I didn't do an end of year meme for the end of 2014 or 2015, but was reminded they exist and thought of doing it again. Like the last one I did for the end of 2013 it is... not uniformly positive. Looking back at that one it is slightly weird how things book-end.

( long meme is long )

It's Yuletide signups time again ( Read more... )

( It's Yuletide fic exchange time again! So here is a letter: )

( Probably only of interest if you're writing in the Purim Gifts exchange )

First up - go and read the ridiculously awesome gift I got. It is Culture fic which has made me very hopeful that people will be able to continue to write stuff in the Culture universe, because it is pitch-perfect and contains all the things I like about Culture stories ( Read more... )

I wrote this in a FB comment but though it probably was worth an actual post. Note that this was written for a specific audience and therefore assumes a specific viewpoint - obviously if you e.g. care more about general economic consequences than short-term suffering of the disadvantaged, you will have a different priority set ( Read more... )

( Probably only of interest if you're writing in the Yuletide exchange )

( Probably only of interest if you're writing in the Sci-Fi Fic Swap exchange )

( Probably only of interest if you're writing in the RareWoman exchange )

I've been a bit remiss in Yuletide-posting this year; I got a lovely gift about Mo from the Laundry Files and how she comes to terms with that seriously creepy violin:

Violins at WorkAlas, it looks like my Mystery Author hasn't written that much else - although I still have a pile of other reading from the rest of the archive ( Read more... )