caffeine diary

My originally assigned Yuletide author was lakestar. Thank you! My four Treats were all written by people I know: thank you so much, yhlee, velvetandlace, tornyourdress and mjules! (I suppose I don't actually know mjules, but Elizabeth talks about her so much that it feels like I do).

For Secret Slasha, I received Unto the Breach, a Jenny/Joyce fic, from dolores. Thanks, Dolores!

I have just reposted, back-dated, all the fic I wrote for those two exchanges. Here's the what (all links are to posts in my LJ):

Yuletide

+Foggy Evenings We Have Known for quesera_fics. Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic universe, Briar and Tris gen. G.
+Warmth Out of the Cold for thatfangirl. Roald Dahl's Matilda. Matilda/Miss Honey girlslash. PG-13.
+What Bisexuals Do In Bed for escritoireazul. Ann M. Martin's BSC universe, Abby/Dawn girlslash. PG-13.

Secret Slasha

+Monster Parade for pesha. Angelus/Oz boyslash. NC-17.
+Amazing Grace for dariclone. Nina/Tara girlslash. R.

So! There was no guessing game for Secret Slasha because stories went up later than usual. In the Yuletide guessing game, the only guess made was absolutely correct, and I'm kinda surprised that more people than mayhap didn't identify that the tooth-rottingly sweet mother/daughter semi-incestuous OTPfic with the Dar title was mine. Mayhap, no promises, but if you want to make a request for fic in the Yuletide fandom of your choosing, be my guest!

prettylightsfic is up here. I requested Claudia/Ben wingfic, and I received The Bells, and After, which is Claudia/Ben wingfic! Claudia! And Ben! WITH WINGS. It is exactly what I wanted.

I'll toss up a guessing game post for Pretty Lights in a minute. ETA: Done! /ETA

So now we're just waiting on 3_ships! I'm excited. Are you excited?

I saw nice!manager this morning. This is also pretty exciting. And in no way whatsover relates to any of the fics I wrote for Yuletide, especially the Really Obvious one.

Title: "Warmth Out of the Cold"
Fandom: Matilda bookverse.
Pairing: Matilda Wormwood/Jennifer Honey
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers/Timeline: Post-book.
Warnings: Twee incest(ish) fluff. Serious cross-gen. No ages given, and I'm not telling you how old they were in my head.
Disclaimer: Roald Dahl created them, I just abuse them.
Notes: Yuletide Treat for thatfangirl in yuletide 2008. Originally posted here. Title is from "The Christians and the Pagans" by Dar Williams.
Summary: You're always learning something new.
Wordcount: 189.

( morning, mum )

Three of the stories in the Yuletide archive were written by me.

One is gen, two are not.
At least one is in a fandom I've written in before.
One is longer than 1000 words, two are not.
One is so completely obviously mine that it might put last year's three ships fic to shame. The other two, slightly less so.

If you can guess what I wrote, I definitely won't give you a prize, if this year is any indication. But I will love you a lot and think you're shiny!

Comments are screened.

*goes back to playing in the archive*

[ETA] As of 12/27, some of you guys have definitely read the two shorter fics. None of you have commented on the longer fic yet.

YUUUUULETIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Cry Cry Cry is a folk trio consisting of Dar Williams, Richard Shindell, and Lucy Kaplansky. Their self-titled album consists of covers of songs by lesser-known artists.

Let's get right to the music, eh?
I Know What Kind of Love This Is by Nerissa Nields. The cover has vocals by Dar and Lucy and Richard on guitar.

I Have Come By Way of Sorrow written by Julie Mille. Lucy on lead vocals; Dar and Richard doing harmonies.

Memphis written by Cliff Eberhardt. Richard doing lead vocals, Dar and Lucy on backup.

So now you know what all three of them sound like and have a taste for Cry. YAY!

My very favorite song on Cry Cry Cry is "The Ballad of Mary Magdalene." On Cry, Dar sings it:
Ballad of Mary Magdalene. Dar cover.

The best thing about the Ballad is that it's written and was originally performed by Richard Shindell. My music is sadly discombobulated at the moment and I can't find you Richard singing "Ballad of Mary Magdalene" but it is the most awesome thing ever.

One of the things I love best about Richard is how totally he can inhabit female personae. If you can listen to this song without crying, you're a better person than I am:
Abeulita, from Richard's album Somewhere Near Paterson.

My Love Will Follow You also makes me want to cry.

Of course, there are constant inter-Cry collaborations. The folk scene is kind of incestuous interconnected.

Frex, there's Lucy singing back-up on Are You Happy Now? (from Sparrow's Point).

Or Richard's cover of Dar's Calling the Moon.

And here's Dar singing Calling the Moon.

