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Yuletide 2016 recommendations

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 16:47:17 GMT

New blog post at my other blog with some Yuletide 2016 recommendations.

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what to nominate for Yuletide?

Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:52:41 GMT

I participated in Yuletide last year and really enjoyed it, so I'll probably participate again this year. Nominations: Friday 9 September to Friday 16 September. Thinking about what to nominate...

* I am about 3/4 of the way through Neal Stephenson's Seveneves -- I see one work about it on AO3 and I'll probably read that and more after I finish the novel.
* "As Good As New" by Charlie Jane Anders
* Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
* the miniseries Tanner '88

with more ideas to come, for sure.

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My Yuletide gift! "(Not) Like Uber but for Babysitting"

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 01:33:32 GMT

I received a sweet Babysitters' Club fic, "(Not) Like Uber but for Babysitting", by cbomb, which took my prompt and ran with it. It made me cheer (as in, cheer out loud) when I found out that BSC is deliberately setting itself against the "sharing economy" trends of Uber, Airbnb, et alia by making its babysitters' treatment a first-class priority. Awesome, and in keeping with the values we've always seen in BSC!

Thanks to cbomb, and thank you to everyone who makes Yuletide happen.

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Yuletide Reveal: "Pops Real Nice"

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 01:25:00 GMT

I wrote fic about two songs by the Mountain Goats!

Pops Real Nice (2194 words) by brainwane
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton - The Mountain Goats (song), Beat the Champ - The Mountain Goats (Album)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Animal Mask, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Cyrus (The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton), Jeff (The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton)
Additional Tags: Wrestling, Zines, Psychologists & Psychiatrists, Divorce, Texas, Utah - Freeform, Transcribed, Inspired by Music, Friendship, The Mountain Goats, John Darnielle - Freeform, All Hail West Texas
Summary:

After the events of "Animal Mask." Before, during, and after the events of "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton".

Enjoy "Pops Real Nice" and the making-of endnotes (including thank-yous to my beta readers) at Archive Of Our Own, brought to you by the Organization for Transformative Works.

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Dear Yuletide Author

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:12:56 GMT

Dear Yuletide author: thank you for offering to write a story for me! I hope you enjoy writing it, and I hope these facts and ideas help you do so. (This is my first year as a Yuletide signer-upper so forgive inadvertent omissions or high-handedness in this letter.)

( About me )

( General likes and dislikes )

( Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) )

( Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho )

( Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin )

Thanks and best wishes.

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