it's good to live again

[reflectedeve]

Argh. I missed Heroes last night, because I was busy helping my mother try and clean the entire house. My grandmother's visiting (they should really be here soon, hum). And NBC's online player refuses to function for me. *resists clicking the spoilers*

So . . . a few more yule-ish things, anyone? thefourthvine posted some really excellent thoughts on writing prompts, which I find very helpful, and recommend. liviapenn has more here, which I have not read yet. Also worth reading is her last-year's post, How Not To Ruin Yuletide.

Also, check this out: yuletart! It's like Yuletide for artists! It's new and very small, but such a worthy cause, I'm definitely going to give it a try . . . I know a couple of people out there who really ought to as well. *prod*

Meanwhile, I've decided to keep From Eroica With Love. It's my baby, and dude, Yuletide is the season for laying aside your stickler-ness and just enjoying the incredible generosity of other fen. It's not as though I don't enjoy reading most Eroicafic, even when it's not my interpretation. I'll just request that Klaus not be written as anything even vaguely resembling a fluffy puppy, and things should be better than fine. :)

So now I've narrowed it down a bit . . . I think I'm going to drop either Strangers in Paradise or the Nautical RPF. I could request all comic fandoms this year! Or would that be boring? Pirates in drag . . . kickass amazon bodyguard and bubbly adorable girl with hidden depths . . . argh. Well, I have a few more days.

Comments

[ballatetta.livejournal.com]

See, there I was wondering whether there was an ArtYuletide...because I for one such at writing whole stories...Neats!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

There wasn't before--it's brand new! How happy it makes me. There aren't nearly enough art exchanges in any of my fandoms, much less multifandom. And they're not allowing manips or icons (which everywhere else is always flooded with).

[alexmegami]

*dances around nervously* I -wanna- do Yuletide or Art!Yuletide, but... well... I'm scared. And no one knows me in any fandom. And what if they hate it?

watch me overflow with enthusiasm!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Aw. Well, I haven't done yuletart before, so I don't have the first idea how that'll go, but I've been in yuletide every year, and . . . people are really, really nice. And we also come from all over fandom, so I'd say most of us don't know each other. (I mean, there were over 900 participants last year.) Sometimes you meet really awesome new folks you never would have come across otherwise. ^^

That's what's awesome (among other awesome things) about yuletide; it's such an incredibly diverse, friendly and interesting mix of people and fandoms. And you should totally do it. It's the best thing ever! I haven't enjoyed Christmas so much since I was a little kid (and I never stopped enjoying the holiday, it's just . . . extra shiny).

See also: Yuletide For Newbies, or, what is this yuletide thing anyway? (http://community.livejournal.com/yuletide/216928.html)