Inspiration...the years I felt distanced and alienated from the rest of the world, before I learned about asexuality, and that I was just a different 'normal'. I wanted to share my experience as an asexual in a world of sexually-oriented people, that an asexual life is just as amazing and valid, that there can be alternative relationships to sexual partners, that asexuals are just people who love and who can be loved, just differently than sexually-oriented people. And I wanted to retell the "Sheik and his Slave" trope from that point of view.
The major decision I made that changed the story, I believe, for the better, was that I started writing purely from Jared's POV. The majority of the story is still in his POV, but I think Jensen's POV and even that of the other omegas, of Vicki, and of the alpha and beta guards, helped expand both the story and the world it's set in. At least I hope so.
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Re: Hostage
Date: 2015-10-29 05:39 pm (UTC)Inspiration...the years I felt distanced and alienated from the rest of the world, before I learned about asexuality, and that I was just a different 'normal'. I wanted to share my experience as an asexual in a world of sexually-oriented people, that an asexual life is just as amazing and valid, that there can be alternative relationships to sexual partners, that asexuals are just people who love and who can be loved, just differently than sexually-oriented people. And I wanted to retell the "Sheik and his Slave" trope from that point of view.
The major decision I made that changed the story, I believe, for the better, was that I started writing purely from Jared's POV. The majority of the story is still in his POV, but I think Jensen's POV and even that of the other omegas, of Vicki, and of the alpha and beta guards, helped expand both the story and the world it's set in. At least I hope so.
Thank you for the questions!