Dear Yuletide writer,

Thank you for offering to write whichever of these rare fandoms we matched on! Sorry it took me a while to get the full letter up. I’m also sorry it’s anything but concise – that’s not why it took me so long to finish - rather, it’s the case that when I got myself organized enough to write this, I wrote a lot.

First, I’m into a lot of different kinds of stories, so relax and don’t fret too much. I don’t have a huge load of DNWs and I enjoy seeing different ways people interpret the same source material, the different possible stories they come up with. I’m often a multi-shipper – doesn’t mean I like every ship, but I’m not jealously guarding an OTP in most cases – and I genuinely like gen as much as I like shippy stuff. Given how found family heavy some of these fandoms are, maybe that’s not too difficult to believe!

But I’ll give you a bit about some of the things I like, and some more thoughts and prompts for each fandom, in case that kind of thing helps you. However, if you aren’t the kind of writer who works better with prompts; if these restrict you rather than inspire you; then don’t pay attention them. Seriously! I want you to write what inspires you. Often I don’t even know what I’ll enjoy reading before I read it, and the most enjoyable stories are usually ones that the writer was passionate about writing. But if these extra ramblings, lists and ideas help you pick a direction or a starting point, here, make use of them.

If you need an emergency fandom because the one we matched on doesn't work for you after all, I'd say The Beacon and This Is How You Lose the Time War would be the easiest to pick up on a short time-frame. I've described them a bit from that perspective after the request part. I'd guess We Fix Space Junk wouldn't be that hard either - while there are three seasons, they're 8 episodes each and the episodes aren't that long.

( Likes )

( Do Not Want (DNW) )


The Requests

Here are the requests, with the details I wrote in the sign-up plus whatever additional things I have to add in the letter. The request part is in italics, and whatever additional stuff I rambled now is in a normal font. Sorry some of the DNWs part keeps being repeated, but there are also fandom-specific differences.

( The Beacon (Podcast) – any nominated characters )

( Wolf 359 – Renée Minkowski, Isabel Lovelace )

( This Is How You Lose the Time War; Red, Blue )

( The Books of the Raksura – Martha Wells; Moon, Chime, Jade )

( We Fix Space Junk; Kilner, Samantha )

Dear Yuletide Writer

Thank you so much for writing for me! I'm super into all these fandoms and characters, and there isn't enough fic about any of them, whether the number of existing fics is 1 or 150 or whatever. So I'm sure I'll be pleased with whatever you write for me. I like a whole load of things and genres and stuff, so feel free to go wild. I'm providing some prompts and things-I-like in this letter and the sign-up, but these are just to help spark your imagination, if you are a writer who works better with prompts and details. You absolutely don't need to stick to writing about something I've explicitly mentioned.

(Note early on Nov. 4th: I may edit this slightly later in the day, as I edited some sign-up details and don't have the time to finish editing the letter now. But it's nothing major, just some phrasings and prompts and such - the fandoms, characters and the DNWs are valid as is.)

I like gen, f/f, m/m, m/f and other things. I like many genres and tropes, for example adventures, mysteries, romance, smut, domestic/slice of life, fluff, angst (with a happy or sort-of-happy ending because otherwise my feelings get too down, but it doesn't mean you have to make problems disappear), character studies, missing moments, past fic, future fic. I usually like either canon universe or fork-in-the-road/canon divergence AUs. If you want to write crossovers with two (or more!) of these fandoms, or with one of these fandoms and another fandom you know I like, feel free to do so.

Mostly I've discovered/read these books only fairly recently (save for the Wayfarers series) so if I say something dumb because my brain is having a useless moment, just ignore it.

I'm okay with fairly dark stuff depending on how present those themes are in canon. Ie. you can go darker with Machineries of Empire than with other things. I'm okay with stories dealing with mental health issues, especially ones that are present in canon as well, but please tag for them so I know when I start reading. I have some mental health issues myself, and while sometimes reading about characters dealing (or not dealing) with theirs is helpful, it's good to know that's coming up. And I'd prefer not getting super deep into suicidal/self-harm stuff even if it's canon. Warn for anything that requires warning, but generally, stuff that the canon deals with is also okay in fic, as long as we know.



( Things I like )


( Do Not Want )



And here be the requests! It's mostly just the same stuff as in my sign-up, but for some fandoms I have additional notes. Also, the Machineries of Empire part includes some post-Glass Cannon prompts after the sign-up part, so if you haven't read Glass Cannon, skip that.

