomly murdered.
- [Me, elsewhere.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/09/20/me-elsewhere/)
- [Important Announcement for C&D2!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/09/02/important-announcement-for-cd2/) - C&D2 will be released October 12th, 2020.
- [C&D1 is OUT!!! (Again!)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/09/01/cd1-is-out-again/) - C&D1's new edition is now available!
- [C&D1 new edition cover reveal!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/08/15/cd1-new-edition-cover-reveal/) - The new cover for C&D1! It will be released September 1st.
- [More information on C&D2!!!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/08/01/more-information-on-cd2/) - C&D2 is coming this Oct/Nov.
- [Why I prefer the generic he to the singular they.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/07/30/why-i-prefer-the-generic-he-to-the-singular-they/) - A thoughtful look at the unending controversy
- [Are there games in Heaven?](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/06/25/are-there-games-in-heaven/) - Are there games of any kind to be played in Heaven? A Catholic perspective.
- [On Gratuitous Rape](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/05/01/on-gratuitous-rape/) - A post exploring the subtle ethics of depicting rape in fiction.
- [C&D2's first draft is done!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/06/22/cd2s-first-draft-is-done/)
- [What to the Modern White Guy is "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"?](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/05/22/meta-july/) - A meditation on the living words of a dead man.
- [Signal Boost: SINGULARITY SUNRISE!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/05/12/signal-boost-singularity-sunrise/) - A shameless plug for someone else.
- [The Taste for Realism](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/05/09/the-taste-for-realism/) - A meditation on the nature of realism, and why fact-checking authors is so prevalent.
- [Philosophical Diversity in Fiction](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/05/01/philosophical-diversity/) - What makes it possible to truly depict another's philosophy? This post aims to explain.
- [How not to write fight scenes like a teenage boy describing his victory in a video game](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/04/23/fight-scenes/) - These five elements will help your reader escape a boring fate.
- [The Future is Bright!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/04/23/the-future-is-bright/)
- [Status Update!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2020/03/10/status-update/)
- [Signal Boost: Babylon Blues (and an update!)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2019/10/28/signal-boost-babylon-blues-and-an-update/)
- [Middle of August Status Update!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2019/08/12/middle-of-august-status-update/)
- [End of February Progress Update!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2019/02/28/end-of-february-progress-update/)
- [End of Year Progress Update!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2018/12/31/end-of-year-progress-update/)
- [Beginning of October Status Update](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2018/10/09/beginning-of-october-status-update/)
- [End of August Status Update](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2018/08/27/end-of-august-status-update/)
- [End of May Status Update](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2018/05/27/end-of-may-status-update/)
- [End of March Status Update](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2018/03/24/end-of-march-status-update/)
- [The City and the Dungeon is ACTUALLY OUT NOW!!!1!!!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2018/02/02/the-city-and-the-dungeon-is-actually-out-now1/)
- [The City and the Dungeon is on Kindle Scout!1!!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/10/18/the-city-and-the-dungeon-is-on-kindle-scout1/)
- [Tales of the Once and Future King](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/09/26/tales-of-the-once-and-future-king/)
- [Two new stories/August Progress Update!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/08/28/two-new-storiesaugust-progress-update/)
- [July-August Progress Update.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/08/01/july-august-progress-update/)
- [Prince Anak the Immortal, Second Edition, is Incoming, and Other Stories](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/06/30/prince-anak-the-immortal-second-edition-is-incoming-and-other-stories/)
- [Hey! What's going on? You didn't post at all during May!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/06/06/hey-whats-going-on-you-didnt-post-at-all-during-may/)
- [The Second Draft is Done!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/04/27/the-second-draft-is-done/)
- [Yet Another Progress Update](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/03/31/yet-another-progress-update/)
- [Another Progress Update.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/03/03/another-progress-update/)
- [Progress Update.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/02/15/progress-update/)
- [What I've been doing elsewhere.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/02/14/what-ive-been-doing-elsewhere/)
- [Not-January Update](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2017/02/01/not-january-update/)
