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I may add that to the Galactipedia entry about the professor and his time machine. There is speculation as to why the professor disappeared. Perhaps they attribute it to insufficiently ripe coconuts or to genetically modified coconuts (reinforcing the millennia-old ban on most forms of genetic engineering).

*sspull is such a great name. I think the wisewatches in Galaxy Tales qualify. They do everything I want whenever the need arises. Made by Acme Corporation, of course, which was founded by Professor Hinkley. For some reason, Acme technology has a high failure rate.

If you're considering The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need by Susan Thurman, I felt that it doesn't have enough examples of grammar rules. I would have liked a lot more correct and incorrect examples of grammar rules. I ended up returning it.

I ended up getting the Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation, which has the basic rules and more examples, but is not nearly as in depth as the above book.

Both books are highly recommended on Amazon. For any books you want to buy, click on the Amazon cover and peruse the table of contents to see if it suits you.

No, the Catholic forum states that Christ was taken up body and soul, which is how will return. Ditto for the prophet Elijah. If Christ had been taken up in spirit only, there would have been a dead body to bury, which wasn't the case.

You had me looking for an alternative to "in the flesh". Turns out, he's still flesh and bones, in spite of being transfigured and resurrected:

The first I saw it was April 11, a day after you put up this thread. K also saw it, since he supplied the image above. Now Linda.

I had that too, but it disappeared after I contacted Sol. He didn't see it from his account, but I sent him a screenshot, and now it's gone (so far).

Welcome back, Bonnie. Congratulations on Home World.

I've seen people use the site for early drafts as well as for those that are quite polished. For stories I like, I keep reading each new draft, as have my reviewers with my story.

Sol, are there any rules as to how new the material has to be? I've been working on my book part-time for six years but have never entered it. The current (third) draft is over a year old. Much to my dismay, it will need a fourth draft as well.

Thanks
Dirk

My 16 is even punier thank you think. It was 8, not 16, in the mock battle. I plan to rewrite it in a zone containing space junk (e.g., the kind of stuff that Star Wars destroyers dump before going to light speed). I can put in one big derelict vessel (the same one they board for the "Storming a Battleship" chapter), and a bunch of smaller ones. The AI will take care not to let them hit anything, but I can use the junk to divvy up the scene.

My final battle was better, I think. The Ark of the Covenant vs. the Actium. Paul led his fighters (group 1) against the Actium to provide cover for the raiders (group 2). Paul's fighters were attacked by two enemy fighters (group 3). Much easier to picture, even though there were at least as many ships. The biggest problem with that battle is that there were two Imperial flagships: the Praetorian flagship, the Actium, and Governor Decianus's flagship (its original name escapes me)). Apollo renames the latter in honor of Decianus mid-battle, making it Apollo's new flagship. I gave the ship name every time I switched scenes (e.g., Aboard the Ark of the Covenant, Aboard the Actium, Aboard the Decianus, etc.). I can tweak that: Aboard Lupus's Flagship - the Actium and Aboard Apollo's Flagship - the Decianus).

Be sure to give njc lots of dangling modifiers.

You created a character for me who survives 30 chapters? You're getting soft. I'm looking forward to my demise.