Car wrote:
I appreciate you allowing me to join as an author for this project. I'm not sure how readily you'll be willing to do that again, but I thank you for this opportunity. I've learned quite a bit about writing, reading and group dynamics from each of you.
You weren’t
allowed to join as a writer, it was just natural progression from all the work you did for Elemental. Besides, can you imagine Fruitcake without AYCE? I can’t.
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Hey, watty...did you ever think our 'little collaboration project' would come this far? I sure didn't. But I'm glad it did.
Me too. Every time I re-read the stories and the feedback, I get a little emotional at what we, as a group, have achieved. You think that in the years to come on the KB, you and I will be remembered for what we started?
Anyway, replies. To
sasha,
lollipopgirl,
spells42 and
nika: THANK YOU for your support and I’m happy that this little project brightened up your holidays.
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justinTo me, Tara has always been someone who valued her heritage, regardless of how she was treated by her family. Will there be a sequel about them going to Ireland? Heck, they haven’t even started this vacation yet!
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Giles made them watch Come Dancing? OMG! was that punishment or something?
Only later did I realize our non-British readers may not know what Come Dancing was. No one asked about it though, so either they could figure out it’s some sort of dancing competition, or they didn’t care, or they were distracted by the smut. Heehee. If I had to watch Come Dancing 57 times, I’d die.
Welcome to the group and thanks for your involvement.
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cydQuote:
healthy, healthy dose of lovin'
Like the good doctor said, a dose of lovin’ a day keeps the doctor away. Or something like that.
Sex can even help you lose weight.
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I think it is tricky to put that many scenes in and not have them seem stale or repetitive
The different settings helped. I may have mentioned before, but this fic was my attempt at “instruction manual smut” meaning I deliberately put more action as opposed to my usual method of writing smut which is to focus more on the emotions. Having an assortment of locations, and let’s get technical ... available positions and stimuli ... gave me the variety and flexibility to create the different scenarios.
Thanks for everything. You’re my hero. The marriage proposal still stands.
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carQuote:
I thought you said you couldn't write smut anymore.
And to prove you right, my next fic will be PG-13, howzat? Like I said to Cyd (and it
was Cyd who said the sex scenes weren’t repetitive ... I even quoted it above), it was my attempt to write more detailed smut action scenes. Why? To prove that I can do it. To put even more pressure on myself to be better at writing. I dunno. You know I don’t like to analyze how I write.
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Lust, want, desire, love, need...and so many other emotions...are all wrapped up with each other. It's difficult, if not impossible, to see where one ends and the next begins. That's such a beautiful thing.
It’s easy to get sucked into writing just the sex act itself. But it isn’t my style, and the fact that we’re talking about W/T here makes that even more impossible. I truly cannot believe that the witches are capable of just having sex, or that I’m capable of writing them just like that; knowledge of the level of their devotion to each other is so ingrained in all of us.
You said elsewhere that I stuck with you for 8 months while you wrote your story. Well, the same can be said of you, my friend. That you’ve stuck with me for the same time, even longer. And I whine about writing and other stuff a lot more than you. As for continuing this as a series … you know how it originally started, and it’s only their first day on vacation, they have a full 2 weeks in one of the wildest, prettiest parts of the world. Not to mention they need to go to Ireland next … let’s see, eh?
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homaryhowatty? heehee. Thank you so much for the honorific, on Mistress of the Ho. Shucks, I don’t deserve it. Thank you so much for the beta help, please know that I appreciate not only the help on the punctuation, it was all the insightful thoughts and suggestions you made.
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Yes, first-time, chemistry-enhanced sex can be incredible, but taking risks with someone who knows and loves you?
Trust is a big factor, especially in the bathroom scene. I hope I was able to show it somewhat, though I had to be reminded to add a certain small section so they didn’t seem too carefree and careless.
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She had shaken her hair out in a cascade and the tips of her fine blonde hair teased and brushed against Willow's sensitive skin.
(hoMary fondly remembers a long-haired ex. Sighs, then remembers why they broke up. But still fondly remembers the sex.)
awwwww. Glad I helped bring back fond memories. Even with the break up, it was good while it lasted no?
I’m also glad that you liked the setting of Livingstone House and how you poor Colin MacDougall’s gout brought laughter. You’re right, there is something about it that is comic.
Welcome to the group, mary. It seems strange saying it now, since your presence is so ingrained that it seems like you’ve been with us from the beginning. I’m proud to be associated with you.
