Dear Yuletide author,

Firstly, it's a week since assignments went out; I'm sorry this hasn't been up before, but please, if you've already started on a story, feel free to disregard things in this letter. I'm posting it in the hope that it will help, not hinder, your creative process!

( Things I like: general stuff )

Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate! Things are ticking along hectically with me - we have family visiting, which is surprisingly fun, but not exactly relaxing. I also had an unbelievable amount of work to do in the run-up to Christmas, so ended up dropping out of Yuletide ( Read more... )

I really enjoyed reading this during my lunch break.

The Uninvited Guest by akamarykate, 4,406 words. Death isn't cut out to be a god-parent, so he sends a certain Lancre witch in his stead. I've always been sorry that we didn't get more of Susan's childhood (and more of Mort and Ysabell post-Mort), and this story slots neatly into the gap. I ( Read more... )

Life (or more accurately my boyfriend's broken ankle) has put a spanner in my plans to read/rec lots and lots of Yuletide stories this week. I did want to have a few more recs up before the reveal, but will have to give up on that idea now :(.

I do, however, want to point out the lovely gift I received for Yuletide: Intertwined, a Young Wizards ( Read more... )

Two wonderful Little House stories that took my breath away. Fittingly, one deals with Caroline, and one with Charles.

Wisconsin (1639 words). With Charles gone and the wind and wolves howling at night, Caroline considers why the family moved west.

Quote: Wisconsin has shaped her, whittled away the soft edges, molded her just as Charles' hands ( Read more... )

Hope you're all having a great Christmas (or a good holiday if Christmas isn't your thing ( Read more... )

Title: Steadfast
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: For all the Anne books
Word count: Around 400
Summary: A Yuletide treat for lordessrenegade. "The sun was low over the trees, and she watched it fall over the horizon for Walter Blythe." Some lines are quoted directly from Rilla of Ingleside.

( Una never told anyone of her feelings for Walter )

I had my suspicions about two of my Yuletide gifts, and it turns out that I was right on both counts! I don't think I've ever guessed a gift writer before, so this was very exciting.

such_heights wrote Four Midsummers (Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials). Post-series; four of Will's midsummers, and she got it so very right. Lots of details that I'd never ( Read more... )

...anyone care to guess which stories I wrote for Yuletide ( Read more... )

( Recs for stories covering Diana Wynne Jones - Magid series (Deep Secret and The Merlin Conspiracy), Dorothy L Sayers - Lord Peter Wimsey series, Sarah Waters - The Night Watch, Terry Pratchett - Discworld, Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle - Molesworth, Naomi Novik - Temeraire series and LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables series. )