Once Upon a Time...Coming Soon

While going through some old papers, I discovered a weathered, partially edited copy of a short story I wrote several years ago. It was a favour for a friend who was given a writing assignment for her "Gender in Sociology" course in college. The assignment was to write a fairy tale, with yourself as the main character. Given that the course was not in her major, and that she had an excessive amount of work to do for the courses that were, she approached me at work and asked if I would like to have a crack at it on her behalf. The story I ended up with was called "The Weeping Princess", but given the short amount of time I had to write it, I was only able to complete a first draft. Even at that, it was a pretty good first draft, and everyone who read it was very fond of the story. I just always wanted to take another pass (or two) at it. Having found the original, I'm currently doing just that. It's rather long as it is, and in the course of the re-write, it's bound to get longer. I'll more than likely break it up into several parts and post each one as I finish it. My eventual goal is to turn the story into a novel, but for now, I'll try to stay as close to the original story line as possible. So, consider this a "Heads up!", and stay tuned. I'll even see what I can do about a "happily ever after".