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That may be why these articles differ. The Vatican (or a Vatican-friendly author) would capitalize a lot of things others would not. However, a lot of people in my Catholic forum would capitalize Eucharistic Adoration and the names of the sacraments, but wiki does not. It capitalizes Eucharistic however. The style guide for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee says Eucharistic should be lowercase because it's an adjective. The text box that I'm typing this post into flags eucharistic as an error. I feel one of Apollo's F-bombs coming on.

Minor pending change to the St. Peter's Basilica chapter. Connor acts out of character at the end, where he is troubled by his growing powers. It hasn't been a problem for him so far, not even when he successfully defeated the legion of demons during the exorcism. Instead of the baby going over the bridge being an accident, I'm going to have a demon throw it over the side. Connor will then be troubled by people around him being targetted, especially a baby. I've modified the exorcism such that the reverend mother is also targetted by the demons because they are trying to suppress the warning from God that she gives Connor just before she dies.

The Left Behind series makes Catholics shudder. It's written from a premillennial dispensationalist POV. Catholics hate it because it confuses people (myself included initially) into thinking that that POV is how the world will end. That's one of the reasons I went with a Catholic story.

When they said the devil had a son, I thought I was screwed. Not sure why they went with Mammon and not the Antichrist. The latter is the most natural choice.

I have a question about character descriptions. I'm wondering how much page space to dedicate to describing secondary characters. Two examples include the gravedigger, Giordano, and the parish pastor, Father Copolla, of the damaged basilica. Giordano had his one chapter and I don't really have any additional use for him. I figure a couple of sentences of dscription would suffice. Father Copolla has already appeared in scene 1.4, where they discovered the cardinal's body. He will next appear for another full scene during his interrogation. I figure he deserves a little more. Naturally, I could go further, but I'm not sure if the reader will expect more of characters if I describe them in great detail. Neither of these two will reappear later. Will anyone care about their eye color or height? I figure if I can slip it in seamlessly, then great. Technically, I've already given Coppola's height when the detectives watch the security footage near the basilica. I guarantee, though, no one will remember it when it comes time for his interrogation, unless I repeat it.

Thoughts?
Dirk

You should try a French computer keyboard. You'd be amazed how much that will slow you down. I spend more time on the backspace key than any other. I'd splurge for something new, but I have too many bills to pay.

In my school, English Lit was a separate course from English 20 (grade 11). You had to choose one. I went with English Lit. Turns out, English 20 is where they taught all of the grammar rules one needs to write a book today. On the plus side, English Lit was taught by the department head, who "secretly" drank alcohol out of his coffee cup. He was a hoot.

Hmm. I replaced the discussion about a powerful demon with speculation about the Antichrist and the resulting scene (Campagna meets Connor) is now eleven pages. Makes the St. Peter's Basilica scene look downright short. :-)

Technically, the title refers to the Church's attempt to save Connor. However, there are three books and he's the focus of the series, so yes he survives book one.

I took another crack at bypassing the whole notion that the killer is a powerful demon. I'm trying to jump straight to the hunt for the Antichrist.

Does it work?

Thanks
Dirk

Netflix just notified me of a new upcoming series called Constantine, starring Keanu Reeves, which involves a deal between God and Satan. Winner take all. It's based on a long-running comic book series and a series of novels. I almost freaked. As far as I can tell from the trailer and Wikipedia, many important elements differ. TBD.