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Yuletide Letter 2010
Nov. 12th, 2010 03:21 pmDear Yuletide Writer,
Thanks for agreeing to write for my fandom(s)! I apologize for not picking anything that's readily accessible on the Internet, but if you're anything like me, hopefully the relevant reference material is sitting nearby on your bookshelf.
Most of what I said last year about my general preferences still goes: I like plot regardless of whether the fic is cracky or introspective, and my one real turnoff is being cruel to characters for cruelty's sake. I don't think this year's batch of requests lends itself quite as well to crossovers, though, so don't knock yourself out trying to make that work.
If you haven't scrolled down through the paragraph on shipping yet, don't: I'm going to skip all that this year, because I do have a scenario that I wouldn't mind seeing stray into more mature territory. Even so, I'll gladly trade mind-blowing sex for awkwardness with lots of character development, and I like my pairings fully consensual, legal, and on the vanilla side. (Which, in addition to ruling out things like incest and chan, means no hot action for any feline wizards. Sorry, Urruah!)
So! On to the prompts. I figure if you've gotten matched with me at all, we probably have similar taste in literature and you might want to check out some of these books if you're not familiar with them already, so I've put them each under separate cuts and warned for spoilers where appropriate. I've tried to be as vague as possible about the latter, but better safe than sorry.
Good luck, and have fun! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
- Mira
( Connie Willis - Oxford Time Travel series )
( Diane Duane - Cats of Grand Central Station series )
( Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn series (mild spoilers) )
( Lev Grossman - The Magicians (spoilers) )
Thanks for agreeing to write for my fandom(s)! I apologize for not picking anything that's readily accessible on the Internet, but if you're anything like me, hopefully the relevant reference material is sitting nearby on your bookshelf.
Most of what I said last year about my general preferences still goes: I like plot regardless of whether the fic is cracky or introspective, and my one real turnoff is being cruel to characters for cruelty's sake. I don't think this year's batch of requests lends itself quite as well to crossovers, though, so don't knock yourself out trying to make that work.
If you haven't scrolled down through the paragraph on shipping yet, don't: I'm going to skip all that this year, because I do have a scenario that I wouldn't mind seeing stray into more mature territory. Even so, I'll gladly trade mind-blowing sex for awkwardness with lots of character development, and I like my pairings fully consensual, legal, and on the vanilla side. (Which, in addition to ruling out things like incest and chan, means no hot action for any feline wizards. Sorry, Urruah!)
So! On to the prompts. I figure if you've gotten matched with me at all, we probably have similar taste in literature and you might want to check out some of these books if you're not familiar with them already, so I've put them each under separate cuts and warned for spoilers where appropriate. I've tried to be as vague as possible about the latter, but better safe than sorry.
Good luck, and have fun! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
- Mira
( Connie Willis - Oxford Time Travel series )
( Diane Duane - Cats of Grand Central Station series )
( Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn series (mild spoilers) )
( Lev Grossman - The Magicians (spoilers) )