four things about fandom that make me happy

[bronze_ribbons]

(1) Snupin Santa signups. Reading everyone else's prompts and caveats is always hugely entertaining and edifying, and I've been breaking into gigglefits all night over rossana's "Deus Ex Machina Cat" and her marvelous stipulations: "please to not be making the cat one that talks or walks on its hind legs and wearing a hat. It's just a cat with an evil evil plan to get two men together. Remember: it's a cat that Snape would like." I can totally get behind captaintulip's assertion about Snape and Lily: "I love them separately, but detest them together -- rather like lasagna and chocolate cake." The incredible variety of prospective plots and the quotient of probable glee. (I'd actually contemplated giving this year a pass, given the current pileup of offstage mayhem and my ongoing levels of tired, but yeah, that delusion lasted maybe thirty-six hours at the outside.) *starts sharpening the plot-hydra hatchet*

(2) Two post-DH fics I have enjoyed rereading: marginaliana's "George and" and sams_cafe's "The Rules of Being a Godson".

(3) Being prodded to analyse familiar texts from unfamiliar angles, the better to write behind or around or after canonical happenings with confidence. (musigneus, it is totally your fault I have The Prydain Companion checked out right now.)

(4) Projects prompting me to try telling stories someone else is eager to read.

Comments

[ellid.insanejournal.com]

Prydain Companion? Where? Where?

*looks frantically about*

[bronze_ribbons.insanejournal.com]

http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780805072716-0

[ednama.insanejournal.com]

I'm also totally excited about Snupin Santa!If I had entertained notions of not signing up this year, they would have melt at the sight of all those lovely plot bunnies!
The horrible thing will be to wait three more monthes to see the wonderfull prompts morph into full writen stories!

[bronze_ribbons.insanejournal.com]

It's quite the plot-warren, isn't it? *bounces*

[aunty_marion.insanejournal.com]

I am delighted to hear that you have succumbed to Snupin Santa. It's been too long since I read any of your fic.

[bronze_ribbons.insanejournal.com]

A glutton for punishment, you are. *huggles*

Fic is so far down the list at the moment it isn't funny, but I should warn you that I'm about to start scripting part 2 of "Things Japanese in Tennessee"...

More TJIT

[aunty_marion.insanejournal.com]

Oooh! *makes note to refresh her memory of commenting format, just in case...*

Re: More TJIT

[bronze_ribbons.insanejournal.com]

FWIW, the QA worksheets have changed a bit - one of our coding mavens did some tweaking so that they could be compiled into a Filemaker database (this became necessary with the 300-page military courses I've been working on -- the prospect of hand-compiling the comments from the two dozen reviewers for each course was too ugly to be ignored).

All that said, it's still going to be child's play for you. I just finished drafting the production schedule and I'll be beaming a test copy over to you on 10/1, gods and gremlins permitting...

*goes to pour another cup of coffee*

[musigneus.insanejournal.com]

it is totally your fault I have The Prydain Companion checked out right now
And yet, somehow I'm having trouble mustering an appropriate sense of guilt... I'm too gleeful! I can live in a state of happy anticipation for however long it takes. :) I'm also glad to hear you've succumbed to Snupin Santa - even more to look forward to! And a belated congratulations on the acceptances.

[bronze_ribbons.insanejournal.com]

(It occurs to me that a plot!bauble icon ought to go on the list...)

Thank you for the congrats, and the encouragement (you evil woman).

[marginaliana.insanejournal.com]

1) I thought your Snupin Santa request for Snape as Teddy bear was utterly priceless and awesome. I REALLY hope someone writes that.

And I succumbed, too. :D

3) Prydainfic, please!!! There is so little of it and I know you would do it justice.

[bronze_ribbons.insanejournal.com]

Confession: I was already planning to lob the non-con Achren/Gwydion to you for beta once it's written, but you've got at least another month or three before you'll need to duck. ;-)

[marginaliana.insanejournal.com]

non-con Achren/Gwydion

♥! Hooray!