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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.

I am such a flake. Can't get used to Requiem for Heaven and Earth. The Lord of the Earth already exists on Amazon, but for a very different book. My title refers to the duel between Satan and Christ, who will fight for dominion over Earth. Also, in the Gospels, Jesus refers to Satan as the 'ruler of this world'. I may add Unholy back into the title as some point, although I like this simple title better. Reminds me of Tolkien.

Thanks, Lynne. I did a trial of that a few weeks ago but didn't like it as much as grammarly. I'm still running Office 2007 (in 2018, eek), so the integration may not be as good as with newer versions of Office. I'll try them again when I get closer to a final draft. Meanwhile, I have to set aside some time to work through a good grammar and punctuation book.

Cool item. Islam has an Antichrist and foretells of the return of Jesus and the Mahdi (cue Dune music) during the Day of Judgement. The Mahdi will rid the world of evil. This will be great for book two, where the Unholy Trinity attacks all Abrahamic religions. Naturally, Judaism also has a Messiah at the end of days.

Well, there's the Pope, his Council of Cardinal Advisors, the Catholic orphanage, "perpetual adoration" in the orphanage chapel, a Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, rosary beads and prayer, a priest as one of the main POV characters, a lengthy trip through the Holy Land retracing the footsteps of Jesus, an exorcism chapter, several healings, dead cardinals and bishops, events from Revelation, the Vatican, visions of ancient events from the Bible, Satan, the Antichrist, the False Prophet, and Jesus Christ himself.

Pretty much a Catholic series, which was my intention from the outset. There is already a series of novels called Left Behind that tells the story of Revelation from a Protestant Dispensationalist POV (a literal interpretation). So many Christians think that's the Catholic POV, too, since there are no comparable Catholic novels.

The books are Connor's journey.