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Yuletide!
Dear Yulegoat letter over here. Stalking through the spreadsheet and various Yulegoat letters, my offers match on basically nothing so far. So we shall see. Part of that is because of a common 'mistake' I'm seeing: requesting a lot of characters. Remember, if you request 4 characters, the only offers who will match you must have offered ALL FOUR (or Any). This starts to get less and less likely, especially this year when people can't do multiple offers for a fandom with many characters. If you really want all four, go for it, but just know it gets harder to match that fandom. I'm sad the summary doesn't work yet, though, since seeing the overall balance of requests to offers is always entertaining.
NaNo and Cosplay!
Note the new icon for my NaNo project! hee. I try, peeps, I try. :)
The Mercedes Lackey NaNo Pep Talk is all about how writing fanfiction is awesome. YOU ROCK, LADY.
Speaking of NaNo, I am amused that in the story Liam's mother has decided to show up. She's... Galadriel, if Galadriel were telling all the elves to leave Middle Earth after the fall of Numenor. I love it when characters decide they need to exist, and then you realize that, yes, you are in fact writing a story about families so it's important to show where the Others come from, too.
Once again I'm behind, but for a good cause. This weekend, I had to help make Kidlet's costume for his Thanksgiving/Native American project thingy. It turns out one thing cosplay is very good for -- an ability to cut up leather and fabric and glue it together. (I don't sew, but I am mighty with a glue gun!) It's very cute, if not remotely authentic. I'll try to remember to post a picture. (it's always nice when my darling spouse discovers real-world value in my fannish pursuits though)
Dear Yulegoat letter over here. Stalking through the spreadsheet and various Yulegoat letters, my offers match on basically nothing so far. So we shall see. Part of that is because of a common 'mistake' I'm seeing: requesting a lot of characters. Remember, if you request 4 characters, the only offers who will match you must have offered ALL FOUR (or Any). This starts to get less and less likely, especially this year when people can't do multiple offers for a fandom with many characters. If you really want all four, go for it, but just know it gets harder to match that fandom. I'm sad the summary doesn't work yet, though, since seeing the overall balance of requests to offers is always entertaining.
NaNo and Cosplay!
Note the new icon for my NaNo project! hee. I try, peeps, I try. :)
The Mercedes Lackey NaNo Pep Talk is all about how writing fanfiction is awesome. YOU ROCK, LADY.
Speaking of NaNo, I am amused that in the story Liam's mother has decided to show up. She's... Galadriel, if Galadriel were telling all the elves to leave Middle Earth after the fall of Numenor. I love it when characters decide they need to exist, and then you realize that, yes, you are in fact writing a story about families so it's important to show where the Others come from, too.
Once again I'm behind, but for a good cause. This weekend, I had to help make Kidlet's costume for his Thanksgiving/Native American project thingy. It turns out one thing cosplay is very good for -- an ability to cut up leather and fabric and glue it together. (I don't sew, but I am mighty with a glue gun!) It's very cute, if not remotely authentic. I'll try to remember to post a picture. (it's always nice when my darling spouse discovers real-world value in my fannish pursuits though)