Looking for a place to land

Dear Crossworks Author 2025

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 03:16:37 GMT

( General preferences )

( Space Shows )

( Modern Day Secrets 1 )

( Modern Day Secrets 2 )

( Politics and Power )

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AO3 Meme

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:09:25 GMT

I'm working on an actual post, but in the meantime, have a meme that I've seen floating around here and there.

( My AO3 life )

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Dear Yuletide Author

Sun, 15 Oct 2023 21:25:20 GMT

( General preferences )
( Being Human (US/Canada) )
( The Collector )
( Covert Affairs )

( Signora Volpe )

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Sufficiently Advanced

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 03:24:44 GMT

Nominations are up at a new exchange, sufficiently_advanced_ex, focusing on science fiction, fantasy and horror books.

And sign-ups are open at unsent_letters_exchange. I'm hoping someone asks for something I want to write.

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Crossworks

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 03:27:37 GMT

For anyone who's interested in a crossover/fusion exchange, crossworks nominations are open until June 16th.

I have two slots left and three or four fandoms I'm considering. Four days to decide!

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Star Trek Discovery

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 02:09:34 GMT

( Thoughts on the Discovery season 4 finale. )

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Dear Chocolate Box Creator

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 05:00:27 GMT

( General preferences )
( Covert Affairs )
( Elementary )
( Intelligence (US) )
( The Mentalist )
( Only Lovers Left Alive )
( Star Trek: Discovery )

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Yuletide meme

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 23:31:35 GMT

I should be writing, but hey, let's do a meme instead. Borrowed from corvidology.

( My Yuletide history )

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Star Trek: Discovery: 4.02 Anomaly

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 04:34:56 GMT

So I see Paramount backtracked and decided to get the rest of the world--or at least a good chunk of it--Star Trek: Discovery in a more timely fashion. I wonder how many people will sign up for Paramount+ just for that?

( Reactions to 4.02, Anomaly )

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Dear Yuletide Author

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:25:23 GMT

( General preferences )
( Being Human (US/Canada) )
( The Collector )
( Covert Affairs )

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Exchange list

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 23:37:41 GMT

For the crossover fans out there: Nominations are open at crossworks until June 9, with assignments due August 14.

I used to participate in the predecessor exchange, crossovering, which was a lot of fun. I'm still deciding whether I want to do this one, given the extra time required to review two canons, but I do love crossovers.

Additional exchanges/challenges/etc. coming up, for my own records:
* everywoman
* iddyiddybangbang
* justmarriedexchange
* fandomgiftbox
* Rarest of Rare

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Dracula

Mon, 03 May 2021 01:34:53 GMT

This site is going to be emailing out Dracula in "real time," according to the dates on the various letters, clippings, etc. in the book. It starts tomorrow, May 3, if you want to play along.

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Dear RarePairFicExchange Creator

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 02:46:00 GMT

Dear Author,

Thank you so much for writing for me! I'm excited to read whatever you write.

ODAO: I've tried to provide some prompts as a starting point and to give you an idea of the kinds of things I like, but if you have a great story about one of these pairings that you're aching to write, please run with it! Or if none of the specific prompts work for you but some of my general likes do, feel free to use those instead. That's why they're there.

I'm skieswideopen at AO3 too, and I’m over 18.

( General preferences )

( The Collector )

( Covert Affairs )

( The Mentalist )

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Shotgun Wedding

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:32:36 GMT

For anyone looking for a quick winter exchange, justmarriedexchange is hosting a marriage-themed flash exchange for fic, art and podfic. Nominations and sign-ups close tomorrow, and submissions are due February 2.

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Tis the season for seasonal exchanges

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 21:53:21 GMT

The tag set for yuletide_admin has been revealed, and the countdown has begun for sign-ups, which are slated to open on Friday.

For those who missed nominations, or who are looking for a less rare, non-Yuletide-eligible fandom, nominations are now open at mistletoe_exchange, a new all-fandom ship exchange.

I'm torn on which I'd rather do, if any. My track record on actually finishing writing in a timely fashion hasn't been great lately and I hate spending the days before Christmas either scrambling to write or feeling guilty because I'm not writing. On the other hand, I love actually finishing things and receiving fic and being part of the excitement. I've nominated for both, so I might wait for the letter and see if I find any of the requests inspiring.

