alive through night and day

So, since I really should be doing other things.... I'm doing this instead (no, I haven't changed in the new year in that regard ... :P)

Yuletide was quite different for me this time around, (1) because I didn't have much information to work with (none at the beginning except for the fandom itself and only scarcely more after I went through the mods to get at least a tiny bit of an idea on how to approach this), (2) because my recipient hasn't replied so far, so I have no idea if she/he liked it or has even read it (yes, I admit I'm a quite sad about that after I went through all the trouble, even though I did enjoy writing it... ^^;), and (3) because I received not only one but TWO stories myself. How cool is that? ^____^

Now, there shall be links:

I wrote Sleeping Beauty, a Howl's Moving Castle fic (and over 4000 words, too, which is quite long for me ^^;).

Title: Sleeping Beauty
Fandom: Howl's Moving Castle (Movie-verse)
Pairing: Howl/Sophie
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none, really
Disclaimer: The characters belong to their respective owners. The story is mine.
Summary: One morning Sophie just won't wake up. Howl has to find the cause if he wants her back.
Notes: Written for Aj_Sedai in the Yuletide Challenge 2008.
A huge thank you to whimsy_chan for the beta and to belina for neverending and much needed support and encouragement.

Sleeping Beauty - Link to Shades of Color

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I received my regular yuletide fic from lisan: This I promise You is a really cute Demon Diary fic with a touch of angst, in which Raenef V and Eclipse both struggle with how things changed as Raenef became a full demon lord, in which they both reach certain conclusions, in which they have an argument, in which there is mention of hair (yesyes, this made for a Very Happy haraamis :P), and in which the story ends happily with a kiss. ^_^
In case you're reading this, thank you so much, lisan!

I also received a yuletide treat, which is also more than just lovely and not only made my day when I got it, but every day I read it again. thejennabides wrote Bring On The Wonder for me - a Natsume Yuujinchou Natsume/Tanuma first time fic. It is exactly what I was looking for since I finished the first season of Natsume, and paired with her writing style which I adore, it is simply perfect. ♥ Thank you, Muskrit, for writing this for me, thank you so very much! *snoogles*

hehe

I'm sitting on my bed, with belina right next to me. We had Japanese curry for dinner, and now there's cookies, fruit, chocolate, energy drinks, tea, juice, soda, candy, ice cream, music, internet (though it's kind of wonky...-.-"), dictionaries, sources at hand to be consulted, whimsy_chan ready on skype to read and beta (*smooooooch!* thank you so much for offering, lady)....

I guess that's as prepared as one can be to write one's yuletide fic which is due tomorrow night. ^____^

頑張りましょう！

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kitedreams, your card got here today. Thank you very much, it's just beautiful! ♥

☆☆☆☆I signed up for YULETIDE early this morning! ☆☆☆☆

So many possibilities, so many temptations. And all those choices I had to make... I just hope someone else requested the things I had to discard. ^^;

☆ Oh, I'm so excited! ^_____^ Assignments will go out tomorrow *bouncebounce* ☆

yuletide fic is done, betaed, and uploaded.

^__^

Now I can go to bed and then get up early again to finish studying for my exam tomorrow afternoon.

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Last, but not least, THANK YOU for the Christmas cards, merith, kitedreams, and dysis! They are all really cute. ♥

*smooch*

Dear Yuletide writer,

First of all, I'd like to thank you in advance, because I'm sure that no matter which request you decide to fulfill, it will make me happy. All of them are fandoms that I hold dear and that I haven't really found much fic for (or none at all), so I'm really looking forward to read anything you'll give me.

However, in order to give you a somewhat more detailed idea of what I like, I've written down some guidelines. I've tried to keep them as general as possible while still making them (hopefully) helpful.

( rough guide to my fic preferences )


If you have any questions, please contact me through the Yuletide admins. Otherwise, belina would also be a good source, I think. She knows what I like. ^_^

Much love,
haraamis