More fandom stuff

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sga_santa is posting again! I've been really apathetic about SGA the last few months, but maybe having a slew of shiny new stories will help with that. And somewhere in there is one for me, and one by me. (Personally I think my story is blindingly obvious this year -- obvious fic is obvious! -- but I'm still curious if anyone guesses which one is mine.)

My story Another Day at the Office (Jeannie, Vala) has been podficced by juniperphoenix, available here. Thank you! <3

I am almost done with my holiday stories (just need to edit the sheppard_hc one). This has been a rather unusual year for me in that I've had a lot of time to write gift exchange fic, so I'm taking full advantage of it; now I'm turning my attention to doing a handful of Yuletide treats and stocking stuffers for fandom_stocking. (I'm kind of torn on writing Yuletide treats early? On the one hand, I don't want to steal anybody's glory from their "official" story. But on the other hand, most of what I want to write is in tiny fandoms that have little-to-no fic, and I'm sure that getting two stories ina little bitty fandom would be nice for the recipient. But I certainly don't want to make anyone feel bad.)

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I hadn't realized before this year how much bitter debate there is over Yuletide treats! Personally, I'm of the school of thought that thinks the more treats, the better, especially given how small most of these fandoms are. But clearly there are a fair number of people who feel differently.

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I know! I am very firmly on the "more is better" side myself. :D But I would certainly hate to make someone unhappy. I am not really sure how to handle it, especially since I tend to write long rather than short (which means that my "Treats" will also be the length of regular Yuletide stories, more or less). In the past, I haven't done Treats except at the end, but this year I have all this spare time in which to write, and I keep seeing prompts that make me want to write them. Also, I'm going to be traveling around Christmas, and it seems likely that it'll be next to impossible to upload anything to AO3 as it gets closer to Christmas. So ... I just don't know! I'll probably write one or two anyway, cross my fingers and hope for the best.

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My impression is that there are more "more is better" people than the other kind, so I'd say go ahead and write your treats. Yes, some people won't be happy if their recipient receives a second story off the same prompt they wrote, but lots of others will be thrilled because it gives them something to read in a rare fandom they like too.

I have a couple of letters bookmarked for possible treat writing, once I finish my main story. Sadly, I don't have an abundance of time this year, but things should get better once the grading is done.

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Yeah, the last few years I've been so busy around this time -- last year I'd gone back to school and had finals, the year before that I was traveling during the entire month of December (I signed up for hardly anything, and had to drop out of most of what I did sign up for), and prior to that I was working full time and December was a busy month for us. But this year, I'm working part-time and I'm between major writing and freelance projects, so it's been a really lovely year to write festival stuff.

And yeah, I think I'm going to go ahead and write the prompts that interest me; I do think the odds of upsetting someone are pretty low, compared to the chance of making someone's Yuletide happier!

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Huh. I would also think 1 story = good, 2 stories = even better. Especially in a fandom where there are only like five fics altogether. I mean, even if I was the writer of the regular yt story, it means I'd get something new to read as well. Everybody wins.

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That's definitely the camp I fall into, so I'm not planning to worry TOO much about it. More fic is better for all, I would think!