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Coal ruins exchanges around me - spitey spitey fic y'all. 

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LETTERS POST

[(Anonymous)]

https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/255652.html

Anything exciting so far? *eyes*

Re: LETTERS POST

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so annoyed at people who post in their letters post "Any character (check the tagset)." No, why don't you just tell me who's in the tagset so I can tell at a glance if you're someone I'd like to write for. I'm not pulling up the tagset and scouring it for this fandom in particular, fuck you.

Canon Recs

[(Anonymous)]

NOW IS YOUR TIME

Re: Canon Recs

[(Anonymous)]

if i recced the canon i'm so desperately enamored with this year, everybody would instantly know it was me, because i'm the only one who's been talking about it Anywhere

[(Anonymous)]

Coalcube, I love that the mini-challenge links are in the post text. <3

[coalcube]

I hope there's more of them this year; they're fun.

[(Anonymous)]

New post!!!!! It's about time, the old post was too slow.

[(Anonymous)]

creamy butt

Rabbit?

[(Anonymous)]

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Re: Rabbit?

[(Anonymous)]

Bunny Manders and Bunny (The Charioteer) are both in the tagset! Hopefully we'll get lots of good rabbity fic.

To post the letter, or not to post

[(Anonymous)]

...and continue to obsessively nitpick it a bit longer, and/or consider adding another fandom.

Kinks that are opt in/opt out

[(Anonymous)]

I'm generally curious about what kinks you need to opt out of if you don't want them, because I don't want my letter to be a long list of DNWs. And specifically, is Daddy/Mommy kink opt in or opt out? I'm seeing a lot of letters DNW it, but I would've thought it was opt in.

Re: Kinks that are opt in/opt out

[(Anonymous)]

sometimes people still DNW things that most writers would consider opt-in. I'd consider daddy/mommy kink opt-in

Coal Playlist

[(Anonymous)]

Respond to this comment with track(s) that you have had/will probably have on in the background through your writing period.

Re: Coal Playlist

[(Anonymous)]

I have been looping Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix) by Massive Attack recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQtHCv0OOwc

Recs from past Yuletides

[(Anonymous)]

Rec a favorite fic from a past Yuletide, or ask for recs.

Re: Recs from past Yuletides

[(Anonymous)]

Made this thread because I was thinking again of this fic, which is probably in my top ten all time Yuletide faves:

After, by woodironbone - Primer (2004), Aaron/Abe, 15k. Up until recently this was the ONLY fic for this movie on AO3 (now there's also an Animal Crossing fusion, lol). I love it because it leans so hard into the weird multiple-selves thing Primer has going on, and the interaction between those selves and the selves of the other character, and how a person might change over time... It's just gloriously psychologically weird and really uses the canon time travel to good advantage. And shippy, too! And 15k! Just neat.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13036938

[(Anonymous)]

What time does signups open?

[(Anonymous)]

In about 10 minutes according to the schedule.

[(Anonymous)]

What makes a good letter? What should its structure be? What should it contain? What shouldn't it contain? Where do DNWs go?

[(Anonymous)]

Things I appreciate in a letter:

1. Clear formatting, paragraph breaks, headings. Some people go super overboard with this, but still, aesthetically pleasing and easy to read, please.
2. DNWs are clear and specific, as unambiguous as possible
3. A list of general likes so I can see if overall our ids align
4. A link to how to get to the canon in question. This applies to five minute fandoms, but also in general -- if I like your letter and vibe, I might want to pick up a canon for you, and making it easy for me to check out helps.
5. What you like about the canon -- so I can see, again, if our overall tastes align and I'm likely to produce something you like.
6. Prompts that inspire me

What turns me off in a letter: 1. A lengthy about me. I assume people do this because there are other people out there who like it, but it is off-putting to me. 2. A really lengthy section on how thrilled, totally thrilled, in love with you they are that you're writing for them, they just love you so much.

What I will actively game away from: 1. Ranting about current events/political issues in your letter 2. Way oversharing about your identity. I will assume you have poor boundaries and are wanky.

App question

[(Anonymous)]

Where did the "Only fandoms with prompts" ticky box go? :(

(Coadie, if you are reading this - I still think the app is the best thing ever!)