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sithlordwiccanEvery country can indeed stand to see a little W/T. A fair bit, or even a lot of W/T lovin’ I dare say. Thank you for your support of our endeavor.
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sallyQuote:
BATHROOM SEX! BATHROOM SEX! BATHROOM SEX!
obsessed much?
Airplane blankets are the worst, and I have it on good authority that business class isn’t much better. Come to think of it, they don’t offer much warmth, let alone protection against prying eyes for two witches who are that hot for each other. I’m surprised that no one has questioned whether it’s possible to have sex in the cabin like that … I know it’s physically possible, but is it feasible to do it in safety and not risk discovery? I also have it on good authority that it can be done, and that the illicit element makes it more enjoyable.
I like the Scotland part too. It takes them away from Sunnydale and they can interact with other interesting people. What better “excuse” than Tara investigating her heritage?
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The thing about this story is that the girls are clearly very much in love with each other and are very into expressing it physically
*nods* They do. And though I claimed not to be a romantic, this story did bring out a little of the romantic in me.
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I am so impressed with your frequent and correct usage of the semicolon.
*blushes and kicks stones on the ground* shucks Sally, thank you. I had lots of help.
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chrisLove and want and lust and desire and coupling (and I’m beginning to sound like Car’s fb) was in abundance alright. It’s not just being on vacation, it is the closeness, and not being tired of constantly in each other’s company … that is the driving force behind this story. There are so many ways of expressing that closeness, sex is one of them … and in challenging myself to write such a smutty story, that’s what I chose to use most times. Glad that you picked up the scene in the bath, when it is possible to be physically and emotionally close yet not having the need to make out.
Okay, I admit it. I am a romantic after all.
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that is one sexy and sexified wicca couple. I mean 4 o’clock in the morning and then getting up and getting on a plane and continued? Man, that sounds great in a “when I was younger” way.
I wouldn’t know, are you trying to tell me something? Teehee. I agree, being young and energetic helps; but being that much in love with each other is a factor too.
Thanks for your endorsement of this style of smut writing. I’m not so sure I can do it again. Heck, I’m not so sure I can write as much this year as last year … but I’ll keep trying.
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A stumblearound fog? Wow, and I always feel bad for not being able to come up with Latin for the spell names. I like stumblearound though.
Heehee. I don’t have a large vocabulary, and aside from being a bit of a numbers freak I make up words when I can’t think of the right one. I mean, slodges of time? gops of kisses?
Re: “Yes, you dork. I still love you.”
You are so right, it’s so simple. Yet it shows the depth of the affection. Can you hear Tara saying it? Because I can.
Thanks for everything, I mean it.
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maruI think it might have been worse for Willow, saying “no more numbers.”
Yes, the love is always the foundation for everything they do together. How can it not be so? Love is the everything, from the initial gushing and giddiness to a more longer lasting understanding. Besides, it’s the lovebirds. So much packed into the first day of the trip, can you imagine the next 13 days?
Thanks for your friendship, thanks for being the most astute and perceptive person I’ve met. You sum emotions and stories up in just a few choice words, and you always make me feel like I’m a better person than I am.
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dwYou’re doing a jig? Pictures please! Heehee. Thanks for stopping by.
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blayne“Babes in Toyland” with Stan Laurel? That just made me laugh. Thanks for the kind words, I had a great time writing this. Staying silent on the sex in airplane seats though, yes siree.
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terraOkay, tk, the story needed a little more smut??? I see. How about baggage carousel sex? Lost and found office sex? Sex at the back of the pub? You know, I would have added more sex scenes, but … I had to do nano. So blame nano.
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It was like we hit the ground running with smut, then we hit the bathroom with smut, then we made the mile high club with smut, then we had old house smut.
Heh. You’ve summed it up nicely, buddy. It was an exercise in smut writing, I think I didn’t do too badly there. And whaddaya mean, airport bathroom sex
isn’t normal? wait, what??
Snerk. I’m playing with yer.
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cecileThank YOU for your support and everything. Feedback from our readers like yourself is what spurs us on. You are a superstar and I thank you for your kind words.
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”steaming right out of the oven” hot!
Wow. Thank you. I’m glad it was well received.
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To paraphrase Tara, "Good God, that's a lot of smut!" Very nice.
Hee. Not many people mentioned that, thanks! And thanks for reading. I love indignant and flustered Willow, I love her more when she’s naked.
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