"And the Joys We Share as We Tarry There..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

Issue: I think I could start to write fic with a slightly higher rating. That is to say, most of my slash is v. fluffy and G-ish right now, but I think if I wanted to, I could do more with it.

Difficulty: Mum beta-reads all my fic. More than that, she expects to read my fic, because I've been showing it to her for ages. I have, I confess, hidden certain fics from her (such as the Courfeyrac/Combeferre/Feuilly menage a trois *g*) in the past, but she has a slightly unpleasant way of finding things I'd rather she didn't ("Synonyms"). And I would have to start actually attacking other people for beta-reading, which I am loath to do.

What shall I do?

I suppose in the long run there's nothing wrong with G-ish slash, but Other People would perhaps beg to differ, and I am sometimes frustrated at my limits, due to their being largely because of my worry over bothering Mum (sparklychibi will, perhaps, understand this).

Hm.

Comments

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I know there's nothing wrong with G slash, and I think perhaps I ought to have been more specific, but I don't really want to write anything R or NC-17. I'd just rather write PG-13, or be able to put in cursing when I thought it was IC (Hyde from LXG presents me with the biggest. bloody. problems.), but Mum tends to be a lot more bothered by that sort of thing than I ever anticipate.

But I do feel compelled sometimes, and sometimes I feel that I ought to stop doing convenient fade-outs. They're almost embarrassing, sometimes. I suppose the thing to do, then, is to be able to distinguish from when it's /fine/ and I'm overreacting or pressing myself, and when I really am beginning to sound silly.

There's nothing wrong with fluffy! ^_^ I just sometimes worry if it isn't all getting redundant, and then I begin to angst over it--but I acknowledge that in some cases it can be a very good thing, and I'm glad I can write it.

Thank you very much.