Well, it's Twelfth Night for the Christmas-inclined (marking another year where my family managed to make it through the festive season without the Christmas tree burning the house down), the snow has turned into high waters, and I wish my cold would decide whether or not it really wants to turn into another bout of flu (not that I'd endorse this ( Read more... )

So, a few days back I became approximately the last person on the geeky side of the internet to see Inception, which was, well, fun. Really fun. I'm still a bit baffled as to why it became INSTANT FANDOM CATNIP, however - I guess it did a pretty elegant job at creating side characters one wants to see fleshed out, and the oneiromancers-for-hire bit ( Read more... )

A first spin through the Yuletide archive, and, wow, that was fun. Seriously, I am just entirely thrilled that something like this exists. Good job, internet!

( Infinite Jest, Shakespeare RPF, Earthsea, Kate Beaton, Richard II, 1 Henry IV, Finnish Mythology, Snow White, 20th Century Boys, Invisible Cities, Zelazny's Amber series, Beowulf, and META YULETIDE OLD SPICE FIC under the cut. )

Well, hello again, internet! And happy Christmas, to those who are celebrating - I feel the need to note that I just had my FIRST WHITE CHRISTMAS EVER, which was fairly glee inducing, even if it is somewhat disconcerting to find that much of the world has suddenly become a picture-postcard.

The only thing more exciting than snow (what? I live in ( Read more... )

Dear Yuletide Writer,

First of all, I’m thrilled you’re writing a story for me! Thank you so much! I should say upfront that if you have to make a choice between writing the story OF YOUR HEART that you really want to write and following one of the prompts I give below, I would far prefer you to write the aforementioned story OF YOUR HEART.

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