Yuletide Letter 2009
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Dear Yuletide Santa,
Thank you, first of all. Thank you for your time and your effort and for taking on this challenge. Please take all of the following comments as suggestion only. Any kind of stories being written for any of these fandoms would be awesome. And as long as you're happy with the story you wrote, then it's all good. Don't stress yourself out over the details.
In general: I like stories where something happens, meaning there is change in the status quo, no matter how small. Conversely, I'm not very fond of the angsty soliloquy pieces where a character self-analyzes his or her place in the universe for eight pages and tells me nothing new. Not that angsty soliloquy's are inherently bad, of course, but I've already read the book or seen the movie, and I want to know what happens next. Or before. Or meanwhile. Or someone else's POV.
Eerie Indiana: I ask for this story every year. I am a huge Dash X fan. And was absolutely gutted to find out that we never got any resolution to "The Loyal Order of Corn" and Dash's past. But I'd be equally happy following Marshall and Simon on another case, or learning what Mr. Radford does with all the overstock from The World O' Stuff. For this fandom, please stick to gen or het unless you're really comfortable with the characters.
The Princess Bride: William Goldman and S. Morgenstern are just teasing us with the promises of a sequel. For this fandom more than any other, I wanna know what happens next, for any of the characters. Write me a future chapter in the memoirs of The Dread Pirate Roberts, Prince Humperdinck or Miracle Max, and I'll be over the moon. I've read the book and seen the movie, so feel free to use whichever version you like.
The Lost Room: This is a miniseries that deserved to be a full series. Trace the history of one of the Objects, hook up two characters and see them discover a new power with their combined objects, or just let Joe spend some quality time with Anna and the elephant pancakes. I'll be happy with anything at all. Just grab your favorite character and go nuts. We really didn't get enough time with any of them.
The Graveyard Book: I love this book. Then again, I love just about everything Neil Gaiman's written. The humor, the dialogue, the fact that nobody in the book is ashamed of being exactly what they are - it's a world I really want to see more of. As I mentioned before, Miss Lupescu, Silas, and Bod are my favorites, but don't let that limit you in the slightest. If you're keen on writing the history of the Sleer, the man Jack's Last Will and Testament, or the nine things that Liza Hempstock has learned about being dead, go for it.
Happy writing!
Dear Yuletide Santa,
Thank you, first of all. Thank you for your time and your effort and for taking on this challenge. Please take all of the following comments as suggestion only. Any kind of stories being written for any of these fandoms would be awesome. And as long as you're happy with the story you wrote, then it's all good. Don't stress yourself out over the details.
In general: I like stories where something happens, meaning there is change in the status quo, no matter how small. Conversely, I'm not very fond of the angsty soliloquy pieces where a character self-analyzes his or her place in the universe for eight pages and tells me nothing new. Not that angsty soliloquy's are inherently bad, of course, but I've already read the book or seen the movie, and I want to know what happens next. Or before. Or meanwhile. Or someone else's POV.
Eerie Indiana: I ask for this story every year. I am a huge Dash X fan. And was absolutely gutted to find out that we never got any resolution to "The Loyal Order of Corn" and Dash's past. But I'd be equally happy following Marshall and Simon on another case, or learning what Mr. Radford does with all the overstock from The World O' Stuff. For this fandom, please stick to gen or het unless you're really comfortable with the characters.
The Princess Bride: William Goldman and S. Morgenstern are just teasing us with the promises of a sequel. For this fandom more than any other, I wanna know what happens next, for any of the characters. Write me a future chapter in the memoirs of The Dread Pirate Roberts, Prince Humperdinck or Miracle Max, and I'll be over the moon. I've read the book and seen the movie, so feel free to use whichever version you like.
The Lost Room: This is a miniseries that deserved to be a full series. Trace the history of one of the Objects, hook up two characters and see them discover a new power with their combined objects, or just let Joe spend some quality time with Anna and the elephant pancakes. I'll be happy with anything at all. Just grab your favorite character and go nuts. We really didn't get enough time with any of them.
The Graveyard Book: I love this book. Then again, I love just about everything Neil Gaiman's written. The humor, the dialogue, the fact that nobody in the book is ashamed of being exactly what they are - it's a world I really want to see more of. As I mentioned before, Miss Lupescu, Silas, and Bod are my favorites, but don't let that limit you in the slightest. If you're keen on writing the history of the Sleer, the man Jack's Last Will and Testament, or the nine things that Liza Hempstock has learned about being dead, go for it.
Happy writing!