It didn't really rise to the level of "spam"

That wasn't much of a ficspam, I know, but hey! The attempt did help me finish two things I've had in progress for a while. And I have at least two more short things started, not Giles/Ethan. I'll see what I can do this week with a Giles/Jenny thing I started yesterday, and also a Giles/Buffy thing. The genfic ideas are not so plentiful at the moment, alas. This approach is incredibly effective with getting me to stop over-editing and just let the words flow out. It's not the way to write more