Author notes for Between the Sheets

[brigdh]

Between the Sheets is my pinch-hit story. I've never done a pinch-hit before- usually because I'm writing my own story at the last minute- but when the call for help went up here, Saiyuki and Yami no Matsuei were listed as needed fandoms. And as I've already said to some of you, I figured that the chances the person who needed a story was someone I knew were pretty high, and I didn't want to see anyone miss out.

I signed up, and got Rana, so uh, I'm glad I did! I started off by going back to reread all of her stuff (such a hardship), and there was a lot of things I could have done. When He Comes (and if you haven't read that yet, you really, really should, because who knew a drabble could be so hot?) struck me as being an excellent option. I love the dynamic between the characters that's she set up, which was self-contained enough that I felt I could stick to it easily and yet had a lot of room for expansion. I also decided to switch the POV from a more-omniscient third to one very tight on Sanzo, because he seemed to say the least in the original. Also, Sanzo.

I also chose When He Comes because I only had about four days to write the story, so no epic plot for you, Rana. However, if there's one thing I can write on the drop of a dime, it's porn.

That was Wednesday. Thursday and Friday I was planning on being in New York, but I hadn't thought that would be a problem because it meant I'd be spending about eight hours in airports. There's nothing more conducive to concentrating on writing than being stuck in a seat with nothing else to do. Thursday was fine. I worked on the story, sketched out its rough shape, some sense of the dialouge, and had a few lines and images.

However, Friday was not so good. I missed my flight on Friday. The real reason I've yet to write a post about New York is that I hate, I loathe with the passion of a thousand dying suns, being incompetent. I makes me angry and upset and frustrated and stressed and... I could go on. Let's just say I have issues. Obviously I got home eventually, but it involved getting pulled aside by security guards, getting interviewed, having all my stuff gone through, almost missing a second flight, getting stuck in Detroit, having to ask someone to come and get me from there, and getting home on Saturday rather than Friday. None of which really lead to writing, or to anything other than staring out a window and bewailing my own stupidity.

By the time I started to actually write Between the Sheets, I only had a few hours left. This story is really a first draft, and I wouldn't be surprised if there's all sorts of crazy typos in it (I'm afraid to go back and look). I feel bad about that; the original is so awesome that I would have loved to do a better job.

The original title seemed, to me, to be a reference to the last line of the story. Since I didn't have the same line in mine, I switched it to "Between the Sheets", which had been the drabble's prompt. The remix subtitle is partly me stealing a vaguely-appropriate quote and partly me being twelve years old and thinking that a reference to 'rod' in the title of a porn fic is really, really funny.

So, though I would have really liked an extra day or two to write this, I do love the interaction between these three characters. Threesome porn is always good.

Comments

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

See, I don't mind that people drop out (or almost miss the deadline) on me, because I keep getting really excellent stories out of the deal. *G* I'm sorry to hear about New York, but you shouldn't fear going back and re-reading the story. I can tell you from experience that it only gets better on re-reading. *G*

Also, you should know by now that I will take the porn over the epic storyline anytime. ;-)

You're right about the original drabble title, by the way. Eliza suggested it and I, being twelve, couldn't resist. I also, being twelve, love your remix title like whoa. *G*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Heh, thank you.

Me too, generally. It was fun to do it once, but I'm thinking it'll be a long time before I try writing something epic again. And my tastes are pretty much the same in reading, so.

*grins* Twelve year old humor for the win!

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Epics can be fun to take on because they use a different skillset (when done right, natch), but generally speaking, I'm a fan of leaner stories, and epics tend not to be lean. Which is not to say that I turn down epic smut, which is Eliza's forte. *G*

Twelve year old humor and dirty puns. What more do you need?

[springgreen.livejournal.com]

partly me being twelve years old and thinking that a reference to 'rod' in the title of a porn fic is really, really funny.

That just made my entire day better ^_^.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

*grins* Thank you, I like to amuse.