I did not expect this!

Book 24 is revealing much more than I expected!

While the battle to save the universe is revving up, the history of the Starfire is also. THE END IS THE BEGINNING is such a perfect title for this!

I have just discovered how to tie this into a piece in CRYSTAL TOMB! Mind. Blown! I did not expect that, but it's perfect! I thought I would need to work around those events, but I had forgotten the details, which fit precisely for what I needed in this. If you never read CT, you won't miss anything. This will just put a different twist on some of the details there.

Sorry I can't reveal more, but that would give away too many spoilers.

At least the writing is progressing. I had some slow down last week in writing the first battle scenes, but tonight was incredibly productive when switching POV characters and focusing on the Starfire. The story is 15,500 words so far, or a third done.

That's all I have for a quick update.

Thanks for reading!

Spiritual Mediocrity | FORWARD BOLDLY (video title)

Happy Mother's Day!

The years go too fast. In that sentiment, here are some songs to enjoy...

The Angels and the Ascension: What We Didn't Know - Explaining the Faith with Fr. Chris Alar (video title)

Is the Bible Sufficient? | Dr. John Bergsma (video title)

St. Joseph (video)

 

How God Tests the Soul Before Granting Divine Intimacy | St. Catherine of Siena (video title)

short update on writing

It's been eight days since I last reported on the status of Book 24 of Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds. I'm happy to say that It appears that I've been making decent progress, even if I missed a day or two of writing.

The word count went from 6,600 words to now 10,500 words, and I'm happy with this opening. It's the right place in the overall series for what I'm doing in this. It's bringing the complete Starfire Angels series back to the beginning beginning before the big finale. THE END IS THE BEGINNING is a very appropriate title, and it's looking like that's going to stick.

The final book will be quite the battle of heightened stakes and perfect for the series, and it will end.

So, Book 24 is around 1/4 written and making steady progress.

Stay tuned!

Spiritual Preparation for Death

 

St. Michael the Archangel... in Starfire Angels

I've mentioned previously that I have a devotion to St. Michael. Fr. Ripperger explains it here pretty concisely. It's probably obvious that I have a special interest in angels (Starfire Angels), with my fictional aliens that look like our impression of angels having a mechanism for similar abilities, but they're nothing like the real angels, who are beings of pure spirit, not flesh and blood.

Minor Forgotten Worlds spoilers below

Because of my devotion to St. Michael, I found a way to include him in Book 22 of Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds, although I don't identify him by name. In the setting of the story, what I personally refer to as the St. Michael door will be thought to be an Inari and Issa. That door also has a modified-for-the-series portion of the St. Michael prayer. Those who know will recognize it and the changes I made to accommodate the setting.

It's no coincidence that, after writing that, I started having more trouble writing the series--St. Michael is the archangel who was assigned to cast Lucifer (Satan) into hell. Fr. Ripperger and other exorcists (restating what has been written by church fathers from the early centuries) have said that demons can affect our imaginations (to stop us from doing what is right and/or lead us to what is wrong (i.e. graphic sex scenes, glorifying witchcraft and murder, etc.)). They can affect our mental faculties in multiple ways. I've had to increase my prayer life to finish this series, but God has given me the best of ideas as a result! God turns all things for the good of our souls. I just had to struggle a bit and learn to rely on God for the right inspiration, not myself.

And then there's the name of the baby finally revealed in Book 21, where I honored another great archangel. St. Gabriel is the archangel who delivered the news to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would be the mother of God, months after having delivered the message to Zachariah that he would have a son who would be named John (the Baptist). I felt that this name would best fit the series for naming styles and what that baby represents in the story. I added Seldar to that because of the name of affection given to his mother by the baby's father in the story and what I created as a meaning for that word in the fictional language.

And on that note, I've come full circle to the video above, which was created and published by Gabi After Hours. Gabi is the nickname of Gabriel Castillo, the man who created and manages the channel, which has many more great videos. I highly recommend you check it out. He even interviewed Jordan Peterson's wife about her conversion and miraculous cancer recovery.

God bless!

ps--Book 24 is over 6,600 words presently. Making good progress!