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Well, the Write-In last night was terrific, even if it did consist of everyone sitting around with headphones on banging away at keyboards or writing stuff out longhand. My friend Holly came by (she had only heard about NaNoWriMo earlier that afternoon), and allowed me to read the opening scenes of her story when she was finished. It looks super, I must say.
As for my own novel...
My story, currently titled Where Darkness Falls, is set in Chicago in 2015 (which will allow me to play around with technology a bit if the mood strikes me). In this universe, all religions have access to the Divine and certain members of each religion, called Manifesters, exhibit supernatural abilities based on the qualities of their religion. Most major cities have a DPNI (Department of Paranormal Investigation), which is an under-the-table organization that looks into crimes and other events related to Manifesters. (Sort of like the men in black, except minus the cool suits and sunglasses.)
In October of 2015, four Christian sex offenders are murdered, and the signs point to the person behind it being a rogue Wiccan Manifester. As a result, a Wiccan DPNI agent and Manifester is assigned to investigate the case; however, since all the victims were born-again Christians, the Christian division of DPNI insists on putting their oar in the water and sends a Christian agent and Manifester (I haven't decided yet whether he'll be Southern Baptist or Pentecostal) to work with the Wiccan agent. As you can imagine, they don't get off to a very good start together (the relationship between Christians and Wiccans being generally antagonistic), and the novel will follow their relationship as they try to solve the crime.
Oh, and there's a Jesuit priest in there somewhere, but I'm not sure how he fits into the picture yet.
If anyone can suggest any good online resources for Southern Baptist or Pentecostal religious beliefs and practices, I'd really appreciate it.
As for my own novel...
My story, currently titled Where Darkness Falls, is set in Chicago in 2015 (which will allow me to play around with technology a bit if the mood strikes me). In this universe, all religions have access to the Divine and certain members of each religion, called Manifesters, exhibit supernatural abilities based on the qualities of their religion. Most major cities have a DPNI (Department of Paranormal Investigation), which is an under-the-table organization that looks into crimes and other events related to Manifesters. (Sort of like the men in black, except minus the cool suits and sunglasses.)
In October of 2015, four Christian sex offenders are murdered, and the signs point to the person behind it being a rogue Wiccan Manifester. As a result, a Wiccan DPNI agent and Manifester is assigned to investigate the case; however, since all the victims were born-again Christians, the Christian division of DPNI insists on putting their oar in the water and sends a Christian agent and Manifester (I haven't decided yet whether he'll be Southern Baptist or Pentecostal) to work with the Wiccan agent. As you can imagine, they don't get off to a very good start together (the relationship between Christians and Wiccans being generally antagonistic), and the novel will follow their relationship as they try to solve the crime.
Oh, and there's a Jesuit priest in there somewhere, but I'm not sure how he fits into the picture yet.
If anyone can suggest any good online resources for Southern Baptist or Pentecostal religious beliefs and practices, I'd really appreciate it.
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