Dear Yuletide Writer

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Hi! I love you. I just wanted to start out by saying that.

Also, my requests are MUCH LESS CRAZY than last year (with the exception of the request that's always there and always crazy, and since you've seen my request list I'm sure you know what I mean), so that's a very good thing, right?

Don't leave me, Yuletide Writer!

Sorry. I'm trying to make you like me and want to write for me, because my writer last year defaulted without notice and my writer the year before that defaulted with notice, and I am starting to feel like maybe I have a certain aura of undesirability about me when it comes to Yuletide. I got seriously awesome stories both times - I always get seriously awesome stories - but I worry that I, you know, have driven people away with my crazy wrongness.

So: please stay! I am a nice person and a nice recipient. I can provide references if desired.

And now I will tell you about me and my requests in excessive and disturbing length. If that's going to throw you off, no need to read. Instead I will just say: please please please do not harm children or animals in the story you write for me. Otherwise, follow your heart.

( More than anyone but my Yuletide writer wants to know, and I'm not so sure about the writer, either. )