Why The Wedding of the Princess-King and Other Stories?

So. My second collection is out, and doing nicely, thank you all very much. I'd love it if everyone in the world would go over to Smashwords and download a copy. Or even if "everyone in the world" turned out to be about as many people as you'd find a rural town in mid-Michigan.

 Now I'm going to share a few thoughts about it with you.

First. I'm in love with the cover. Simon Brom did a great job translating my vague notions and hopes into a vivid cover which, I think, fairly represents the actual contents.

Second. I'm satisfied with the actual contents. I feel like I stretched and grew in the writing. I wanted three full-sized short stories in this collection. As it turns out, a "full-sized short story" isn't a uniform unit of measurement.

Second, sub-head One: "The Wedding of the Princess-King" got its start as flash fiction effort to answer the question, "what would people who live in a fairy tale world tell in place of the fairy tales we tell about them?"

Second, sub-head Two: "Take the Moon at Full, Now She's Changed" was always intended to be a downer of a story where defeat was never really a possibility, but success wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

Second, sub-head Three: "Earthfall" came about because another story wasn't coming together the way I wanted it to, and I wanted the final story in the collection to be light-hearted, and airy in both the narrative modes and plot. Of the three, this one is the story I had the most fun bringing together.

Third: Let's talk about availability. Smashwords, obviously. It is also, as of this writing, available at the Kobo store, the Nook store, and the Apple store. Kindle soon. I promise.

Fourth: Let's talk about pricing. At Smashwords, the price is whatever you want it to be! Free! Ninety-nine cents, if you like! More than that! A LOT more than that! If you like! At the other stores, it's $0.99, that's ninety-nine pennies. That's like all the cents you'd collect on a really productive walk across the parking lot at your favorite grocery store. Why? I'm experimenting here. How do the tools I have available to me work, and how do they work together? We're in this together, dear reader, you and I. So let me know. Take a moment to review the book, here or at the retailer where you got the book. Let me know how you feel about pricing, what you feel is fair and why. Seriously. Let's talk.