Dear Yuletide Writer!
dear fantastic yuletide writer,
okay, so i know my requests are really, really random. i can't really explain what happened when i was signing up, but i'm always a little off-kilter.
BUT! regardless of my crazy, WHATEVER you write will make me a happy clam. seriously! that anyone somehow matched up to my requests is kind of crazy, so THANK YOU.
and now i will make a cut for length and to spare my fl:
general things:
there are only two things that really make me not so happy. these would be: incest and boyslash. oh, plus PWP. however, i am all about shades and implications, as i found myself implying incest in the yuletide story i wrote last year, so you know, i know the creative process works in mysterious ways! i do love twistedness, and feel free to be as crazy as you want. honestly. go as insane as you want! (or not want.)
1. if you are offering karin slaughter, and you got this request, this is brilliant. because i love these books in a way that no one else seems to. (umm, see above how i love twistedness.) i am SO CRAVING a post-"beyond reach" story, it hurts. especially since "genesis" doesn't come out until this summer! i love character studies, analysis of relationships, the way we all fit together. especially these characters. ANYTHING you do here would be so awesome.
2. i hated the way the show ended. there was so much potential! anything set after, or near the end, is amazing. alternatively, if you want to just do grace and god, or someone else and god, i have three favorite incarnations of god - the goth student, the little girl with antennae, and the cranky mrs. landingham. but i also really like the woman trash collector. I LIKE THEM ALL. (and if grace/luke is REALLY your thing, then go for it. but maybe not make that the focus of story. or just have god involved somehow.) i am very happy this is eligible again this year. oh, and she wasn't on the list, but i adored judith, so feel free to have her around. ;)
3. i haven't seen all of thirtysomething. the fact that it's not released on DVD is one of life's tragedies. however, i love ellyn and melissa. like, a lot. and i do like hope, but i like hope when she isn't perfect. because she's so type-A, and she just needs to relax, but she doesn't and so i'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop. in my head i've outlined a whole series of "hope is crazy" stories - she develops an eating disorder, she gets major depression, she starts self-injuring, she becomes an alcoholic, etc. if you want to write any of those, or anything along those lines, awesome! if not, i'd just like a story with the girls, in any combination. also, slash away with these three.
4. hades is my favorite major god, and persephone has always been one of my favorite lesser gods. so a story about them together is awesome! i'm very excited about the prospect of this story and where it could go, but this is the only request that really would like somewhat of a happy ending on. or at least, where both are sympathetic. because i really like them both!
i like dark, i like twisted, i like whatever you want to do to these characters. feel free to go in any direction, really. this year, i think i'd like happy endings, or at least the promise of one, though my love of the black will never disappear. i am so excited, and i hope you are too! if you have any questions, iamsab knows me super well, and knows at least a little of all of these fandoms.
THANK YOU!!
okay, so i know my requests are really, really random. i can't really explain what happened when i was signing up, but i'm always a little off-kilter.
BUT! regardless of my crazy, WHATEVER you write will make me a happy clam. seriously! that anyone somehow matched up to my requests is kind of crazy, so THANK YOU.
and now i will make a cut for length and to spare my fl:
general things:
there are only two things that really make me not so happy. these would be: incest and boyslash. oh, plus PWP. however, i am all about shades and implications, as i found myself implying incest in the yuletide story i wrote last year, so you know, i know the creative process works in mysterious ways! i do love twistedness, and feel free to be as crazy as you want. honestly. go as insane as you want! (or not want.)
1. if you are offering karin slaughter, and you got this request, this is brilliant. because i love these books in a way that no one else seems to. (umm, see above how i love twistedness.) i am SO CRAVING a post-"beyond reach" story, it hurts. especially since "genesis" doesn't come out until this summer! i love character studies, analysis of relationships, the way we all fit together. especially these characters. ANYTHING you do here would be so awesome.
2. i hated the way the show ended. there was so much potential! anything set after, or near the end, is amazing. alternatively, if you want to just do grace and god, or someone else and god, i have three favorite incarnations of god - the goth student, the little girl with antennae, and the cranky mrs. landingham. but i also really like the woman trash collector. I LIKE THEM ALL. (and if grace/luke is REALLY your thing, then go for it. but maybe not make that the focus of story. or just have god involved somehow.) i am very happy this is eligible again this year. oh, and she wasn't on the list, but i adored judith, so feel free to have her around. ;)
3. i haven't seen all of thirtysomething. the fact that it's not released on DVD is one of life's tragedies. however, i love ellyn and melissa. like, a lot. and i do like hope, but i like hope when she isn't perfect. because she's so type-A, and she just needs to relax, but she doesn't and so i'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop. in my head i've outlined a whole series of "hope is crazy" stories - she develops an eating disorder, she gets major depression, she starts self-injuring, she becomes an alcoholic, etc. if you want to write any of those, or anything along those lines, awesome! if not, i'd just like a story with the girls, in any combination. also, slash away with these three.
4. hades is my favorite major god, and persephone has always been one of my favorite lesser gods. so a story about them together is awesome! i'm very excited about the prospect of this story and where it could go, but this is the only request that really would like somewhat of a happy ending on. or at least, where both are sympathetic. because i really like them both!
i like dark, i like twisted, i like whatever you want to do to these characters. feel free to go in any direction, really. this year, i think i'd like happy endings, or at least the promise of one, though my love of the black will never disappear. i am so excited, and i hope you are too! if you have any questions, iamsab knows me super well, and knows at least a little of all of these fandoms.
THANK YOU!!