- [More progress (and cover reveal!)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/12/29/more-progress-and-cover-reveal/)
- [EVEN MORE PROGRESS to report!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/11/16/even-more-progress-to-report/)
- [Progress report!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/11/14/progress-report-2/)
- [Fiction Review: Aurora, by Kim Stanley Robinson](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/11/14/fiction-review-aurora-by-kim-stanley-robinson/)
- [Monday Musings: Purgatory, Punishment, Purification, and Plumbism](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/10/31/monday-musings-purgatory-punishment-purification-and-plumbism/)
- [A Tale of Three Videogames](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/10/01/a-tale-of-three-videogames/)
- [IT IS DONE!!!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/10/01/it-is-done-2/)
- [IMPORTANT LIFE ADVICE!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/09/27/important-life-advice/)
- [Two new titles!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/09/20/two-new-titles/)
- [The C-x C-f Writing Method](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/09/17/the-c-x-c-f-writing-method/)
- [Once and Future King!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/08/10/once-and-future-king/)
- [The Melancholy of Heaven](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/06/06/the-melancholy-of-heaven/)
- [Christian Tragedies](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/03/14/christian-tragedies/)
- [Superversive Guest Blog - Theologic Licens](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2016/02/01/superversive-guest-blog-theologic-licens/)
- [Mailing List!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2015/11/24/mailing-list/)
- [New Title: The API of the Gods](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2015/11/11/new-title-the-api-of-the-gods/)
- [Webtoon Review: Tower of God, by SlaveInUtero.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2015/10/23/webtoon-review-tower-of-god-by-slaveinutero/)
- [We destroy our own idols](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2015/08/14/we-destroy-our-own-idols/)
- [Fiction Review: An Enemy of the State, by F. Paul Wilson.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2015/06/05/fiction-review-an-enemy-of-the-state-by-f-paul-wilson/)
- [Book Review: The Rocket Company, by Patrick J.G. Stiennon and David M. Hoerr](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2015/04/08/book-review-the-rocket-company-by-patrick-j-g-stiennon-and-david-m-hoerr/)
- [Progress report!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2015/03/12/progress-report/)
- [Don't ask "What if Jesus was aborted?"](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2015/02/06/dont-ask-what-if-jesus-was-aborted/)
- [In Space Nobody Cares what You Do (as Long as You Don't Do Anything)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2015/01/06/in-space-nobody-cares-what-you-do-as-long-as-you-dont-do-anything/)
- [It's Post-a-Palooza!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2014/11/02/its-post-a-palooza/)
- [Review (of and not by myself)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2014/11/02/review-of-and-not-by-myself/)
- [Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2014/11/02/starship-troopers-by-robert-heinlein/)
- [What I have been up to.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2014/07/05/what-i-have-been-up-to/)
- [On treating persons as objects](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2014/05/12/on-treating-persons-as-objects/)
- [It's out!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2014/04/10/its-out/)
- [Steelheart, by Brandon Sanderson (2013)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2014/03/19/steelheart-by-brandon-sanderson-2013/)
- [Beyonders Series, by Brandon Mull](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2014/01/11/beyonders-series-by-brandon-mull/)
- [SYLO, by D.J. MacHale (2013)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/12/07/sylo-by-d-j-machale-2013/)
- [It is done!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/11/30/it-is-done/)
- [Nonfiction Review: The Emperor's New Mind, by Roger Penrose (1989)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/11/02/nonfiction-review-the-emperors-new-mind-by-roger-penrose-1989/)
- [The Rithmatist, by Brandon Sanderson (2013)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/10/19/the-rithmatist-by-brandon-sanderson-2013/)
- [Spaceships in Fantasy fiction.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/10/19/spaceships-in-fantasy-fiction/)
- [Marrow, by Robert Reed (1997)](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/10/02/marrow-by-robert-reed-1997/)
- [Prologue Complete!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/10/01/prologue-complete/)
- [D'oh!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/09/27/doh/)
- [Assassinations, Just War Theory, and lower-case gods.](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/09/24/assassinations-just-war-theory-and-lower-case-gods/)
- [FIRST POST!1!!1!](https://matthewpschmidt.com/2013/09/23/first-post11/)

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- [The World of Wishes](https://matthewpschmidt.com/world-of-wishes/)
- [We Who Live by the Death of Stars](https://matthewpschmidt.com/we-who-live-by-the-death-of-stars/)
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