Since the beginning of quarantine, I've been trying to make more of my stories available for free to a broader audience. Most recently, that has included making a run through my published edition of the Model Student series, editing it, and posting it on my website. But I never updated the original version on SOL even to the published version when it came out in 2016. I'm trying to remedy that and have formatted the entire new edition for release on SOL--hopefully later this week. It's hard to believe I originally wrote and posted that story here back in 2012!
I do, however, have a question or two that you could help me with. First, let me explain that in order to make good stand-alone books, and in order to put them in print, I had to make several adjustments to where parts and stories ended and began. So, the breakpoints between stories are not the same as in the current version. Second, I brought out the original Model Student as three separate books, Mural, Rhapsody Suite, and Diva. The original version of Triptych was so long I had to cut it into two books, now called Triptych and Odalisque. The Prodigal continues to stand alone. So there were three serials originally posted on SOL and now they are six books.
The options as I see them.
1. Replace the current three books with six new ones. Each a standalone with the new titles.
2. Use Part divisions to post three as one in Model Student, and two books as one in Triptych.
Your feedback would be helpful.
In any case, the version currently on SOL will be gone. There were some cuts and rewrites of particularly gratuitous scenes to make the story acceptable for a broader audience, and a few names of minor characters were changed to protect the innocent (notably racquetball competitors). So, if you are particularly fond of the stories as they currently exist and don't want to see the changes (if you even care), I'd suggest you download the current books now. They will be changed by this time next week.
Since finishing The Prodigal back in 2013, I have written and posted thirty more books here as aroslav and ten more as Wayzgoose. I am grateful for your continued support and readership.
Just an irrelevant note: I went out yesterday for my bi-weekly groceries and monthly pharmacy run. My truck is getting four weeks per gallon at the moment. I've been having some trouble with ants in the trailer here in Texas, so while I was at the grocery store, I found and bought some ant killer. When I checked out the cashier held the package up and said with a straight face, "You do know this is for insects and not relatives, right?"
I hope you are weathering the storm, so to speak. Be well.
Devon