To gileswench

Happiest of Birthdays, Twistie!

Day 9, Yuletide

I cannot thank eanja enough for introducing me to yuletide a few years ago. I wrote New Year's Resolution stories in 2007 and 2008, and ended up getting my first Yuletide assignment in 2009 as well as writing a treat. Last year was my first time nominating fandoms.

For the past three years, I have been on the pinch hit list. I wrote three pinch hits the first year (Fandoms: "All's Well That Ends Well," "Fringe," and "Blade Runner"), eight in 2011 (Fandoms: "Edward and Mrs. Simpson," "Discworld," "16th & 17th Century RPF," "Buckaroo Banzai," "Swan Lake," "Holiday," "The Philadelphia Story," and "My Fair Lady"), and eight in 2012 (Fandoms: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "The Thin Man," "Inspector Lewis," "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," "Discworld," "Covert Affairs," "Andrew in Drag," and "Greek Mythology").
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What I'm trying to say is "there's no right way or wrong way to do Yuletide." I focus on my original assignment and pinch hits. Others only write one story, but go into great depth. There are even people who stay on the pinch hit list and write stories without signing up to get a story themselves.

I don't tag wrangle or otherwise volunteer with the moderating group, but I follow the offers list to make certain that even the smallest/oddest fandom that I could possibly write for gets its chance.

And each year, the moderators and volunteers do wonderful things to make sure we get our little pieces of Yuletide Magic on December 25th.