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Yuletide Is Upon Us
Sep. 23rd, 2018 04:18 pmIt feels like Yuletide gets earlier every year, even though I know this is an illusion and it's actually starting a bit later this year than last. I mean, I should know its due as soon as my dad starts panicking about Christmas, but somehow it is always a surprise.*
I've put in my nominations - this year I chose Archive 81, Moon Knight and Unavowed so I hope there's someone out there looking forward to writing about weird podcasts, weird superheroes and weird RPGs where your character doesn't hit or shoot anyone. I don't know what I'm going to choose for my other request(s), but I should be able to fall back on The Magnus Archives if necessary. I've also been watching The Dragon Prince this week, which I assume will also be nominated and eligible. (Viren is my favourite. I know this is going to end badly.) None of my nominations are approved yet, and I am resisting the temptation to check on them every hour, which I know only slows the archive down.
I also need to get a New Year's Resolution story done, since I dropped out after the deadline a couple of years back. (I just could not get my story to work at all. One of the few things I have ever outright deleted instead of putting it in the 'maybe later' folder where all of my many failed stories live.) At the moment I have a complete draft and I hate it so I'm going to leave it for a week or so for that to simmer down - things rarely seem as terrible if I'm able to sit on them for a while. I should really check if the NYR collection is going to close any time soon ...
*Yes, my father always starts fretting about where Christmas will be and who will be there and how we will get home afterwards in the middle of September. I blame all the years when we were trying to see both sides of the family on Christmas Day even though they lived three hours apart. He has not yet adjusted to the fact that now all my grandparents are gone this will never be an issue again. (My sister-in-law's family are Chinese and don't do Christmas so it's not a problem for my brother.)
I've put in my nominations - this year I chose Archive 81, Moon Knight and Unavowed so I hope there's someone out there looking forward to writing about weird podcasts, weird superheroes and weird RPGs where your character doesn't hit or shoot anyone. I don't know what I'm going to choose for my other request(s), but I should be able to fall back on The Magnus Archives if necessary. I've also been watching The Dragon Prince this week, which I assume will also be nominated and eligible. (Viren is my favourite. I know this is going to end badly.) None of my nominations are approved yet, and I am resisting the temptation to check on them every hour, which I know only slows the archive down.
I also need to get a New Year's Resolution story done, since I dropped out after the deadline a couple of years back. (I just could not get my story to work at all. One of the few things I have ever outright deleted instead of putting it in the 'maybe later' folder where all of my many failed stories live.) At the moment I have a complete draft and I hate it so I'm going to leave it for a week or so for that to simmer down - things rarely seem as terrible if I'm able to sit on them for a while. I should really check if the NYR collection is going to close any time soon ...
*Yes, my father always starts fretting about where Christmas will be and who will be there and how we will get home afterwards in the middle of September. I blame all the years when we were trying to see both sides of the family on Christmas Day even though they lived three hours apart. He has not yet adjusted to the fact that now all my grandparents are gone this will never be an issue again. (My sister-in-law's family are Chinese and don't do Christmas so it's not a problem for my brother.)