Informal Poll Results

Well, so far 51 people have thought this would be a good/great idea, and only 4 people have slammed me for needing it to feed my ego*. So I guess that's a reasonable "no, you won't look like a total egomaniac asshole for doing this" vote.

Only 1 person thought $1.99 was a fair price for the collection - the sweet spot seemed to be around $4.50 (I haven't done the actual number crunching yet, that's back-of-the-envelope). Since that fit in with my thinking, I am pleased. The folk who said "choose what you want, we'll pay anything" were lying through their teeth. But I appreciated it.

Not sure how to rate the new/reprint question without actually crunching it, except that clearly, there are a number of you who haven't read my short fiction. Which is kind of the point in doing the collection....

So, here's what I'm thinking: 10-15 stories, ranging from shorts to novella-length, with 2-3 new stories included. None of them will be set in the Cosa Nostradamus or Lands Vin worlds, a mix of genres, no theme other than I Wrote That.

That could be fun. For you guys, I mean. For me it means having to read 25+ stories and pick favorites**, and that could get ugly...



*for those who are seeing this as an ego-pat:  Yeah, once upon a time, only Certain Writers could get story collections, either from small presses or their main publisher. Yeah,  I know I'll never be one of Those Writers.  But digital publishing makes it possible to do this, and hey, why the hell not?  I'm proud of these stories, an editor thought they were worth publishing, and they've gotten good responses over the years.  So why not increase the readership, same as a backlist novel?


**and then check contractual availability