Hell Explained by Catholic Tradition | Judgment, Eternal Punishment, and the Soul ~ Fr. Ripperger (video title)

Back on track

That break to edit and publish Book 21 was exactly what I needed!

It has yet to fail... taking a break from writing when the gears of creativity get stuck.

Dropping the writing on Book 23 to edit Book 21 of Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds was exactly what I needed to get those gears grinding again. I've been back at it for the last week, and the transformation is complete. All the rewriting that was making it take forever was laying down the tracks to take it forward.

However, I was still having trouble before stepping away. Now, coming back to it after the editing and publication of Book 21 took my mind off Book 23 enough to allow me a fresh perspective. That distance allowed my mind to be able to let go of the wrong ideas and better develop what worked. The last remnants of the original opening are gone and the story has a strong opening hook. It isn't immediate action but more subdued that way, although it's coming. You can't have one of these books without lots of sci-fi action!

I can't wait to share this one--and I say that about all of them--but this answers a LOT of questions in the setup to the finale, which will be a two-parter, although in complete episodes. It's a bit hard to explain how that works, but you'll have to trust me that it will work.

I'm presently working my way to where I left off, rewriting where I need to make it all blend seamlessly, and will end Book 23 with a much stronger plot that I had originally, one that meets my standards for the series. I'm quite happy with it now, if you couldn't tell.

Once I'm done with this, I'll jump right into writing Book 24.

And I've also added a description for Book 22 to the series listing on this blog and to my website. You can check it out to see what comes next. 

Finally, I've added the latest omnibus as an ebook and am working on the paperback. (I noticed some issues with copying and pasting from Word to Pages, which is where I set up the paperback and will now be going through the first three collections in paperback to clean up any similar issues in those. 😩)

That's it for now.

(The plan is that by the end of 2027, the whole series will be published.)

Thanks for reading!

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Awakenings through the Holy Spirit... eye opening experience!

Always be prepared! The Holy Spirit is moving over the earth. Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart is reaching out to people to draw them closer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

For the first time since I started wearing it as my only jewelry besides my wedding ring, someone asked about my necklace this morning. My hygienist at the dentist office commented on how pretty it is—my gold Miraculous Medal.

I jumped at the chance to give her a quick explanation of the symbolism of the medal and the Blessed Virgin Mary’s role in bringing souls closer to her son, Jesus Christ. She seemed enthused by it and said she was feeling drawn into religion, but, alas, I didn’t have my regular blessed medals to give her one.

Every morning I say Fr. Reehil’s permission prayer. This was one of those very clear graces as an opportunity to serve the Lord, and I pray the Lord continues to stir her heart to draw her closer to Christ!

Around the outside of the Miraculous Medal are the words "O, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee" - a simple prayer to recite in times of need.

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Permission Prayer:

Lord, I give you permission today to use me in any way you desire, and I ask you to give me the grace to see your hand in action so I can give you all the glory.

Few Are Chosen? Death and Judgment Explained | Fr. Ripperger on the Last Four Things (video title)

If you wonder why I post so many videos, it's because I need these myself every day to keep me on track, so I don't slack off in my own faith and practice of it. More than that, we all need to stay on the narrow path to heaven. 

It is done!

After much difficulty writing Book 23, I had to jump into edits on Book 21. I'm sorry to keep readers waiting so long.

I finished edits this past weekend and uploaded the book. While it's still being disseminated to some retailers, you can find it now on Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords, and a few other online stores and libraries. I'll send out my newsletter announcement when I have Apple and Barnes and Noble links.

Now that this is done, I'll go back to writing Book 23 and right into Book 24. I can't believe I have just over two more books left to write and this series will be complete!

Nya's worst nightmare has materialized—the Issan have the Ethalian research for creating portals and are working to adapt it to free their god. However, Alric has inspired L'Ni with an idea to create a code to delete all the research. The problem is infecting the Issan computer systems. That can only be done from the inside.

L'Ni has laid out a detailed plan only he fully knows, and the time has come to put it into motion. Nya isn't happy when she discovers too late what that plan entails—he must submit himself to an Inquisitor. Whatever he knows could be exposed, possibly compromising all their work. However, if he doesn't try, the Issan will have all they need to build the ultimate weapon.

Despite his meticulous planning, L'Ni missed one detail, one that could ruin everything…

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In other news, I'll also get to work on the next print edition -- Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds Collection 4 (Books 16-20). I'll get this formatted and set up this month to add to the other three print editions. The biggest problem I see with this is that these books have been getting longer and longer and the pages are limited for print format, so I may have to change formatting slightly to keep 5-book collections for the final two.

And I still have my horse. I trimmed his hooves yesterday and am sore today. It was beautiful here yesterday--in the mid-60's for highs! A perfect day for trimming, and he was past due. Here he is playing with his feed bucket. He hates when it gets low and he can't quite get the last few bits in it. He's almost like a cat who sees the bottom of his food bowl and acts like it's empty.

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Reality is weirder than fiction...

The weirdest thing happened at church this evening. (One of the parishes in town has a 5:15 pm weekday mass that I attend.)

Two of my characters walked into real life! Raea and Elis

Okay, so they weren't exact matches, but I had to fight to keep my attention on mass when I saw this young couple who couldn’t have been older than preschoolers when I wrote the first Starfire Angels book. The young woman had long brown hair and the man had black wavy, shortish hair. He wasn’t tall and skinny like my dark angel of the books, but close enough to make me question what reality I was in.

I posted this on Substack and had a comment about my characters going to mass. That isn't much different than the Dark Angel Chronicles books, however. As I replied, "One of them does in the books too. In the series, an old Catholic widow provides a home for the young man while he’s on earth and knows his secret, and he drives her to mass and helps her like an adopted son."

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In other news, Book 21 of Forgotten Worlds is almost done! I thought it was done until I started noticing I was still making cuts, so I decided to read it one more time to make sure I don't leave any mistakes. All the major edits are done. This is the final round. I can't do more.

Within the next week, I will publish this one and get back to writing.

Thanks for reading.

God bless!