Yuletide!!!

[fabrisse]

I have written:

1 assignment
1 treat
1 pinch-hit which ended up as a treat (accidental double assignment)
2 pinch-hits which couldn't be assigned
8 pinch-hits

It's been a good Yuletide. The collection opens at 7 pm EST. I'm all bouncy.

Comments

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

You are a superhero! \o/

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Most of the pinch-hits were between 12/20 and 12/24. It was fun!

[jenett]

Coming by now that we've had reveals to be *deeply* delighted that you wrote both stories I got (along with the excellent Foyle's War one from *last* year, which was also stunningly amazing.

I've got a bit more over at my journal over here, but they were both so amazingly pitch-perfect, historically thoughtful, character-focused, but with an awareness of the events that matter, and I keep reading through them and going EEEE even more. So thank you very much again!

What I said there of relevance, to save anyone clicking through:

First, I would love to point out that the two *amazingly* excellent stories I received this year were both written by Fabrisse who *also* was my assigned author in 2013, and produced the equally amazing Foyle's War story I got then (Vignettes) She has a lot of other excellent and varied stuff, you should go read the parts that appeal to you.

All three have a particularly gorgeous understanding of the relevance of history, while being very much about the people living it rather than the big chewy events. I am by nature very much a social historian (when I'm being a historian with my spare brain), someone who is about how events - living through time - changes people, rather than focused on events or larger movements.

And all three of these stories give that in spades, along with an attention to fascinating and meaty details that I love (the discussion of Sam and food and how you get things done, the paragraph about how things fit together and irregularity is beauty, the look at how two men navigate that particular complexity.)

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Thank you for such lovely compliments. I admit to being worried that you'd be disappointed to have the same author again, but I was thrilled to get prompts of great clarity regarding general preferences without being plot proscriptive.

I'm so happy the stories were such hits with you.