dear yuletide writer
Nov. 11th, 2008 03:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eisoj5First off, hi! And...um...wow, I kinda picked a wide variety of books this year, huh? Chinese pseudo-mythology, dogs, terraforming Mars, plus classic young-adult/sci-fi. *blinks* So...hmm. (Uh. This has been edited a couple times since posting it like five minutes ago, sorry!!)
As far as my tastes in fic go...
I love stories that mess around with perspective, with time, with expectations. I like plot; I like character vignettes. I like long descriptive passages; I like quick, challenging dialogue. I like allusions to other works (I seem to be the only person who requested The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle *cough*); I like detailed references to canon.
I don't mind shipping of any variety as long as it's not gratuitous; I'd prefer less explicit gore/sex, but if the mood strikes you, I won't mind that either. The only thing I *really* don't like is crack!fic :)
As far as individual fandoms go...(copied from the requests for your convenience)
Barry Hughart: I've read all three, but the details of the latter two escape me. If you want to write about those, certainly feel free; I'll hit up the library before December 25th :) So.really, anything would be lovely. I have but a passing familiarity with Chinese mythology, though I do have a fondness for the Monkey King and the Iron Princess from Journey to the West.
The aforementioned Story of Edgar Sawtelle: I'd love to read more from the dogs' perspective; what happens to Tinder and Baboo when they stay with Henry Lamb? Where does Essay take the Sawtelle dogs when they run off?
I LOVE DOGS.
Red/Green/Blue Mars: Life on Mars with the red people. Nirgal flies, Coyote hides. What does Jackie do?
The level of detail in this series is simply astounding. I've reread it at least four times and I know I'm still missing out on some of it.
Madeleine L'Engle: What have the twins (Dennys & Sandy Murry) been up to? Surely they have more adventures in space-time coming to them.what else can history throw at them--or how else are they being thrown into history? I loved Many Waters even though I'm very much *not* a religious person, because the details were so good and the characters, biblical or not, were so well-written.
Anyway. Thank you in advance for whatever you write! I can't wait to see what you come up with!! Good luck :)
As far as my tastes in fic go...
I love stories that mess around with perspective, with time, with expectations. I like plot; I like character vignettes. I like long descriptive passages; I like quick, challenging dialogue. I like allusions to other works (I seem to be the only person who requested The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle *cough*); I like detailed references to canon.
I don't mind shipping of any variety as long as it's not gratuitous; I'd prefer less explicit gore/sex, but if the mood strikes you, I won't mind that either. The only thing I *really* don't like is crack!fic :)
As far as individual fandoms go...(copied from the requests for your convenience)
Barry Hughart: I've read all three, but the details of the latter two escape me. If you want to write about those, certainly feel free; I'll hit up the library before December 25th :) So.really, anything would be lovely. I have but a passing familiarity with Chinese mythology, though I do have a fondness for the Monkey King and the Iron Princess from Journey to the West.
The aforementioned Story of Edgar Sawtelle: I'd love to read more from the dogs' perspective; what happens to Tinder and Baboo when they stay with Henry Lamb? Where does Essay take the Sawtelle dogs when they run off?
I LOVE DOGS.
Red/Green/Blue Mars: Life on Mars with the red people. Nirgal flies, Coyote hides. What does Jackie do?
The level of detail in this series is simply astounding. I've reread it at least four times and I know I'm still missing out on some of it.
Madeleine L'Engle: What have the twins (Dennys & Sandy Murry) been up to? Surely they have more adventures in space-time coming to them.what else can history throw at them--or how else are they being thrown into history? I loved Many Waters even though I'm very much *not* a religious person, because the details were so good and the characters, biblical or not, were so well-written.
Anyway. Thank you in advance for whatever you write! I can't wait to see what you come up with!! Good luck :)
