Yuletide Reveal!

[thefourthvine]

The themes of Yuletide for me this year were pinch hits (I was one, and OMG I got the best pinch hitter ever, and I finally got to write one, too) and rhyming pairings.

Notes for next year: rhyming pairings are hard. Pinch hitting, on the other hand, actually makes writing easier, because when you need to procrastinate on one, well, the other one is right there waiting.

My stories, in order of posting:

Noir Enough, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Perry/Harry. This story was for misspamela, the very first recipient I've ever had that I knew before I got her prompt. (This was extremely exciting. It's a whole different exchange when you're pretty sure what your recipient might want.) It was beta-read by the amazing team of lynnmonster, spike21, nestra, and qe2 - and Queue nobly watched the movie solely so she could beta my story. On short notice, too. She wins the Dedicated Beta prize. Please give her a round of applause.

Code 69, Men in Black, Jay/Kay. This one was for Amy Fortuna. And, um - I didn't write the whole thing. At a certain point in the Yuletide experience, makesmewannadie and I experienced severe, even terminal writer's block. But you can't stop Yuletide just because your characters refuse to get off. So we exchanged files. It turned out to be much, much easier to finish each other's stories than it was to finish our own, and Yuletide was saved. It was all very magical. My block was porn - ever my nemesis, as readers of Noir Enough will note. (I chickened out on the porn there, despite complaints from Certain Betas that I was leaving them hanging. My response: "Have you met me?") So, the porn in Code 69? All MMWD. And some other parts are hers, too, but I don't remember what - it was all a wild haze of aliens and sex pheromones and John Travolta. (You've been there, I'm sure. You understand.) Code 69 was beta-read by makesmewannadie (yes, I made her beta-read a story she co-wrote; I am merciless at Yuletide time) and qe2.

Audiencing, moral support, and reassurance that I wasn't completely crazy ("Men in Black is perfect for an aliens make them do it story!") came, as usual, from Best Beloved. Best Beloved also provided Yuletide snacks. (For Yuletide snacks, read: chocolate. Chocolate is what makes Yuletide happen. Unless you're one of the mods, and then I assume alcohol is also required.)

I had a fabulous Yuletide this year in every respect, and I thank everyone who played, and most especially the brilliant mods. Bless you, every one. See you in 2007!

Comments

[astolat]

*hugs* Yay! I was in chat with elyn when your pinch hit came over the list, and I totally leaped on it and said MINE! *grins* So sorry that it took me so long to finally write it for you! (And, uh, that I left my macro-generated = End = thingy on there and made it kind of even more pathetically obvious, cough.)

[sinsense.livejournal.com]

Oh GOD I totally loved that Men In Black story. Cheers to you and makesmewannadie -- I am impressed with that co-writing approach, by the way.

[geneticallydead.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. I loved Noir Enough. In fact, the voice was so spot on that it gave me a really severe hungering to see the flick again.

Please. Please right more fic for this fandom. Mmmmmm.

[lyr]

Hello! I loved "Noir Enough", and after the reveal I just had to drop by and poke about here a bit. I hope you don't mind if I friend you and stick around for a while so I can keep up with what you're writing.

[zebra363.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the canon for either of your stories and look forward to reading them once I have!

[fivil.livejournal.com]

I had to come here because I was looking through the authors of some of my fave Yuletide stories and I was all OMGWTFBBQ when I saw you'd written TWO of them. Dayum! Even if you only half-wrote Code 69, damn good job. Know what you mean about pr0n - totally not my area of expertise, writing smut, so I avoid it. If I have to write a sex scene, it's some lame hasty "skin against skin" type of description. So no worries & thanks for writing such awesomeness. Happy New Year, too.

[giddygeek.livejournal.com]

Dude, I haven't really had a chance to dig into yuletide yet but MissP grabbed me and said 'my story is SO AWESOME I love it SO MUCH go read it RIGHT THIS SECOND!!' so I did--I read Noir Enough before I read the story written for me. *grins* Really excellent story, perfect tone. You made MissP and the rest of us who love that movie *so happy*. ;-) Thank you!