( Imperial Radch series — Ann Leckie )

( This is How You Lose the Time War — Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone )
( Machineries of Empire — Yoon Ha Lee )

( Wayfarers series — Becky Chambers )

Dear Public Call Writer,

I didn't manage to fit the character/era-specific prompts into the sign-up, so I'm posting them here. I also include my general likes and Do Not Wants from the sign-up, just in case. Please don't be discouraged if I seem to have more prompts or things to say about another era/relationship than the one you matched on - I assure you I'm equally interested in all that I requested, otherwise I wouldn't have requested them. I've got so much more on the Second Doctor era because there are so many characters and relationships I requested there, so it's hard to be concise yet not leave people out. But all the others interest me as well! And as always, these details and prompts are only meant to help you if you're the sort of writer who works better with more information and prompts. If you prefer to go without them, pay no heed to them, except kindly heed my DNWs!

( Likes )

( Do Not Wants (DNWs) )

( Second Doctor Era )

( New Who )

( Multi-Era (New Who/Classic Who) )

Dear Hurt/Comfort exchange writer,


Thank you so much for writing for me! I’m a total sucker for hurt/comfort fics, so when I learned there’s an exchange specifically for them, I had to sign up. Now, I picked enough freeform tags that they should already give you plenty of prompts and ideas, and if you go from one or more of them and avoid my DNWs, you should be very well off. But here’s more information and some fandom-specific prompts in case it’s useful for you! I apologise this is very long and rambling, especially with all the freeform tags from the sign-up included. Don’t be put off by it or think I’m especially demanding. It was taking so much time to just get any thoughts into words that I didn’t manage to make it concise as well! If anything feels like too much pressure, just ignore it. You can always just go along with the relationships and something from the freeform tags; this letter is just to provide extra information and specific prompts if you feel you need them, espeically since in all fandoms I’ve selected several possible relationships.


( Hurt/Comfort general preferences )

( Sign-up details and Do Not Wants )

( More general notes )

( If you write sex and want to know more about my likes there )

Now the requests!

( Doctor Who (1963): relationships, freeform tags, specific prompts )

( Doctor Who (2005), relationships, freeform tags and specific prompts )

( Imperial Radch — Ann Leckie, relationships, freeform tags, specific prompts )

( Wayfarers — Becky Chambers, relationships, freeform tags, specific prompts )

Hello, dear Yuletide writer!

Fantastic, we share a fandom and characters! Great! I’ll be really happy for fic about any of these, as there simply isn’t enough. I try to provide lots of prompts and general likes and such in the hope that it helps you on with your writing, but you don’t need to feel any pressure to incorporate specific likes or use specific prompts. I’m always happy with either gen or shippy fic, and even if the request sounded like I’d prefer shippy, rest assured that gen is always wonderful and welcome, too. You can always modify or combine prompts, too, or take a shippy-sounding prompt and turn it gen or vice versa.

I’m listing my general likes, dislikes and DNWs, and then each request and some additional prompts and details for it. I first include the request as it was in the sign-up, and then provide some additional details. Except for the Count of Monte Cristo request, because it was already in a sort of a prompt list format, so I simply expanded it. (And included some gen prompts and ideas as well, because I realised after the sign-ups that I’d written the request with shippy assumptions.)

As long as you avoid my DNWs, feel free to create anything you like with these fandoms and characters, and I hope you will have fun writing!

( General likes )



( Do Not Wants and Dislikes )


Requests:

( Emma - Jane Austen )

(  Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas  )

( Mansfield Park - Jane Austen )


( Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers )

Dear Femslash Exchange writer,

Thank you for offering to write any of these fandoms and relationships! They’re all relationships of my heart that delight me, so I’m sure to be happy that you write me any of these. So the letter is mostly just to give you more ideas of what I like and some prompts in the case you’re the sort of writer who works better with prompts; but you don’t have to use any of the prompts or include any of my specific likes, or you can turn them into something different. All I specifically ask is that you do heed to my DNWs. They’re either things I explicitly don’t want, sometimes just plain can’t deal with for my emotional health, or just things that I’m so finicky about when I do read them that it’s better to not take chances with a gift fic. But otherwise, feel free to go wild and do what suits you best!

I start by giving general likes and DNWs, then the same specifically for sex in the case you want to write sex into the story and are wondering what I’m okay with; and then prompts and/or other comments and ideas for each fandom and relationship. How much I write for each fandom/relationship doesn’t tell anything about how much I want it; I’ll be delighted by any of these. Some I’ve simply copied from previous exchange letters, and I may have gone on longer in some letters than in others.

