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Last year, the letter went up very late; this year, I'm posting quite early.
First things first: Thank you, Yulewriter, under whatever avatar you choose to appear -- and thank you as well to prospective Yulewriters and others who may be cruising the spreadsheets and LiveJournals reading these letters out of pure curiosity. You are noble and generous, not to mention helpful, friendly, courteous, kind...whoops, wrong script. Now, then: your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to overthrow the government of....no, that's not the right script either.
Then again -- this is going to be an interesting Yuletide. I turned in requests in an unusually obscure and baroque group of canons (calling these "fandoms" is an act of optimism on my part, as I'm not sure there's any fic at all out there for any of these). These are some of my longest-standing and most favorite literary worlds...but based on prior Yuletides, it's an open question as to whether any of them will draw offers from the wider Yuletide writing community. This initial group of requests is very much intended as a test case -- I'm doing what we've been specifically encouraged to do during discussions of the nomination/request process, even though I have a strong hunch it's going to make the matching engine throw up its virtual hands in defeat. If I'm wrong about that, and you've offered to write in one (or more) of these canons, you have my undying appreciation and gratitude, and we can discuss cookies after the reveal. If I'm right -- well, we'll see what happens next.
ETA: And there was much rejoicing, as it looks as if I have offers on two of these three requests! Thank you to all of you who've offered, whether we matched or not. And as for that third fandom, well, there's always next year. :-) [Note to self: plan on baking cookies early in January....]
But enough with the Yule intrigue. You want to know what I like. So:
Pluses for me include strong characterization, well-written dialogue, wit/banter/snark, clever use of canon, well-developed AUs, UST (heavy on both the U and the T), crossovers, and more. I'm neutral when it comes to matters of gen, slash, or femslash -- if the pairing is well-developed, I'll read with an open mind. I'm not into noncon, incest, or adult/child kinks, but have few other outright squicks as long as the relationship is age- and canon-appropriate; OTOH, I mostly don't read fanfic for sexual content.
When it comes to Yuletide, I typically request single characters, but not because I'm uninterested in romantic pairings or the other characters in a given canon. Rather, my take is that single characters are easier for the mods to match (I may be ornery, but I'm not that diabolically evil), and that it gives you, the writer, greater flexibility as you look around for other characters in the fandom for my chosen character to hang out with.
Now, as to my specific requests:
( The Lastborn of Elvinwood • Linda Haldeman )
( Planet Builders • Robyn Tallis ) ( Windmaster's Bane series • Tom Deitz )
First things first: Thank you, Yulewriter, under whatever avatar you choose to appear -- and thank you as well to prospective Yulewriters and others who may be cruising the spreadsheets and LiveJournals reading these letters out of pure curiosity. You are noble and generous, not to mention helpful, friendly, courteous, kind...whoops, wrong script. Now, then: your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to overthrow the government of....no, that's not the right script either.
Then again -- this is going to be an interesting Yuletide. I turned in requests in an unusually obscure and baroque group of canons (calling these "fandoms" is an act of optimism on my part, as I'm not sure there's any fic at all out there for any of these). These are some of my longest-standing and most favorite literary worlds...but based on prior Yuletides, it's an open question as to whether any of them will draw offers from the wider Yuletide writing community. This initial group of requests is very much intended as a test case -- I'm doing what we've been specifically encouraged to do during discussions of the nomination/request process, even though I have a strong hunch it's going to make the matching engine throw up its virtual hands in defeat. If I'm wrong about that, and you've offered to write in one (or more) of these canons, you have my undying appreciation and gratitude, and we can discuss cookies after the reveal. If I'm right -- well, we'll see what happens next.
ETA: And there was much rejoicing, as it looks as if I have offers on two of these three requests! Thank you to all of you who've offered, whether we matched or not. And as for that third fandom, well, there's always next year. :-) [Note to self: plan on baking cookies early in January....]
But enough with the Yule intrigue. You want to know what I like. So:
Pluses for me include strong characterization, well-written dialogue, wit/banter/snark, clever use of canon, well-developed AUs, UST (heavy on both the U and the T), crossovers, and more. I'm neutral when it comes to matters of gen, slash, or femslash -- if the pairing is well-developed, I'll read with an open mind. I'm not into noncon, incest, or adult/child kinks, but have few other outright squicks as long as the relationship is age- and canon-appropriate; OTOH, I mostly don't read fanfic for sexual content.
When it comes to Yuletide, I typically request single characters, but not because I'm uninterested in romantic pairings or the other characters in a given canon. Rather, my take is that single characters are easier for the mods to match (I may be ornery, but I'm not that diabolically evil), and that it gives you, the writer, greater flexibility as you look around for other characters in the fandom for my chosen character to hang out with.
Now, as to my specific requests:
( The Lastborn of Elvinwood • Linda Haldeman )
( Planet Builders • Robyn Tallis ) ( Windmaster's Bane series • Tom Deitz )
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