who are you, echoing street signs?

[raven]

For me, it's Saturday morning. In the UK it's mid-afternoon, and Shim is cooking a hare (long story). I am doing my yuletide nominations. We are doing this at the same time via Skype. It is, at once, we're-living-in-the-future!, and oh-woe-why-am-I-not-home-cooking-a-hare.

Still. You do what you can, etc. I went out last night to drink cocktails, and then I slept soundly overnight for once, and whatever black wave of mood wants to eat me is stuffed firmly down for the moment. Also, Shim bought a garlic press and we are officially grown-ups now.

Six nominations, no waiting:

Diana Wynne Jones - Chronicles of Chrestomanci

My latest thing. For once, I was in time reading these to nominate them; I really enjoyed writing the 8000-word queertacular, and I'd like more scope to explore this universe.

Hilary McKay - The Casson Family series

I've kind of given up on getting fic for these - there is one story in the entire history of Yuletide for them - but they're so great and if you don't ask you don't get, and all that. Really, so awesome. Children's books, technically, about the Casson family, who are all named after colours - Rose, Indigo, Saffron and Cadmium Gold - and live with their artist parents in a house called the Banana House. And they're full of effortless, effervescent wit and charm. I really like them.

Scott Lynch - The Gentleman Bastard Sequence

This, mostly because I want fic about Jean and Locke after That Thing That Happens at the end of Red Skies - holy angst, Batman - or, alternatively, an AU about Jean, Locke and Ezri being piratical together in their own wee boat.

Shanna Swendson - Enchanted Inc series

I still think these books are terrible. I want fic set in this world - fairies! interesting characters! silly high-concept magic! - which is better written than the canon, which isn't hard.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The rules on franchises have been relaxed this year, so I'm trying my luck - even if it does get thrown out, there was nothing else I particularly wanted to nominate (except A Suitable Boy - argh, dither) so I gave it a go. The problem, I think, is that so much of the fic that exists for this is Garak/Bashir, which I like well enough, but I really want fic about the rest of them.

Vienna Teng - Recessional (song)

Er.... yes. We may recall how I AM NOT ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO RECESSIONAL ANY MORE. But, I love this song, it's my most-played in iTunes by a quite substantial margin, and then gavagai and I went to see her play in London and she talked a bit about this song, about how it's about fragments of a larger story that she doesn't know, that hasn't been told, and to me that has yuletide written all over it. So.

(Also, last night I mentioned to thingswithwings and eruthros that I was thinking of nominating this, but didn't know what to name the characters! In the end I went with "the singer" and "the girl in the airport".)

Still not allowed to listen to it any more, though.

I think it's time for breakfast.

edited to add: two more things.

Firstly, I forgot to mention: icepixie is running The Small Fandom and Rare Pairing/Rarely-Written Character Promote-a-thon for a bit of yuletide-type fun a couple of months early.

Secondly, rs_small_gifts is running again. Do I want to sign up, flist. Do I, do I.

Comments

[thingswithwings]

Yay! I'm glad you nominated the Vienna Teng song, that's awesome.

[gavagai]

Ever since she said that I wanted to vid Recessional to Wimsey/Vane but I just can't think of how it would work. Also I have never vidded. I may have said this already, soz.

[such_heights]

omg Recessional, eee! That is an excellent Yuletide choice!

And you dooo want to sign up for R/S Gifts (to be fair, I am also dithering, but I do love the fest).

[icepixie]

Yay promotion!

In the interest of keeping things all in one place, I'm actually just hosting it at my LJ.

(DS9! I hope that one gets in so I can read fic for it.)

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

Secondly, [info]rs_small_gifts is running again. Do I want to sign up, flist. Do I, do I.

I disapprove of this as a null question! You do, because you ask. I am more interested in the question "How much schoolwork does Iona have due 10/30 - 11/30 (or IMMEDIATELY after), how difficult is it, and is she doing an insane amount of travelling during it?"

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

Aw, I was hoping you might ask for A Suitable Boy fic! As someone not in fandom, I have to rely on other people to do these things for me...

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I love the Casson Family series! And I have somehow missed that fic every time I've browsed the Yuletide archives, so thank you.

(Rob owns a garlic press, and I tease him for it frequently, claiming it's ridiculous extravagance and he can get on Perfectly Fine with a knife. I have t say, though, I am very grateful for his large amount of cooking stuff.)

[highfantastical.livejournal.com]

I really want to read those Hilary McKay books, because I loved her Exiles series so much. When I once again have monies, they shall go On My List...