Re: App question

[(Anonymous)]

There's an "Only fandoms with letters" at the top. Prompts presumably come later once signups are done.

[(Anonymous)]

Sign upssssssssssssssss

https://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/87811.html

It's freaking ON!

[(Anonymous)]

Aaahhh, I need to keep winnowing. I always forget that it's only six fandoms.

Sign-ups close countdown

[(Anonymous)]

Here you go, coalies:

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/2821594/yuletide-sign-ups-close

That Fandom You'd Offer

[(Anonymous)]

... but you know who requests it, so you never will.

Re: That Fandom You'd Offer

[(Anonymous)]

I can never offer Nero Wolfe because there are always people who DNW Nero/Archie requesting Nero & Archie, and I OTP those two. So I just keep an eye out for my fellow shippers so I can treat them.

What will you offer no matter what?

[(Anonymous)]

Even if the craziest of crazies or the wankiest of wankers requests it?

Re: What will you offer no matter what?

[(Anonymous)]

My shiny new fandom. Only 3 characters nominated and I love all three, and I'm already determined to treat as many requests that show up as I can. If I get assigned to a giant wanker I'll still do my best 'cause at least that might bring more eyes to the fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

201 sign ups now! :D :D :D

Best Yuletide Memories?

[(Anonymous)]

Yuletide is a big favorite time of the year for me, and I have a wonderful association with heading down to my local library to get a nice big cup of bubble tea and some tasty not-at-all-healthy pastries so I can sit down and get those last few treats/edits thrashed out. I'd love to hear some favorite moments and memories from you all.

Re: Best Yuletide Memories?

[(Anonymous)]

Still the year I fell in love with a book after nominations and thought it wasn’t in the tagset. Then I got my assignment, matching on something totally different, and there was the fandom! Just under a different name. And the absolute perfect request, too. I worked down to the wire that year and turned in something I and the recip both loved. In other years, I’ve gotten absolutely wonderful gifts, but the magic serendipity of that year really made it for me.

Your dream writer

[(Anonymous)]

Let's name names and spread some love! All gifts are awesome, but is there someone in particular you want as your writer this Yuletide? Or maybe you've had your dream writer already - if so - who was it?

Personally, I would die happy if Selden or embraidery ever wrote for me ^-^

Re: Your dream writer

[(Anonymous)]

Not to be cheesy, but one of the things I love about Yuletide is all these writers I've never heard of appearing out of the woodwork to write amazing stories in my favorite fandoms. In the regular multifandom exchange circuit I have a pretty good idea of who all the authors are writing for my fandoms, but in Yuletide it gets to be a surprise!

So my dream writer is someone I don't know who nonetheless wrote me an amazing fic. <3

Place your bets

[(Anonymous)]

How many Yuletide sign-ups this year?

Re: Place your bets

[(Anonymous)]

Last year it was 1476, a small uptick vs the overall trend where it gradually went down from 1882 to 1449 over the previous six years. I'm guessing it will be up again this year, but not dramatically, so I'm gonna say 1501.

[(Anonymous)]

Why add yourself to the app if your letter is just "Text goes here"? >:(

[(Anonymous)]

So that people can see your fandoms/characters in advance?

[(Anonymous)]

Dang, this was my easiest signup ever. It just worked out that every offer and request was for Any character. I'm usually agonizing over configurations - what a nice change!

[(Anonymous)]

I'll probably end up editing my sign-up a dozen times, switching the characters in fandoms I'm offering to game to/away from people based on letters.

Newbie question

[(Anonymous)]

What is the optional tags field in offers? I know it says it's used to help moderators improved matching, but how? What kinds of tags to people stick there and how do the moderators use them? Searching within optional details? something else?

Re: Newbie question

[(Anonymous)]

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2021/profile#bucketoffer

In Yuletide they are used only for when you want to offer more than 10 fandoms in which you are willing to write Any (known as a bucket offer) as a way to overcome the 10 offers only limit of the signup form.

[(Anonymous)]

Impatiently refreshing the app bookmarks page like my obscure little fandoms of one and two will have had a mad rush of signups since I last checked an hour ago. Maybe this time...

[(Anonymous)]

Same, coalie. Same.