Don't Stop Coal Now!

[coalcube]

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real coal time
I feel alive
And the exchange I'll turn it inside out, yeah
I'm floating around in agony
So, (don't stop me now)
(Don't stop me)
'Cause I'm having a coal time, having a coal time~


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Re: Yuletide guilt

[(Anonymous)]

I'll start: It's officially 9 AM UTC and I am officially done editing this fic.

This Yuletide was hard for me, coalies. It was my first Yuletide in 8 years. I haven't written fic in nearly as long. I was drowning in plot bunnies and could not write a fucking conversation between two characters to save my life. I slept 0 hours last night trying to make the damn thing work, and FINALLY I got it to a point where I don't hate it. It's my shortest Yuletide fic ever and I feel guilty for that. I feel guilty because canon review made me love these characters 100x more and they deserve a better story than this. And I feel guilty because I'm going to be a zombie on Christmas. But at least I'm done fucking with it.

Re: Yuletide guilt

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, and I feel guilty because I really wanted to do the Never Gonna Give You Up title thing but I couldn't manage to write the scene that would have made it make sense.

Re: Yuletide guilt

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sorry it was so rough for you, but you wrote your story and shouldn't feel guilty. Though I get it. Maybe a shorter minimum exchange not at a super busy time of year, like Chocolate Box, is worth a try? Don't let this be your last experience for a while, if you can. Get back on that horse!