YULETIDE! AIEEE!
Um, in case you can't tell, I love Yuletide. It is my favorite time of year, and one of the very best things about fandom.
So, if you're my Yuletide Author (shh, not allowed to say "Santa" anymore), come on in!
First of all, let me just say THANK YOU. Last year was my first year in Yuletide, and it was such an amazing and wonderful experience. All of the authors are so ridiculously talented, and as the recipient of two amazing stories, I was so overwhelmed with awesome. Having a story written for me is just such a cool experience.
Secondly, here's a couple good ideas of what I do/don't like. Here's my letter from last year, which is still accurate for the likes/dislikes. And feel free to nose around the journal - all my stories are tagged in my memories. Nothing much to add to that - chances are, if you write something that makes YOU happy, I will be happy.
But if you'd like some more details - here they are, spoilers for the fandoms very much included:
Fandom-Specific
1) Mad Men: I love Joan Holloway and Don Draper like Cookie Monster loves cookies. They are such amazingly well-written/acted characters, and I'll never get tired of delving into their respective lives. We know the most about Don because he's the main character, but it's fascinating to go into his past as Dick Whitman. What the heck happened to make him reinvent himself? Joan, on the other hand, is a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in brass ones the size of TEXAS. Joan is brassy and strong and I love her. If they're not your thing, as I mentioned, Sal and Helen are two of my other favorite characters. Your rule of thumb with me and this fandom is Backstory + possible sex = LOVE.
2) Jeff and Michael Shaara - Civil War Trilogy: Okay, besides carla_scribbles and myself, I know of NO ONE who even likes the series enough to want to try and fic it. So, should you write this for me, I will quite possibly declare myself your slave for life. Anything with Mira Hancock would be brilliant, though I'm heavily inclined toward a Mira/Win/Lew threesome. Porn or no porn, if you write my three favorite characters in an adult relationship and in-character historically, I will love you forever. And James Longstreet, in any form, is absolute gold.
3) Across the Universe: Okay, my Max/Jude goggles are firmly in place. Buddyslash would make me the happiest camper ever, but I'm definitely not averse to an exploration of a possible Max/Jude/Lucy threesome. It's the 60's, so go nuts with the trippy drugs, sex, and music connections.
4) Profiler: What it says in my request - well-written, in-character, sap-free Bailey/Sam. That's what I've been looking for since the show aired. I despair of finding any really good Bailey/Sam, and it would probably validate my adolescent shipping preferences if you wrote me some. Nope, not demanding at all. :P And okay, I would absolutely not be averse to some Bailey-Grace or Bailey-John interaction either.
And really, you are absolutely free to disregard and and all of my request details. They really are more like suggestions than guidelines. If you'd like some more insight, talk to carla_scribbles (though not on her journal, I'd probably read it). She's as close as you can get to my brain without actually looking inside my head.
So, if you're my Yuletide Author (shh, not allowed to say "Santa" anymore), come on in!
First of all, let me just say THANK YOU. Last year was my first year in Yuletide, and it was such an amazing and wonderful experience. All of the authors are so ridiculously talented, and as the recipient of two amazing stories, I was so overwhelmed with awesome. Having a story written for me is just such a cool experience.
Secondly, here's a couple good ideas of what I do/don't like. Here's my letter from last year, which is still accurate for the likes/dislikes. And feel free to nose around the journal - all my stories are tagged in my memories. Nothing much to add to that - chances are, if you write something that makes YOU happy, I will be happy.
But if you'd like some more details - here they are, spoilers for the fandoms very much included:
Fandom-Specific
1) Mad Men: I love Joan Holloway and Don Draper like Cookie Monster loves cookies. They are such amazingly well-written/acted characters, and I'll never get tired of delving into their respective lives. We know the most about Don because he's the main character, but it's fascinating to go into his past as Dick Whitman. What the heck happened to make him reinvent himself? Joan, on the other hand, is a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in brass ones the size of TEXAS. Joan is brassy and strong and I love her. If they're not your thing, as I mentioned, Sal and Helen are two of my other favorite characters. Your rule of thumb with me and this fandom is Backstory + possible sex = LOVE.
2) Jeff and Michael Shaara - Civil War Trilogy: Okay, besides carla_scribbles and myself, I know of NO ONE who even likes the series enough to want to try and fic it. So, should you write this for me, I will quite possibly declare myself your slave for life. Anything with Mira Hancock would be brilliant, though I'm heavily inclined toward a Mira/Win/Lew threesome. Porn or no porn, if you write my three favorite characters in an adult relationship and in-character historically, I will love you forever. And James Longstreet, in any form, is absolute gold.
3) Across the Universe: Okay, my Max/Jude goggles are firmly in place. Buddyslash would make me the happiest camper ever, but I'm definitely not averse to an exploration of a possible Max/Jude/Lucy threesome. It's the 60's, so go nuts with the trippy drugs, sex, and music connections.
4) Profiler: What it says in my request - well-written, in-character, sap-free Bailey/Sam. That's what I've been looking for since the show aired. I despair of finding any really good Bailey/Sam, and it would probably validate my adolescent shipping preferences if you wrote me some. Nope, not demanding at all. :P And okay, I would absolutely not be averse to some Bailey-Grace or Bailey-John interaction either.
And really, you are absolutely free to disregard and and all of my request details. They really are more like suggestions than guidelines. If you'd like some more insight, talk to carla_scribbles (though not on her journal, I'd probably read it). She's as close as you can get to my brain without actually looking inside my head.