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Technology in revolt

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 01:39:03 GMT

This situation is distressingly familiar.

Frustrated browser refuses to show you any more internet until you close some tabs.

The tab part, that is. Not the browser rebellion.

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Dear Yuletide Author 2018

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 02:33:53 GMT

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Thank you so much for writing for me! I'm excited to read whatever you write.

I've provided some general preferences below along with some prompts for each fandom. Hopefully something here will inspire you! If not, optional details are optional; go ahead and write the story you want to write. Though if you could avoid my DNWs, I'd appreciate it.

Also, I'm skieswideopen on AO3 and on Tumblr, though I don't use the latter very much.

( General preferences )

( Battle Creek )

( Being Human (US/Canada) )

( The Collector )

( Intelligence (US) )

( Take Two )

Thank you again for writing for me!

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Lucifer

Sat, 12 May 2018 01:15:46 GMT

And of course, just as Lucifer gets interesting again after a bit of hit-and-miss season, it gets cancelled. So very sad.

I'm just hoping they didn't decide to end the season (and now series) on a cliffhanger.

ETA: And here's an article about the upcoming cliffhanger. Well, maybe someone will write a proper fic ending.

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Lucifer 3.23: Quintessential Deckerstar

Wed, 09 May 2018 02:34:10 GMT

I'm really questioning whoever came up with that title.

( Spoilers from this week's Lucifer )

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Timeless 2.03 (and a little bit about 2.02)

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 02:55:43 GMT

( Reactions to Timeless )

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Reactions to Timeless 2.01

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 02:45:19 GMT

( Reactions to last night's Timeless )

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Dear Yuletide Author

Mon, 02 Oct 2017 02:22:13 GMT

Dear Yuletide Author,

Thank you so much for writing for me! I'm very excited about reading whatever you write.

I've provided some general preferences below, along with some prompts for each fandom, but I want to be clear that that optional details are optional. If you like half of a prompt and want to take it in a different direction, go for it. If you have a great idea for a story about these characters, please go ahead and write it. I would appreciate it if you could avoid my "do not wants," but otherwise please write the story you want to write.

( General preferences )

( Battle Creek )

( Being Human (US/Canada) )

( The Collector )

( Intelligence (US) )

Thank you again for writing for me!

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The Dark Council

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 02:00:39 GMT

I see Joseph Mallozzi is joining in the attempt to save Dark Matter via Twitter (among other things). Perhaps I'll dust off my Twitter account.

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Countdown to conversion day

Mon, 24 Jul 2017 02:44:14 GMT

I went to see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets today. ( Cut for negativity more than spoilers. )

For the Forever Knight fans: A friend of mine recently applied for Canadian citizenship, and a few weeks later received an email informing him that the processing of his application has now begun and also providing him with a link to the website where he can download the citizenship test study guide in either print or audio format. Furthermore, the email continued, the audio version is narrated by a group of famous Canadians. My friend didn't recognize any of the names, but I recognized a couple, including one that I thought might be of mild interest to handful of you: Geraint Wyn Davies. If any of you would like to listen to Nick Knight discuss the regions of Canada, you can do so here.

I was reading some advice today on how to improve ease of writing. The first step the site recommended is to write first thing in the morning, before doing anything else, or at least before reading anything else. It apparently doesn't matter what you write as long as you write something; recounting the previous night's dreams or discussing in detail how much you hate the activity are both perfectly valid options. I think I might try it for a bit and see what happens, if I can just bring myself to wake up a little earlier.

I have another week of vacation coming up soon. I should start putting together a list of the things I'd like to accomplish. Bake, definitely; maybe visit the bank; maybe go to the beach. That's a start.

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Everything has its day, right?

Thu, 13 Jul 2017 02:27:57 GMT

I find it hilarious that New York Fries--a fast food restaurant that literally sells nothing but fries (and hot dogs)--has a loyalty program. (Okay, they also sell a few poutine variants, but that's just French fries with toppings.) A loyalty program. Buy 10, get one free.

On the other hand, apparently members can get free fries tomorrow in honour of National Fry Day, so now I'm kind of thinking about joining.

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