This was my first year doing Yuletide, and I'm totally hooked! First of all, I want to send out a huge thank you to melodiousb , who wrote me an AMAZING American Idol Ryan/Simon story, "Where We're Going, and How to Get Back." It's wonderful: layered and subtle and funny and totally believable, and I LOVE it.

My assigned fic was a "Mad Men" story ( Read more... )

 I've noticed that there are a couple of LJ usernames that pop up in both of the main fandoms I pay attention to: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell, and Giles/Xander from BtVS.

My thought process went like this:  "Huh.  That's funny, because neither one is a particularly popular pairing.  What are the odds that someone who likes reading stories about an ( Read more... )