Oh, Dar. How do I introduce you to the wonder that is Dar Williams? I'm trying to be unbaised here, because Cry Cry Cry is the greatest trio in existence, but DAR. Okay. Completely random sampling of favorite songs:

Another Mystery (quotable Dar!)
All My Heroes Are Dead (early Dar!)
Southern California Wants to be Western New York (quirky Dar!)
Farewell to the Old Me (new Dar!)
When I Was a Boy (genderbendy Dar!)
Spring Street
The Christians and the Pagans (FAMOUS DAR. Possibly her most well-known song. The first one I heard [beginning an INSTANT LOVE AFFAIR]. So seasonally apropos!)

Okay. I'll restrain myself.

LUCY. <3<3

Oh hey, there are samples on her webpage. You know, for sampling purposes.

Guinevere with Richard on harmonies. (Also, genderbent!Lucy).
Cowboy Singer (more genderbendy!)
This is Home (aaaaaaand my guaranteed tearjerker Lucy song!)

Okay! That's a great start. I know you will love all three artists so much that you'll run out and by ALL THEIR CDs. :D

Dear Yuletide author,
Since this is especially for you... feel free to use these however feels right! Throw them up on a playlist and let them serve as background inspiration. Listen to them once, listen to them a thousand times, write an AU based on one of the songs (not that I'm suggesting "Ballad of Mary Magdalene" or anything), imagine a song is inspired by one of the other members of the Trio, use them as bases for characterization, create characters who are totally unlike the personae they sing as -- anything that sounds good to you! Or write one of my other requests and just enjoy the music!
love,
Ari

Mine is here. My author should have direct links to it, but if flisters should happen to want to read it while they wait (very patiently I am sure!) for assignments to hit the inboxes, there you go. :)

Dear Yuletide Author,

\o/

Wee decapitated person is so happy you are writing for me that HANDS ARE IN THE AIR IN GLEEE. As I write this, sign-ups haven't even opened, yet I already know that you are out there, my Wondermous Yuletide Author of Wonder.

... and now sign-ups are open, I am all signed-up. I already pimped RPF - Cry Cry Cry on the Yuletide comm official pimping post, and people signed up to write it! Maybe you are one of them! If so, thank you!

If you're writing for one of my other fandoms, yay! Thank you! I would be SO HAPPY to receive any of these requests that I will FALL OVER on Christmas morning. I will be NOT ABLE TO FUNCTION I will be so thrilled.

First, hi. My name is Ari. I'm a lesbian. I'm a Christian. I've been in fandom since 2003. This is my third Yuletide.

I like het, girlslash, boyslash, poly, incest, and gen. I like BDSM and all kinds of kink, genderfuck, crack, wingfic, magical realism, worldbuilding, thinky fic, and theology.

I don't like homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, racism, sexism, ableism, classism, anti-semitism or ageism. I really hope that won't be a problem with anything you write but just, yanno, throwing it out there.

Now, on to the specific requests.
( biblehetotp! )

( cult of mina! )

( folksingers! )

( single white kidlit author in search of same )

In conclusion, THANK YOU! I hope you are excited and not daunted by at least one of my requests, and I hope you have or develop a really awesome plotbunny that you enjoy writing as much as I know I will enjoy reading.

If you have any questions about my tastes or preferences, you could ask a question through the mods, or you could ask hermionesviolin, partner in crime, who's sure to know.

Happy Yuletide! Thank you! <3<3<3

Yuletide noms are open. I are have nommed:
Ann M Martin - Babysitters Club Series
Ann M Martin - Main Street series
Bible - New Testament
Mina de Malfois
RPF - Cry Cry Cry
RPF - Scholastic Authors

\o/

Title: "Little Petals, Tangled Stems"
Fandom: Little Women universe
Pairing: Daisy/Demi
Warnings: Twincest.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers/Timeline: Theoretically compliant through the end of Jo's Boys (She said all the marriages ended happily, not that all her OTPs got married!)
Disclaimer: On that note, Alcott's OTPs are not mine. Nor is her universe.
Notes: For jamie_dakin, my official Yuletide 2007 recipient. Originally posted here.
Summary: Though they've wandered far from home, Daisy and Demi Brooke are still two buds on one vine.
Wordcount: 2157

( the marketplace teems with slick creatures, oiling over Demi's cheerful manners )

Title: "Natural Theology"
Fandom: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Pairing: Henrietta Pussycat/X the Owl
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Fred Rogers', not mine.
Notes: A stocking stuffer for jlh in Yuletide 2007. This was the last-minute revision that barely made it in on time.
Summary: Mystical magical treehouse tour.
Wordcount: 499

( X doesn't believe in Fred, but Henrietta's not given up hope )