It's possible to screw up a first-time story, too, but it seems to take more effort -- because they change the relationship, they seem to come with a certain built-in significance.

I have a lot of respect for people who write significant established-relationship stories, and I try to challenge myself to do it regularly, too.

I don't have anything against a story that has no purpose but to be sexy. It's just that it won't be sexy to me unless there's something at stake.