Starchild: Prophecy
More changes have been made, and this should make it the definitive version of Starchild: Prophecy!
What changes?
Glad you asked!
The first, most obvious change is with the cover, drawn by Jean Johnson (you can visit her Deviant Art page at http://sylphy888.deviantart.com/). It is a close-up of Aurora's face with the star-shaped scar prominent on her left cheek. It's a bit more interesting and gives a slight preview into her character than just the plain Starchild Banner cover from before.
The book is slightly longer, for reasons that I will note below, however, I reduced the point size of the font inside the paper copies, from 12pt down to 10.5 (the e-book verion is still 12pt). That took the overall size of the previous v.2 paperback from 800 pages down to 638 (smaller than the 720 pages of v.1!!).
Here are some other changes from the first version:
1.) I noticed some spelling, grammatical, and continuity errors (I don't have an official proofreader, so I've had to catch my own mistakes) and have cleaned those up.
2.) I redid and redistributed the chapters, giving each a title. The added space for the breaks and for the titles themselves added to the page count.
3.) With those chapters is a new, two-page long Table of Contents, so you can quickly find your favorite chapter and read it again, or just find where you left off.
4.) A short "Thank you" page and information on how to find me and my other works. (Although if you're here, that means you already found me.)
5.) A preview of Chapter One of the sequel, Starchild: Regency, follows at the end
6.) There is now a hardcover to chose from in addition to the paperback and e-book.
The previous version was distributed as an e-book solely through Amazon's Kindle platform. I have now brought the e-book file over to Smashwords so that it will be available to ALL e-reader platforms (just follow the link below). Despite the added length to that format as well, I am still offering the e-book version for $9.99. (I haven't figured out how to delete the Kindle verson from the Amazon page. DON'T BUY THIS VERSION!! If you have a Kindle, go to the smashwords link below and get your kindle copy through them.)
That's all for the changes that were made. I hope you enjoy this new version and share it with others who may like it.
Due to the nature of the self publishing industry, I have three different sites for the three different formats Starchild: Prophecy is available in, rather than one site for all of them (hardcover, paperback, and e-book). Chose the one you like best below and follow the link. Meanwhile, I'll keep working on book two.
Hardcover: http://www.lulu.com/shop/fred-strange/starchild-prophecy/hardcover/product-21804022.html
Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1478137673
E-book: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/452313
Happy Reading!
Fred Strange