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Re: your ideal gifts - Yule Be First Coal Poll

[(Anonymous)]

I say just leave it to fandoms but if people want the first shipfic/characterfic I don't have a big problem wiht it.

Re: hot takes ao3 edition

[(Anonymous)]

But the coalies in coaltide, the tall and the small,
Were talking without any yule wank at all!

And the Coalie, their coal feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling. "How could it be so?

It came without discourse! It came without trolls!
It came without sockpuppets, Nazis, or coal!"

They puzzled and puzzled till their puzzler was sore.
Then the Coalie thought something they hadn't before.

Maybe Yuletide, they thought, with their comment form blank,
Maybe Yuletide, perhaps, is about more than wank!

And what happened then? Well, in Coaltide they say
That the Coalie's small heart grew three sizes that day!

Re: Writing pet peeves that make you feel irrationally angry

[(Anonymous)]

dc

Yes, the phrasing you use habitually will usually sound correct to you. Doesn't mean other regional dialects are wrong or silly.

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https://coaltide.dreamwidth.org/5165.html

Since we're close to 5k

Re: hot takes ao3 edition

[(Anonymous)]

Bravo! Bravo!

Re: your ideal gifts - Yule Be First Coal Poll

[(Anonymous)]

coalie who suggested it but was lazy: i'm fine with either. Thanks for taking this on!

Re: your ideal gifts - Yule Be First Coal Poll

[(Anonymous)]

jk, saw that you already posted it! Thank you yulebegay!!!!!

Re: hot takes ao3 edition

[(Anonymous)]

FFA is too crowded

YULETIDE WANK

[(Anonymous)]

because this is COAL
should yuletide go back to that one weird year where they made people write a fic in order to sign up for the first time?

Re: New Post

[(Anonymous)]

thanks coalcube!

[(Anonymous)]

rabbits

Re: Pretend I’m Writing For You

[(Anonymous)]

It looks like my gift for my recip is going to be in the 40-50k range. I didn't outline it with specific chapters in mind but I could probably find some natural breaks. Would you like it posted as just a long one shot or break it up into chapters? What will make reading easier/more enjoyable?

Re: New Post

[(Anonymous)]

*cottontail shakes*

Re: Pretend I’m Writing For You

[(Anonymous)]

Chapters, 110%. Chapters are more readable and decrease the chance of me staying up late/missing meals/being late to work etc. I would also comment on every chapter, while that part of the story is fresh in my mind!

Re: Pretend I’m Writing For You

[(Anonymous)]

I would download it as an epub so it wouldn’t matter to me, however if you put chapters then I will give you a comment at the end of every chapter as I work through them, which will speed up your rate of feedback from me.

If there aren’t chapters, I will still give you multiple comments (probably not as many as if you made 10-15 chapters) but you’re not going to get them until after I finish the entire fic. I will probably give you a placeholder comment so you know I’m happy to have gotten a fic that long though.

Re: hot takes ao3 edition

[(Anonymous)]

Cute.

Re: Weirdest comment you've seen on a Yuletide fic

[(Anonymous)]

I once got a comment on a YT fic from someone who, as part of a reading challenge they were taking part in, was required to read a piece of fanfiction based on a book they had read. This reader was very clear about the fact that they HATE fanfiction. But they found my story and actually liked it. They thought I should get published and stop wasting my writing talent.

I suppose, if I tilt my head and squint, that's a compliment.

Re: hot takes ao3 edition

[(Anonymous)]

*whistles and stomps*

Re: Weirdest comment you've seen on a Yuletide fic

[(Anonymous)]

quote em

Re: hot takes ao3 edition

[(Anonymous)]

make some up!

Re: Yuletide history

[(Anonymous)]

Oh good, we few, proud 2005 coalies were the lucky ones. How weird.

[(Anonymous)]

pinch that cottontail!

Re: Yuletide history

[(Anonymous)]

Even (a) understanding the dev POV and (b) being into yuletide, it sometimes felt to me like astolat was playing favorites.

Re: hot takes ao3 edition

[(Anonymous)]

I love you.

Re: Weirdest comment you've seen on a Yuletide fic

[(Anonymous)]

+1