Writing

Do you know the feeling where you work on a story for several weeks because the transition between two emotional states doesn't work? Always coming back to the same paragraph because that's where the story itches, where something doesn't quite mesh, where it's sore. And do you sometimes wonder if your readers would even notice that there's a bump, if you went on ahead and posted that bit regardless? Is it worth spending another day or week of your life whittling and cutting and filing un-merrily away, trying to get those three fucking little paragraphs to work?

I think I may just have ironed out one bump in my current Pandora story. That leaves two more bumps. Shoot me now!

I reread half of eliade's Subtleties last night. That may have unclogged the pipes a little. I was once more struck by some of the similarities in theme, not that I even remotely lay claim to her skill. [/fawning]

I just hope I get Pandora done soon so I can do the flashfic-athon story. One of the characters I'll actually have to research. Or I could pick one of my friends' brain. Yup, sounds like a plan.

More Pandora, still a WIP

A while back I posted a Pandora-snippet. I finally wrote the next scene. The story is not yet complete, but this scene is.
I'm reposting a slightly changed version of the other snippet, so you can re-read it if you feel like it. All events take place in the 'aftermath' of the bed-shattering bondage fun in Alatheia's Gift

Living with Proteus
PAIRING: Spike/Xander
RATING: NC-17
SPOILERS: vague S7, set post-'Him'
SERIES: set in the Pandoraverse, directly after Alatheia's Gift, but it can also be read as a stand-alone. All you have to know is that it's set post-shag.
DEDICATION: for mpoetess - although it's not quite the 'first time' fic I'd planned for her. Please be patient, maybe I'll come up with something a little more kinky in upcoming parts. Also for eliade because she writes great moments of domesticity.

( Part 1 (previously posted) )

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( Part 2 (new) )