Yuletide

[donutsweeper]

Anyone participate in yuletide? Have opinions on it? Know anything about it?

Comments

[hllangel]

Yuletide is Awesome. (yes, it deserves the capital)

A few thousand fandoms, a few thousand writers, Yuletide madness, the works. I participated for the first time last year, and ended up churning out 5 different fics for five different fandoms. I had a blast.

But was called wench after the reveal by Kgal because I'd written one for her and not told her about it.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

:) She's an evil one, no doubt. Are you planning on doing it this year?

You did 5- so were 4 pinch hits?

[hllangel]

Very very evil.

Technically, 3 pinch-hits and one stocking stuffer. All for different fandoms (original was Mary Russell, then HIMYM, Scrubs, State of Play and Heroes RPF)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

wait, what's a stocking stuffer? I don't remember seeing that in the FAQ

[hllangel]

Stocking stuffers are Yuletide Madness. Once everyone has a 1000+ word story, all the requests open up again and you can submit anything of any length. This lasts for a day or two, right before the archive opens.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh yes, I did see that. Chaos and fun, yes?

[hllangel]

Total chaos, so much fun. the one I wrote for Kgal was a stocking stuffer. She'd pulled out three betas in about two days for my pinchhits

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh man, I bet the beta search is just nuts then

[hllangel]

Yeah. if you're going to do it, have your beta locked up right after assignments go out.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

well, your first fic assignment you have time for though, right? It's just the pinch hit that gets crazy?

[hllangel]

Yeah, the pinch-hits get totally nuts. I probably won't pick any up this year, since it'll be in the middle of finals, but maybe I'll get out a stocking stuffer or two.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

the stocking stuffers don't have to be 1k right?

[hllangel]

Stocking stuffers can be short. reason is that there's already been 1k for everyone.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

that makes sense

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

If you want me let me know. As long as I can find source I am always FREE.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*cackles maniacally*

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

'sFunny... I'm watching the first episode of NCIS:LA and alternating between wanting to do that and going, Huh?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

NCIS:LA is an odd duck. The plots are crap but there is SO much slash potential between Callen and Sam that it's scary. I mean *I* can even see it!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

SO much slash potential between Callen and Sam that it's scary
My husband's only been out of bed a while and he just looked at me, raised and eyebrow and *smirked*.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

he's a smart, smart man. there's a hilarious picspam someone did about the two of them with all the looks and touches and everything. Those two are so cute together