Yuletide Reveal

As always, writing for Yuletide was a lot of fun for me this year.

Yuletide has always been good to me; I've generally written in fandoms with devoted followings and received a surprising and gratifying number of comments on my fics for the fest. This year, I decided to go a different route and only offer to write in truly obscure fandoms(The Girl in the Box by Ouida Sebestyen, Jirel of Joiry by C.L. Moore, Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Star Trek: Dwellers in the Crucible by Margaret Wander Bonnano, and Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (the last being the least obscure; there's always at least one Haunting of Hill House fic each Yuletide, and the quality is always very high; man, I love that book)), so this is the first year in which I genuinely expected only my recipient to comment on the fic I wrote.

Once again, I got the best recipient (I swear, I've got the Yuletide magic because I always match with the most awesome people who have the coolest ideas in their letters; I get my fic practically handed to me each year), and once again was presented with a choice of fandoms to write in. I don't always officially match on more than one fandom (although that has happened to me more than once), but every year I've written for Yuletide, I've had the luxury of choosing between at least two fandoms my recipient has requested. My recipient also requested The Shining by Stephen King, and I thought long and hard about writing in that fandom before remembering that I did not really want to revisit how much that book scared the shit out of me. LOL

So I chose The Girl in the Box by Ouida Sebestyen. The premise of this book is pretty messed up: ( SPOILERS )

I even got a comment from someone other than my recipient! Whoooooo! :)

Outside the Box

And now to spam the list

I have had a completely brilliant day.

2014 is shaping up to be much better than the last year so far. I got so much accomplished today, Fiona had a great day back at daycare from the holidays and did fine with her new extended hours this semester, I made appointments to get my thyroid checked and to start therapy next week, I hit the gym and discovered that I have not gained back as much of the weight I lost while denying myself dairy for poor Feefer's sake as I thought I had (still below my pre-pregnancy weight! Whoo!), and I went to bed early last night! It looks like Josh and I also have good chances of getting (possibly substantial) raises in the next month. *big grin*

My resolutions this year are to pursue therapy, consistently exercise, and keep better contact with friends who I don't see as often as I'd like. I also want to have better sleep habits, but I don't think I'll be able to maintain a resolution on that one, so it remains an extra thing to be proud of when it happens.

Have a fic rec for this fine day:

Our Mutual Exasperation Will Not Be the End of Us by asianwest
MCU
Tony/Loki, established relationship
In which Tony and Loki do not always get along so well, especially given their cultural differences. I had fun getting the first read on this story.