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UPDATE 10/24: IT'S DONE THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE

I once again would like to thank you for doing this, author: I am thrilled to get a story and I want you to relax and have fun! That is the point of Yuletide! Do not take these as law, just suggestions.

Some general likes:
unspoken partnerships, families of choice, people who have known each other a long time growing and shifting in their relationships, unexpected physical expressions of affection, mischief and hijinks, hurt/comfort, people being soft and loving to e/o and experiencing vulnerability, emotional complexity, mundane everyday curtainfic stuff, a strong sense of place, affectionate teasing, romance as an enhancement to a full life rather than two people who are each other's Entire World, knowing the particular quirks of why it is people do or don't get along, descriptions of food/clothes/environments, extremely competent people/people who are passionate about their Thing, disabled people doing stuff, casual queerness, defiant happiness in difficult circumstances, worldbuilding, seasonality and holiday vibes

DNWs: I'd prefer for the pairings I specify as platonic to stay that way, but other than that...saying avoid gratuitous violence and sex for these prompts seems kind of pointless, just generally try to write within the spirit of the canon as it is? No surprise character deaths? Incest. Victim-blaming. No magic cures. Unrelenting hopeless bleakness. Specifically for HACF, I'm not interested in Donna/Cameron as a romance. I am Jewish, so if you choose that prompt for Dragon Prince or Bandstand and you aren't, please do your research and write with care as you would in any other similar instance.

My tumblr is right here, and if you wanna creep I support it! I will try to tag relevant things for yuletide.

( Halt and Catch Fire, The Dragon Prince, The Secret Garden, BandstandCollapse )

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I guess I should post about this on here, for old times sake? OLD TIMES. POST ABOUT SOMETHING JOYOUS.

I sold two short stories in the past month (that were also written in the past two months????)!!!!! They are my first sales of fiction ever, it is wild!!!!! One to Helios Quarterly which will be in the June issue, and one to Spirit's Tincture (which will be my first pro market!) which will be in the May issue, despite selling it second, which is weird but very publishing. It's incredibly exciting and truly one of the best things to ever happen to me! I feel validated as a Real Writer for the first time in my life! I never thought I would be published anywhere but I've wanted it since I was a literal child! So this is pretty great.

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In an last-ditch effort to stave off stress, I uploaded a ton of new Dreamwidth icons and I'm STILL ADDING MORE. Remember icons? Remember how seriously we took icons and keywords, and how adding a bunch of new ones was such a relaxing and yet also challenging task? Maybe I will even actually use this journal regularly now, so I can use my cool new icons. Maybe this is a NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION.

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My thread at the Holiday Love Meme 2012!

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Today izilen and I went to the Cloisters, and it was incredible. I don't claim to know a lot about art - there was a time when I wanted to be both an artist and an art historian, and ended up being neither of those things - but I do know a little about the feeling I get in the presence of things so much older than me, the awe of this-is-something-someone-made that lasted after they were gone and has been looked at with thousands of eyes.

It is so easy, especially in a crowded and hurried and hot city, to remember the things that force you to know you're unimportant, to feel entirely still, in a good way. Things that almost command you to pay attention: this stone has stories inside of it, this river is glinting so bright in the sun it's hard to look at, these flowers and herbs have a family history, and until this is all gone people are going to keep making things that last longer than whatever anybody up here on the very top of an island in the 2010s might be feeling or thinking.

Being a human being in the world is pretty amazing I guess is my point.

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Ladyfest exists now! On Livejournal and Dreamwidth. You should go join. You know. If you want. ONLY IF YOU WANT. I will love you, either way.

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So I've gotten a fair amount of interest on tumblr, but I thought I'd also bring it up here where it's less likely to get lost in the ether:

Avatar Ladyfest II is happening!

1. If participating by drawing art or writing fic, or singing up as a pitch hitter interests you, please let me know so I can get a vague count going ahead of time.

2. If you are interested in possibly being a co/assistant mod, also definitely let me know! I would not like to repeat the experience of trying to run an exchange entirely by myself again.

3. I'm beginning to rough the timeline out but if you have something to say about times that would ABSOLUTELY NOT BE GOOD AT ALL or conflicting fandom stuff that's going on I might not know about, etc, third verse, same as the first.

I miss writing in this thing. A real post, soon, yes.

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I came back to Bryn Mawr for graduation this weekend, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but...I'm really glad I did. Glad in a mostly uncomplicated, feel-like-I've-gotten-closure sense. It was real bizarre and pretty emotional being on campus for the first time in a year, but it was good to see people I hadn't seen in that long, to casually catch up with them and to cheer for the people I know who are now done and who I am so proud of! I am proud of me, too. I've come far in the past year, which was clear to me today in a way it often isn't.

Plus, everyone loves my red hair. I have never gotten so many compliments on the same thing in a compacted period of time in my life.

Speaking of compliments, here I am on that anon love meme if you feel so inclined.

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pts asked me some questions for the 5 Questions meme, and I answered them! If you would like some questions of your own, you should comment and I will give them to you.

( Avatar Korra, The Snow Queen, feelings about trees, my space job, and David Foster WallaceCollapse )

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There are a lot of stories that have actively influenced my life. There are two that have influenced my life in such a powerful way that I can't actually separate them and my experiences with them, from who I am as a person, from so many important things that have happened to me. The first is Lord of the Rings, aka The Less Said About It The Better, the second is Avatar: The Last Airbender.

They both came along at what were big turning points in my life, which I didn't recognize until later. And maybe part of their importance comes from that. LOTR, with its traumatic and emotionally intense fandom experiences, broke me a little of my ability to love a story as much as I once loved it. I kind of fandom-hopped for years, but I never committed to anything in quite that same way. I never got excited about anything in quite that same way.

The thing about those turning points is - stuff comes around when you need it to, on occasion. There is such a thing as perfect timing. You have to be in the right place, and the right mood, and the right situation, to let something into your heart like that. And I realize this sounds like I'm talking about relationships but you know, I kind of am.

( I'M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTIONCollapse )

I know Korra is never going to be Avatar. It is a different show, and a different thing. My expectations are in fact totally realistic. But oh my god, I am SO FUCKING EXCITED. I am excited to be this excited! It is still this world, that I love so much, and so no matter what it will be important to me too. And I remember thinking in the period after the finale, how much I just wanted more, and was more ever really going to happen? That was FOUR YEARS AGO. I can't believe this is a thing that is happening and I am going to watch in a couple of hours?!

I am really glad it is a thing that is happening now.

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