the inevitable Yuletide reveal post

[cjmarlowe]

I was going to write the story of my adventure in getting my hands on my source canon for Yuletide this year, once I discovered that my own copy of the book had gone missing, but I've lost my motivation somewhat over the past month and a half so let it suffice to say that I live in Toronto and yet had to order a Gordon Korman book, used, from Florida. Insanity.


So, without further digression, my Yuletide story for this year:

Formerly Known As
Don't Care High, PG-13, Paul/f, Sheldon/Paul, 19,000 words
A new year, a new scheme, a new relationship and a whole new Don Carey High.
Written for starfishchick for Yuletide 2008

I was so excited to get this request, you have no idea. XD I wrote Son of Interflux last year at the last minute for a double default, and had so much fun that I offered both it and Don't Care High this year, two of my favourite Gordon Korman books ever (the third is I Want to Go Home, the first Korman I ever read, but I knew I didn't own that one). I ended up not even being able to start the story till December thanks to the above dilemma (Florida, seriously), and then somehow the original idea kept growing and growing till I had a story of almost 20,000 words. I ended up being one of those people who uploaded at the last minute (I literally uploaded, said bye, and ten minutes later I was out the door on the way to the airport), but I swear it wasn't due to procrastination. XD


And then in addition to my main story, I ended up with most of Christmas Eve free, and wrote three treats:

You Mixed Up Siciliano
Mambo Italiano, PG, 1500 words
Nino gets tired of the lies, especially the ones to himself.
Written for cherryice

This wasn't exactly a pinch hit, but the requests were some of the ones that were lingering right up till the last minute and so I absolutely promised I would write something just in case the pinch hit didn't come through. The funny part is that I bought this movie for my mother for Christmas, because she enjoyed it so much when she watched it at my place, so the entire time I was writing this it was sitting there in the bedroom with me, wrapped, and I absolutely could not pull it out and open it and review the canon. True story! XD

Ingenue
Slings & Arrows, PG-13, 1200 words, Geoffrey/Kate
It's like being back in the New Burbage of seven years ago, and all that's changed are the parts people play.
Written for ninamazing

I can't remember how I first stumbled across this request, but my first reaction was "Oh, that is so wrong!" This was followed almost immediately by, "Oh, I have to write that!" so I'm glad I managed to find the time. This is absolutely a story I just never would have written on my own, and am so glad I got the chance to write!

The Art of Stealing Souls
Sons of Anarchy, PG-13, 1200 words
A life told in photographs.
Written for vickyocean

I wasn't even watching Sons of Anarchy when Yuletide sign-ups went up. Hell, I wasn't even watching it when the deadline passed. It was what I had copied onto my netbook to watch on the plane and when I was at my mother's house, and I finished watching the whole first series in the three days before I wrote this. The whole thing was just great timing; I was excited about the fandom and the request showed up to be filled. This was uploaded literally six seconds before the counter ran down, so I wish I had a little more time to flesh it out, but I'm still really happy with how it turned out.


Yuletide was, as it has been ever since the challenge started, one of the highlights of my fannish year. I absolutely have to thank uschickens for writing a wonderful Ten Inch Hero story for me - which I recced here - and also the organizers for another wonderful Yuletide. Oh, and also every single other person who participated, because without everyone it would've been just... less awesome. XD