EPISODE 1 - Non Serviam | IN JESUS' NAME | Full Episode

The Rosary as a Spiritual Weapon | Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC (video title)

Wives be Subordinate to Your Husbands? How Can There Be Equality? | Fr. Chris Alar, MIC (video title)

Today's first reading for mass was Ephesians 5:21-33.

The Sabbath and Covid: What is the Connection? | Fr. Chris Alar, MIC (video title)

Gloria Polo Struck by Lighting: Standing at the Gates of Heaven and Hell | Hearts of the Holy Family (video title)

One more time...

It feels good to start writing again! I should write a post about what it takes in planning and perseverance in writing such a long series, although the inspiration for such an undertaking is already out there—Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski.

The final book of Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds—Book 25—is now started. I had to read through the first drafts of Books 23 & 24 after publishing 22 to prepare better for this and fix some details so it all fits together neatly in this conclusion while I reread the series from the beginning a little at a time on the treadmill to refresh myself on some of those early details. That took a while. There are a few small gems from the first seven books that I will bring full circle in this conclusion, details I had forgotten were there. Those seeds were planted better than I expected. 

It’s been a few months since I started editing. It feels good to get back to writing!

I expect to finish this next spring, and then I’ll be editing Books 23, 24, and 25 all in a row to wrap up the series by fall 2027.

If you want a thrilling but clean space opera that has been compared to the best of Star Wars by at least a couple readers, is based on Christian beliefs but written so anyone can enjoy it, has an ensemble cast of distinct characters, and is written as a series arc in episodic complete stories in each book, you may enjoy this.

I’ll share a link below. I’m also supporting Spotlight on Indie, so I’ll share my profile link to that too:

https://melanienilles.com/books/series/?series=Forgotten%20Worlds

https://spotlightonindie.com/authors/melanie-nilles-m-a-nilles

More good points about modesty... (video)

This is a lesson for men and women and a bit of a summary of recent uproars in media and some of the points in the videos I posted previously.

Modesty is a virtue that values the soul over the body (videos)

Immodesty stated in the video (copied from one of the comments under the video):

1. Crop Tops
2. Unbuttoned Shirts- bare chest (men)
3. Tight Skirts
4. Ripped Jeans 
5. Skimpy Swimwear
6. Revealing Wedding Dresses
7. Violent/ Obscene Printed Clothing

Also stated that revealing aging bodies for those who are getting older with the intention of approval or “feeling young” is sinful. 

8. Garment of poverty -> the closest garment to Jesus’s. Means nothing to prove.

The Submissive Wife: The Right Way to Love Your Husband (w/ Mary Stanford) (video title)

cover reveal...

Last night, I sat down and put together the cover for Book 24. I searched a while for the perfect image, uncertain at first what I wanted, but that idea evolved.

I tried several, but when I plugged in this, it fit perfectly. I don't mean fit as in size, because I cut out most of the actual image. I mean the idea of the focus here.

You'll have to wait to learn about an exploding planet, but it will be explained, and it's an important piece of the story.