What do you want? Hi, Ezra here at Writers' Fun Zone with my cat Mr. Sarkastakatt. Today I want to thank Anthony Hopkins for not appearing at my doorstep at 4 o'clock this morning. Dixon Rice, well-known author of Montana is Burning, sent in this great question. What's a good price for e-books? That question, believe it or not, actually reminded me of how people respond to time. The price of an e-book is a lot like the minutes left to catching a bus. This week I'll cover the bus metaphor and next week I'll show how it relates to pressing your e-book. This bus metaphor is great, not only in understanding how to price your e-book, but also in knowing how to write a character's response to time. You'll appreciate this because you're all wonderful writers and amin' them. Sarah is leaving for work. Say she's an attorney. And it's a quarter to six. She's got 15 minutes before her bus comes at 6 o'clock. But it'll take her 10 minutes to get to bus stop. She's got time. So she takes her coat off the coat stand, puts on her coat, picks up her black leather purse and places it over her shoulder, picks up the keys that were sitting on a bookshelf by the door, and walks out the door. Say on the different day, it's 10 minutes to six. She can make it if she leaves right now. She quickly takes the coat off the coat stand, puts on her coat, throws her purse onto her shoulder, snatches the keys and whisks out the door. Now say it's four minutes to six. Maybe if Sarah runs, she'll make it right. She pulls her coat off the coat stand. The coat stand falls down. She curses and leaves the stand there to rot. She grabs her purse. The purse strap gets caught on a chair and snaps. Sarah streams in frustration, yanks up her keys, but the loses her grip. And the keys go soaring across the living room and land in the fishbowl. She gets her suit coat slightly wet, fishing the keys out of the bowl, runs out, and tries closing the door behind her. But the purse strap keeps getting caught in the door. She finally manages to get the door closed and runs off to the bus stop. Now here's a fascinating thing. Suppose it's two minutes after six. Sarah's missed her bus. What does she do? She doesn't rush. She grits her teeth and anger. Takes the coat off the coat stand, puts on her coat, puts her purse in one fist, takes the keys into her other fist, and walks out the door slamming its shut. The way that the different times made Sarah react differently is very similar to how you can expect different reactions from setting your e-books price differently. Next week, I'll show how they relate. In the meantime, if Anthony Hopkins shows up at your doorstep at 4 in the morning, lock your door. you