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Like I need another writing project...
Dec. 27th, 2018 07:00 pm Usually I do my talking-about-writing on my blog, but this is a bit more in the "unofficial talking" line, so I thought this might be a better space.
There's an Alpennia story that I would like to have exist, but I'm dithering a bit over whether I want to write it. Whether I can write it.
I've solidly established that the Alpennia books are "closed door" with regard to on-page sex. The major reason is that that's the flavor of story I wanted them to be, but there's also a certain amount of being very uncertain of my ability to write good, believable sex scenes. I'm a bit more open to giving it a try in Alpennia short fiction, though I haven't done so yet. But the story that I want to have exist would pretty much require explicit sex scenes, one of which would definitely not be appropriate to include in the books being published by Bella Books.
You see, the story I want to have exist is Antuniet and Jeanne's trip to Prague--or more specifically, their stop-over in Heidelberg to get Antuniet pregnant. I know how that story goes. I know the unexpected emotional speedbumps. (Antuniet is perfectly certain that she can grit her teeth and treat the whole thing as a business transaction. She's less able to cope with other parties refusing to do so. Jeanne has a talent for arranging other people's social lives, but she never expected to play go-between for her beloved with her beloved's sperm donor.) The things we learn about the characters. (Jeanne and Antuniet have a serious talk about how Antuniet feels about sex.) The minor redemption of a character who got a bit of a bad rap in The Mystic Marriage. (Tentative bit of dialogue: "Will you allow me to admit that I was a complete ass?") You know the bit in Mother of Souls when Barbara metaphorically pins Antuniet against the wall and demands to know if Jeanne knows about the pregnancy and Antuniet says with studied casualness, "She was there"? That scene.
In a way, it's a story that would work better written as fan-fic. For the briefest of moments I contemplated writing it and then posting it anonymously on AO3, but I feel like that would be breaking some sort of authorial trust.
But I've created a folder and a document with plot notes, which is no guarantee but indicates more than a passing fancy.
There's an Alpennia story that I would like to have exist, but I'm dithering a bit over whether I want to write it. Whether I can write it.
I've solidly established that the Alpennia books are "closed door" with regard to on-page sex. The major reason is that that's the flavor of story I wanted them to be, but there's also a certain amount of being very uncertain of my ability to write good, believable sex scenes. I'm a bit more open to giving it a try in Alpennia short fiction, though I haven't done so yet. But the story that I want to have exist would pretty much require explicit sex scenes, one of which would definitely not be appropriate to include in the books being published by Bella Books.
You see, the story I want to have exist is Antuniet and Jeanne's trip to Prague--or more specifically, their stop-over in Heidelberg to get Antuniet pregnant. I know how that story goes. I know the unexpected emotional speedbumps. (Antuniet is perfectly certain that she can grit her teeth and treat the whole thing as a business transaction. She's less able to cope with other parties refusing to do so. Jeanne has a talent for arranging other people's social lives, but she never expected to play go-between for her beloved with her beloved's sperm donor.) The things we learn about the characters. (Jeanne and Antuniet have a serious talk about how Antuniet feels about sex.) The minor redemption of a character who got a bit of a bad rap in The Mystic Marriage. (Tentative bit of dialogue: "Will you allow me to admit that I was a complete ass?") You know the bit in Mother of Souls when Barbara metaphorically pins Antuniet against the wall and demands to know if Jeanne knows about the pregnancy and Antuniet says with studied casualness, "She was there"? That scene.
In a way, it's a story that would work better written as fan-fic. For the briefest of moments I contemplated writing it and then posting it anonymously on AO3, but I feel like that would be breaking some sort of authorial trust.
But I've created a folder and a document with plot notes, which is no guarantee but indicates more than a passing fancy.
