To Fight in the Shade - Long Author's Notes

[lovesrain44]

Long Author’s Notes:

I’ve been writing Sparta verse stories since March of 2008. I wish I could have written more than four installments so far, but real life keeps coming up, other writing projects, other big bangs. But this year, for the 2011 Big Bang, I wanted to work on a story that had been sitting in my head for a while.

To begin with,

Comments

Re: Awesome

[lovesrain44]

This is perhaps one of the most meaningful comments I've gotten about my writing. Because, yes, I don't just churn a story out, I wish I could, I wish I was faster at it, but the details, especially the small ones, really matter to me. I think they make a story more believable; it's the little threads that tie everything together. It's really nice when that gets noticed, because the behind the scenes stuff is almost always invisible. (Except when I make a big huge blaring post about it!)

Especially lovely is the fact that you see it, that this is Old School Supernatural, the way it was, the way it started out. It's just not that way anymore, and the show has become less compelling for me. Hence my harkening back to the old days.

And I'm very glad I was able to keep it at the same intensity; I know what you mean about installments, the more time between, the more the story and how it's told changes. Staying true to Sam's summer in hell isn't always easy (because oh, how I'd like John to just break down and give Sam a hug or something!), but the results are worth it, esp with nice feedback like this.

I hope the story is as good as you hope it will be, and that it lives up to the author's notes. : D