Fic Corner 2018: Dear Scribbler

Note: A good deal of this text has been largely ported from prior letters, although I have done a bit of editing, polishing, and reorganizing, and there are new and expanded prompts throughout.

Greetings, O Scribbler, and welcome!  And also, thank you!  A number of the following requests run from the moderately to the extremely obscure, and I am more than grateful to anyone who's not only searched out the same odd things that I like but gone to the trouble to add new chapters to these characters' lives.

These letters aren't getting any shorter, so while I've got detailed material farther down, I think it's only fair to give you the list of fandom requests up front.  So, those would be:

* Diana Winthrop series – “Kate Chambers”
* Enola Holmes series -- Nancy Springer (Cecily Alistair)
* The Ice Ghosts Mystery - Jane Louise Curry
* Planet Builders series -- Robyn Tallis
* Young Wizards - Diane Duane

General likes and dislikes

Feel free to wander backward through this journal and my fic on AO3 (linked to your left) to get an idea of my interests; what I write is very much also what I like to read – and has, over time, added up to rather a variety of fandoms. My past letters for a variety of exchanges are tagged "dear santa" herein; and I've tagged Fic Corner material specifically as well.

To summarize, though: text-driven pluses for me include effective use of wit (aka banter aka snark, etc.), as well as strong characterization & dialogue. I value both respect for and clever use of canon (including well-developed AUs -- the plot-driven kind, not the baristas/highschoolers/alt-species kind). I thrive on UST (heavy on both U and T), and am neutral where gen/het/slash is concerned; if the pairing is well-developed, I'll read with an open mind.

I am also a sucker for the well-executed crossover, whether via oblique allusion or head-on fandom collision. Fic Corner being Fic Corner and Optional Details Being Optional, I have absolutely no expectations along this line...but I have included an EXTREMELY OPTIONAL BONUS POINTS section in most of my requests, because I live in hope, and because I can’t resist this sort of opportunity.  Take these in the spirit in which they’re given, or set them aside as you prefer.

None of my requests call specifically for mature/explicit content.  This doesn't mean I don't appreciate sizzling erotica/smut/porn; it's just that my fanfic-reading interests and my e/s/p-reading interests mostly don't tend to intersect.  That said, if your muse happens to take you into explicit territory in the context of one of these requests, I'm generally willing to follow along for the ride.  I have few outright personal squicks save for noncon, incest, or adult/child kinks so long as a given relationship is age- and canon-appropriate.  

Character matching and prompts

Where I request single characters, it's not because I'm opposed to relationship-fic or multi-character stories – far from it. My goal is to give you greater flexibility in introducing additional characters, whether from those nominated or from wider canon. Even where I supply relatively specific prompts in a request, I want you to be able to shape the story; my suggestions are meant as springboards, not outlines.

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