Tomorrows Child (42 page)

“Yes Volante,
as you wish.” The girl began to back away, but she kept her eyes on
the woman in case she missed a sign or a flicker of acceptance.

“But you were
wise to take a Darnell Shadow book. It is wasted on that girl.”

That was all it
took. It was all she needed. Raven smiled and slipped into the
shadows.

The End

~~~~~~~~~~

There are many people
who have helped along the way and then there are those who must be
thanked simply for putting up with me and my obsessive behaviour
while I wrote this story.

First, I want to thank
my family, especially my husband and my boys, who lived with me
through the birth of this story while my mind was living in Mount
Misty. You are all very patient and I love you dearly.

To my beautiful sister
Dallas, for reading every page, even the ones that didn’t make the
final cut and for being as excited about the lives of Psyche and
Phoenix as I am. I probably wouldn’t have finished this story
without your encouragement. I also want to thank you for putting up
with me as I fretted and stressed about every word. You were there
right to the end. (And now we are going to do it again!)Thank you,
Thank you, Thank you.

To my beta readers,
Shannon, Amber, Sharon and Ben, who read the story before it was
finished and then read it again because I asked. Thank you. And to
my brother Edan, who inspires interesting characters.

To my editing fairy,
Teri, you are amazing. You were the first person to read this who
didn’t know me and love me but you loved my story. Your comments
gave me the faith to publish. Thank you.

To Patti, Thank you for
your continuing support, assistance and advice as I got my book
ready to publish. Thank you for answering all my questions in the
middle of the night and encouraging me to setup my “Social Network”
before I published! You made the process so much easier.

And finally, to my Mum,
thank you for the music… and for all the things you do and say that
get us through the hard times. I love you. …and because you and dad
gave me a really cool name!

Starr lives a rural
life in Ravenshoe in Far North Queensland, Australia. She is a wife
and a mother to four amazing and sometimes boisterous boys.

The family has a small
menagerie with one cat, four dogs, numerous Chickens, four pet
rats, three Jersey cows, two calves, an old retired bay gelding and
a very naughty orphan colt.

Writing has always been
a passion but it wasn’t until she was asked, ‘If you died tomorrow,
what is the one thing you’d regret?’

It’s a pretty
confronting question but the answer was to write and publish a
novel. That was enough motivation to get started and within 6
months, she had finished the first draft of Tomorrows Child, the
first book in a series of Paranormal Fantasy Novels.

Starr is involved in a
number of community projects and enjoys learning ‘lost skills’ such
as baking bread, making soap and candles. Her boys can light a fire
with two sticks and find their way out of the rainforest.

When she isn’t running
after children or writing, she can be found in the garden growing
vegetables or in the kitchen making things from scratch.