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Eee, Noir Enough was you? I loved that story. It was a good year for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in general - and I'd just watched the movie that evening, so that was very fortuitous.

[cjk1701.livejournal.com]

Code 69 was teh awes0me, whatever the genesis. :)

[norah.livejournal.com]

But you can't stop Yuletide just because your characters refuse to get off.

Heh. So to speak.

And some other parts are hers, too, but I don't remember what

I only wrote the section from the landing in SF to the fade to black in the hotel room, and you edited it to make it much better and in character and stuff. I didn't write anything else in your story - and even that, you had outlined for me before you sent it, so it wasn't like I had to come up with the sequence of events or anything. ♥

But I would like to point out that you have now not only made me write crossover tentacle porn, you have made me sex up Jay and Kay. I FEEL DIRTY. In, you know, the best of all possible ways. ♥ more! The OTP that Yuletides together, stays together! Also, the "who is the puppeteer" poll is up in my LJ (lj-poll-898477 if you still want to try crossposting) and people have already posted many amusing guesses!

[thecomfychair.livejournal.com]

Noir Enough was easily one of my favorite Yuletide story this year. Awesome job.

[aadikah.livejournal.com]

Hi, I just wanted to say that I loved "Noir Enough" and that the last line had me giggling every time I thought about it. Great job!

[watergal.livejournal.com]

Notes for next year: rhyming pairings are hard.

*giggle* I can see how that would be.

I greatly enjoyed both of your stories and MMWD's stories without knowing that it was your stories and MMWD's stories that I was enjoying. I think I said that in pre-reveal comments, didn't I? I do hope so; it's all been such a blur, but they both made me laugh and made me happy in the best ways that canon did.

[tangleofthorns.livejournal.com]

I loved your Kiss Kiss Bang Bang story!

[thisisbone.livejournal.com]

Noir Enough is the only Yuletide story I've rec'ced so far! I'm just getting started reading, but that one knocked my socks off. I'm delighted to hear Harry's still yapping in your ear; I can't wait to read more!

[bardicsidhe.livejournal.com]

Read the story. Came back and read it again. Code 69 is made of awesome, and I'm bookmarking it for posterity, because in one fell swoop you singlehandedly made me not only see the MiB slash fandom, but made me want to become a Jay/Kay fangirl. So long as...yanno...it's mostly pheromone-driven.

That was clever and sexy and thank you for writing it.

[diluvian.livejournal.com]

Code 69 -- bwaaaahahahaaa! Fabulous.

[ashkeyana.livejournal.com]

I haven't even finished "Noir Enough" but I need to comment about it because I love so much how you got Harry's voice in this. His rambling is exactly it, and it really has the movie feeling (which is a huge compliment, KKBB makes me squee with delight everytime)

Noir Enough

[talislady.livejournal.com]

Loved "Noir Enough" even though I've never seen this movie. This will be rectified soon when it is delivered at my door.....joy!

[resmin.livejournal.com]

I'm going through yuletide and reading alphabetically, so it'll be a while before I hit your stories. However, I had to comment on the "Yuletide now sponsored by chocolate" and give a hearty Here Here!

[elance.livejournal.com]

I'm your recipient for Code 69 -- 'Amy Fortuna' is my fanfic pseudonym -- and I'm chuffed to bits by the fact that my Yuletide story was co-written by two such excellent writers. Code 69 is one for the ages, and I'm pleased to have been the inspiration for such a fine, fine story. :)

Have friended you.

[xjestx.livejournal.com]

Hello. I was thinking about friending your lj because I love the story you wrote for Yuletide and then I saw the Cold Comfort Farm reference in your user info and squealed like a dork. *friends*

[celli]

Wow, Code 69 is awesome in all the evillest ways. :)