Author's Notes for "Them's the Breaks"
Sep. 27th, 2009 03:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starwatcher_fic.
Once again my dues requirement snuck up on me; I had no story and was wracking my brains for an idea. One of the teachers in my school broke her foot, and needed to use a wheelchair for a couple of weeks before she was allowed to use a walking boot. 'Hmm,' said my muse, 'how about Blair with a broken leg?' The idea was attractive for a minute, but then I reconsidered -- (Sorry, Jess!) -- Blair's always the one who's been whumped; I've done it a few times myself. Okay, maybe a story about how Blair would react if someone else had a broken leg... but not Jim; that's also been done countless times. When I pondered whose broken leg might have the most effect, it was obvious; I've seen how our school office falls apart when the regular secretary is out.
I found the story of the Christmas spider as I was searching for 'unusual customs' to give the thief something strange to do. It's a cute story and, as much as I enjoy taking pictures of spiders, I just couldn't resist. As Blair said, there are several versions of the story. The three that I referenced are -- The Legend of the Christmas Spider and The Spider's Gift and Spiders and their webs are not showed the door on Ukrainian Christmas.
If these stories disappear from the web, I've copied/pasted them in this post.
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Once again my dues requirement snuck up on me; I had no story and was wracking my brains for an idea. One of the teachers in my school broke her foot, and needed to use a wheelchair for a couple of weeks before she was allowed to use a walking boot. 'Hmm,' said my muse, 'how about Blair with a broken leg?' The idea was attractive for a minute, but then I reconsidered -- (Sorry, Jess!) -- Blair's always the one who's been whumped; I've done it a few times myself. Okay, maybe a story about how Blair would react if someone else had a broken leg... but not Jim; that's also been done countless times. When I pondered whose broken leg might have the most effect, it was obvious; I've seen how our school office falls apart when the regular secretary is out.
I found the story of the Christmas spider as I was searching for 'unusual customs' to give the thief something strange to do. It's a cute story and, as much as I enjoy taking pictures of spiders, I just couldn't resist. As Blair said, there are several versions of the story. The three that I referenced are -- The Legend of the Christmas Spider and The Spider's Gift and Spiders and their webs are not showed the door on Ukrainian Christmas.
If these stories disappear from the web, I've copied/pasted them in this post.
.