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My next chapter, The Christian Heresy Begins, is up. It includes numerous minor changes compared to v2. This is the chapter where Joseph rewrites the Ten Commandments and first meets Apollo. There's a lot of description of setting in this chapter. Please let me know if you can picture it.

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Thanks
Dirk

Maybe Sol should hold a contest to submit synopses to Fiery Seas Publishing to see who can get the fastest rejection. My out-of-office auto-reply takes almost as long. :-)

It should really (also) show at the bottom of the chapter on the posting view page, where all the other reviews for that chapter are located. That way, you could just go back to the chapter, scroll to the bottom, and pick up where you left off. Naturally, the incomplete review should only show for the reviewer, since it hasn't been submitted yet.

Chaqpter 17, Assassination Attempt, is up. I've eliminated the question of whether the attempt is an actual (successful) assassination right from the outset, since I wanted to focus the historical epigraph on whether Apollo is the one responsible and hint at his future ruthlessness (mostly book two), the same way that I'm setting up Joseph as the Antichrist. The other alternative would be to change the title and epigraph to something different and leave the outcome of the attack a surprise. Thoughts?

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Dirk

I'm trying to decide if the guards in my book should use
1) discrete earpieces with mics on their sleeves (like the Secret Service)
2) visible headsets (e.g., a bluetooth-style earpiece/mic), or
3) a wisewatch with 2-way audio-visual communication.

These guards all wear uniforms and/or armor, so it's always obvious who they are, essentially eliminating the need for a discrete option. Wisewatches are ubiquitous in my galaxy for communication, so I'm inclined to use them, except an earpiece or headset is easier to hear through in a loud setting, and limits who can hear what is said.

Thoughts?
Dirk

Bill, why not use the x-line tab within the review screen to see all of your comments (and author replies) at once?

I finally saw Rogue One on Netflix. I lost count of the number of planets/stations in the first 15 minutes of the film (5 or 6, I think). Some of the casting/characters were excellent. Loved the blind Jedi. The CGI of Tarkin was meh. For some reason, Vader's costume seemed off as well. I'd give it 3 stars; less if it didn't have all of the familiar Star Wars elements going for it.

A meter perhaps?

Dave, my two MCs both hear voices, one of them from four distinct entities. I use italics for all such mind speech, using regular dialogue tags like said, asked, and replied as needed between the mind speakers. The MCs generally think to themselves using indirect thoughts in 3rd person past tense, although I do rarely switch to first person present tense to emphasize a thought, adding a thought tag if needed to be clear. With all due respect to Stephen King, I found that using special characters to surround mind speech is hard to read. It looks more like a page of html code than a novel.

If you're interested, have a look at chapter one ("Boys With a Destiny") of my book Into the Mind of God v3 to see the result. The scenes involving Joseph include God and Joseph's dead grandmother talking with him.

Thanks, Janet. FYI, the link doesn't work.

The latest chapter, Turning Point, is up. This follows Joseph during and immediately after the battle up in space, led by Apollo. He's still in South Haven following his kidnapping. Billie's true nature is revealed.

I am just flying through these chapters compared to my usual pace. I have one chapter in Act II that needs a complete rewrite, but the rest of the book will probably roll out at about one revised chapter per week or two, which is a good thing, because I am sick of writing this story. It'll be 7-8 years total on one book. Sheesh.

I want to move on to my book about the Antichrist plotting to seize control of the Vatican, based on the short story I wrote a while back.

Quick, go read!
Dirk