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Yuletide Treasure Fanfic Exchange 2011

  • Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:21 pm

In honor of the current Yuletide exchange, I actually updated the page of stories written for me by adding the stories from Yuletide 2010. I didn’t realize I’d neglected to do that until a few days ago–oops. I did post links in this blog some time ago, but if you missed that you should scroll back or follow that link. I was gifted wtih some amazing stories as Yuletide gifts!

The exchange is already in full swing this year, with assignments having gone out on Monday night. My Yuletide requests were in Fantasy Island (1977), Touching Evil (US), American Gothic and Lawrence of Arabia. My Yulegoat letter is here, if you want to read me going on and on about these things. :) I offered to write in 10 different fandoms that I thought I’d really enjoy writing in.

I am quite thrilled with my recipient’s request in the fandom we matched on, though I’ll admit that was dampened a little by her expressing a preference for a different fandom. But I dealt with that in my own way, and am back to all kinds of excited again. There’s one request from a fandom I offered (and I’m the only one who did offer it) that looks like so much fun I have to write it. A Treat for my recipient in a fandom she requested but no one offered, and that makes 3 definite stories I want to finish before I do anything else Yuletidey.

There are maybe three or four other requests of those available right now, among those who chose to write letters, that I could write and have a blast with. I’m not sure I’ll write as many Treats as I did last year, but those are potentials if I decide to. I, um, have a spreadsheet. :)   There are some requests in a couple of fandoms that I’m curious about, but who haven’t opted to post letters. Those requests may not be revealed until Yuletide Madness, which starts on the 23rd or so. I have my spreadsheet so I can find the requests I’m looking for quickly and determine if something sparks an idea I write quickly.

I don’t anticipate any flanicking this year, since I am actually organized and, much like last year, have already started both the assignment story and a Treat. If all goes well, I’ll have to save the flanicking for Madness, when I start what’s supposed to be a short story and watch it try to grow as time runs out.

 

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Yuletide 2009, in the Can

  • Posted on January 30, 2010 at 3:45 pm

Well, that was fun. The writing was fun, anyway.

If I participate this year, I just have to remember to do a couple of things.

1. Stay off everything except the yuletide admin community and avoid all the wank elsewhere.

2. Don’t even try to get into the archive to read Jack until a few days have passed.

If I can follow those two things, it will be far more fun. The inability to get in and read anything was pretty aggravating, and the slowness even after getting in much later, my god. If I play this year, I just won’t even try for a while, and then there’s no disappointment. It’s disappointing that they plan to keep the Yuletide Treats in a completely separate section, which means that instead fo the short stories getting read and commented on more, as shorter ones tend to do, they get a fraction of the views because finding them isn’t intuitive.

Despite the things that I’m unhappy about, it’s still fun and I’m grateful for the work that goes into it, even though I’m not a fan of the whole move to the new archive because of that surrounding wank. But if you want to participate in Yuletide, you have to join it and use it. I don’t intend to upload my other stories there, so it’ll just be for Yuletide for me.

All the stories I wrote for Yuletide at the archive

But if you’re reading this right now and it’s December 25th-January 1st or so, you might as well forget it (unless things have drastically improved since Yuletide 2009) because you’ll just time out or get an error. The thing was woefully underprepared for the whole exchange, but maybe it’ll get better.

I immensely dislike the ability to respond to comments privately. Ah well.

You’re better off reading anything right here at the site. Here are the stories I did for Yuletide 2009:

Some Crazy, Random, Happenstance Bullshit That All Turned Out Okay 

This was my assigned story. She wanted Lafayette from True Blood to have a good day.

I also wrote the following Yuletide Treats:

Father, Brother, Child - This is Eric and Godric from True Blood. She wanted an exploration of why they were apart for so many years.

Counts, Curves and Cognac - Victor/Victoria, a Victoria and Toddy interlude. I love those two.

Soft and Bright — Nikolai and Kirill from Eastern Promises

Just Doing His Part for Morale — Galaxy Quest. She wanted something with Fred and Laliari.

Since the archive switch, I’ve also added my 2008 stories to my site instead of just linking to the old Yuletide site.

Thespians, Aliens and a Damn, Stupid Hammer — Galaxy Quest, Alexander/Quellek slash. This was my assigned story.

Tests of Power — Eastern Promises, Nikolai/Kirill slash. I did this one as a pinch hit.

I’ve already posted links to the stories I got that year, but here’s a link to the story I got this time. It was American Gothic fic!

Physical Fitness – I wanted Gail/Lucas and she delivered! :) I loved that show with all its dark twistedyness, and the sexy Lucas Buck. Buck, with a B.

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