( Likes )

( Dislikes and Do Not Wants )


( Sex-related likes and DNWs )


( Doctor Who — Heather/Bill, Martha/Bill, Martha/Rose, Zoe/Isobel )

( Le Comte de Monte Cristo — Eugénie/Louise )


( Original Work )

Dear Turingfest author,


Sorry I had to leave a sign-up that was just the characters for some of the requests; I was away from home with very poor internet access, and typing a lot on my phone is a pain. Also, for family reasons, I didn’t have much time and energy before the sign-ups closed. Anyway, I’m so excited I didn’t prove unmatchable for this exchange, so you’re extra awesome for offering at least one of the things I’ve requested! Feel free to include any other canon characters than the ones requested, to make crossovers with other fandoms I like, to combine or modify prompts. I’m fairly new to realising I totally love AIs/robots/etc. and these fandoms I’ve requested are largely responsible for realising it, so I’ll be thrilled to have fic for any of them. How long I’ve written about each doesn’t correspond to how much I want it, but more to how much material there is in the source and how long I’ve known it.

I’m offering some prompts for each relationship, because I’m a writer who enjoys having something like that to work with. If you prefer to write without specific prompts, just skip them. If a prompt/idea/like leads you to another idea that I didn’t mention, feel free to go along with it as long as you avoid the DNWs.

My formatting didn't quite survive being copied to the post, but I'll come back tomorrow to add the bullet points to the beginnings of the lines, because I'm starting to fall over.

( General likes )

( General dislikes and Do Not Wants )

( Doctor Who )


( Wayfarers Series )



( Murderbot Diares )

( Crossover (Murderbot Diaries / Wayfarers) )


( The Cybernetic Tea Shop )

Hello, hello! I've had new friends arrive recently from the Yuletide friending meme, hi, new friends! And hi, old ones, because I've been a bit random about posting. I try to become more frequent again. Today's post is just about recent fanfic fests and fics I've received and written. Which reminds me, I finally managed to finish my Chocolate Box letter the other day, so if anyone wants to take a look, here it is!

Fandoms are Doctor Who, Torchwood, Wayfarers, Parasol Protectorate, and Finishing School. Lots of prompts for various relationships! There probably are more fandoms I could have requested, but considering how long the letter turned out, it's no doubt good I didn't. And I was trying to be brief. Ish.

Anyway, fandom_stocking went live this week, and I got many lovely gifts in mine. I got several lovely fics, of the Doctor Who and Torchwood kind; by trobadora, navaan, as well as marginalia, missanotherboat, firefly124 and angelus2hot. Do check them out! Also, I got three ballet icons by kate, suitable for a beginner dancer like myself as I had hoped, so now I have some appropriate icons for rambling about my ballet classes; also, book recs from cornerofmadness (a considerable bunch of LGBT themed sf/f recs!) and dunderklumpen; as well as fan art and greetings.

I managed three fics myself; naturally not all that I wanted to write, but still, three. And I'm learning how to make stories comparatively short, ie. around 1,000 words. Here are the stories I wrote.

for nenya_kanadka:
A Spray of Water Falling on a Wave (909 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Heather (Doctor Who: The Pilot)/Bill Potts
Characters: Bill Potts, Heather (Doctor Who: The Pilot)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Canon Lesbian Relationship, Canon Lesbian Character, Post-Episode: s10e12 The Doctor Falls, Fandom Stocking 2017
Summary: A moment in the life and space travels of Bill Potts and Heather, after.

(I was so happy to get around to writing my first Bill fic! I hope there are more to come!)


Then this, for trobadora:
A Lady Is Always Ready (907 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Thirteenth Doctor/Missy
Characters: Thirteenth Doctor, Missy (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Post-Episode: 2017 Xmas Twice Upon A Time
Summary: It was embarrassing to lose her TARDIS for such a long time. It was even more embarrassing that when she found the TARDIS again, Missy was standing outside.

(Waah, I can't resist writing Thirteen/Missy, and we've only had two words from Thirteen in canon!)


And finally, for chamilet:

Through the Dark (1167 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones
Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Post-Year That Never Was, Nightmares, Fandom Stocking 2017, Touching
Summary: Though that year never was, it comes back to haunt Jack. It's a good thing he isn't alone this night.

I also posted another Jack/Ianto fic recently, but it's not up on AO3 yet. It was for torchwood_fest; the prompts were winter and Christmas themed, and while I don't usually work with Christmas or other holiday themed prompts (winter, for sure, I am a Finn after all) this story came to me and I was rather happy with myself for managing something not terribly fluffy out of the prompt "holiday treats". When the fest closes, I'll put it up on AO3 as well, but for now, here have the link to the journal posts:

Taste of Spice by AuroraCloud: Dreamwidth post / Livejournal post
Summary: On a dark December evening, Ianto Jones is hardly in a festive mood, and his relationship with Jack is just confusing. Still, there can be unexpected benefits to spicy cakes.
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones
Word Count: 2790
Rating: Teen
Genre: Angst, Romance
Notes: Takes place late-ish in S1; after They Keep Killing Suzie but before Out Of Time


I was quite happy the way this turned out, personally. The fest was originally supposed to end last weekend, but it was extended, so we'll see if I have time to edit the other Torchwood fic lying on my computer. I hope so, the world needs more Tosh femslash...

