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Been playing with masks and layers in PSP, and this is what came out:
( The element that connects the Lostaways, cut for possible spoilers )
I was also discussing with the Hubby and with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jerib_78 the difference between a genfic writer and a romance writer. The Hubby was all "You write romance all the time. You're always putting Spike and Fred or Spike and Illyria together."
But see, I think I suck at romance writing, really. I can drabble it okay. But I don't think that just because two people are in the same fic, and there's loads of UST, that that makes it a romance. Sure, I write Spike and Illyria together all the time, but I've never had them so much as kiss. How is "Cold Comfort" a romance? "Gift"? I wouldn't even classify "Kitten Poker with a Physicist" as a "romance," even though Spike gets naked and tied to a bed. "Chicken Soup"? Maybe, but not really. I mean, hell, by the Hubby's definition, "Snake Eyes" is a romance, with Spike and Angel drinking in a bar and exchanging snarky commentary. Heh. I'm a slash writer. Who'da thunk?
The Lovely and Effulgentjerib_78 pointed out that, in my writing, any romance is generally secondary to the story. It's an element, sometimes, but it's not (usually) what the whole fic is about. So, in an exercise of shameless self-indulgence, I've decided to list all my fics (except the drabble collections) and see what comes out:
( behind the cut to spare my flist )
( The element that connects the Lostaways, cut for possible spoilers )
I was also discussing with the Hubby and with
jerib_78 the difference between a genfic writer and a romance writer. The Hubby was all "You write romance all the time. You're always putting Spike and Fred or Spike and Illyria together." But see, I think I suck at romance writing, really. I can drabble it okay. But I don't think that just because two people are in the same fic, and there's loads of UST, that that makes it a romance. Sure, I write Spike and Illyria together all the time, but I've never had them so much as kiss. How is "Cold Comfort" a romance? "Gift"? I wouldn't even classify "Kitten Poker with a Physicist" as a "romance," even though Spike gets naked and tied to a bed. "Chicken Soup"? Maybe, but not really. I mean, hell, by the Hubby's definition, "Snake Eyes" is a romance, with Spike and Angel drinking in a bar and exchanging snarky commentary. Heh. I'm a slash writer. Who'da thunk?
The Lovely and Effulgent
jerib_78 pointed out that, in my writing, any romance is generally secondary to the story. It's an element, sometimes, but it's not (usually) what the whole fic is about. So, in an exercise of shameless self-indulgence, I've decided to list all my fics (except the drabble collections) and see what comes out:( behind the cut to spare my flist )