On a final fannish note, I started watching Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries tonight, and I think I'm in love. With the series and especially with Miss Fisher.

Time of various exchanges and fests is upon us! I've successfully finished my Yuletide fic in time, though it still needs some editing (when have I not edited up to the reveals?), and I've taken a bit of a look at requests to consider treats. Though there are also so many other options for fic-writing in the near future! Such as fandom_stocking, where the sign-ups ended last week. Here is my stocking if you want to take a look at it and maybe even drop something in there!

public_call fics are in the process of being revealed. I wrote a Jack/Ten story, which has been posted: find the post with the link here.



And I got this lovely Bill/Heather fic from the exchange!

Bubblegum, Fire, Salt Water (1141 words) by florencedrunk

Also, more on the femslash front, due to my general posting fail I haven't posted links to all of my previous exchange fics either, so here's my femslashex fic, a Thirteen/Missy fic I wrote for the dear trobadora and had ever so much fun writing.

Hope and Chocolate (2442 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Thirteenth Doctor/Missy
Characters: Thirteenth Doctor, Missy (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Fix-It of Sorts, Femslash, Femslash Exchange 2017, Crossing Timelines
Summary:

The Doctor goes back to find Missy during her time in the Vault. She has a plan. Also, there is a date.

I'm mostly caught up on Doctor Who now - I'm struggling in early S9 because I just don't like Clara enough and I don't like her and Twelve together (I love Twelve, but he works so much better with Bill!) and the writing has been getting steadily worse, and I don't think I'm finishing it before the Christmas special airs. But anyway, it means I've pretty much seen all the Missy episodes there are to see, and whatever I think of other things, Missy is freaking fantastic. I'm not even often fond of villains or quasi-villains or whatever she is, and I wasn't as into Simm!Master as much of the fandom seems to be, but Missy is my lady.

I really hope we will somehow get her and Thirteen together on the screen at some point.

What else? I basically binged through S1 of Broadchurch this weekend. Damn, it's so good. And the cast is fantastic, Olivia Colman and David Tennant are fantastic in the leads, I freaking love Jodie Whittaker's acting, and Arthur Darvill is at least as lovely in this as he was as Rory. And many others gave wonderful performances, too, and I just loved the writing, the way it focused so much on the characters and the community and the effect of the events on all that, not just solving the mystery.

I'll try to post more things some time soon. Like more thoughts about Doctor Who, and other things I've watched and read. I know I've been really quiet on the journalling side of things, but I'll be trying to fix that in the near future! I miss this.

Sorry for the delay in posting the letter, but here it is. I may still do little tweaks and edits during the weekend if I realize something could be worded better etc. but you're safe going on based on what I've got here.

Fic likes: I love gen, femslash, slash, het; I love hurt/comfort, adventures, daily life moments and domesticity, angst (but hopefully with a happy/comforting ending), fluff, porn (though preferably so that the sex tells something about the characters), first times, established relationships, kisses, space, history, worldbuilding, character-centric fic, intelligent/geeky women, relationships between women, loyalty, friendship, found family, teamfic where applicable, characters coming to accept some previously neglected/repressed part of themselves, canon divergence AUs (various ”what if”s changing some event or element of the canon but still keeping the world basically the same), epistolary fics, crossovers with fandoms you know I like, etc. etc. Really a lot of things, so feel free to let your imagination roam as long as you respect my Do Not Wants / dislikes.

If you write a romantic/sexual relationship, there can be no sex or a little sex or lots of sex, however you like. Anything from handholding or sweet words to hot steamy sex is find by me, though I prefer no complete PWP.




Do Not Wants/Dislikes: graphic violence, gore and torture, rape/non-con, sexual abuse, incest, underage sex (by this I mean under 16, which is the age of consent in my country), character bashing, mpreg, wildly different AUs of the coffee shop / high school / werewolf etc. variety. It depends a bit on the canon how much violence/torture/abuse I can deal with, but generally, please not higher level than the canon. Please stay away from sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other such things. Please no 2nd person POV, it hardly ever works for me. In fic 1st person rarely works for me unless it’s in diary/epistolary format; the exception here would be Skuggserien, where the original canon is written in first person, so if you want to write the fic that way as well, it’s fine.




( Le Comte de Monte Cristo | Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas )

(  Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers )


( Skuggserien (Shadow Series) — Maria Gripe )

( Finishing School - Gail Carriger )