entirely ruined her disposition with books

Dear Author,

Yay! Best exchange! (By which I mean: most tailored to my specific wants!) Thanks for writing for one of my fandoms--I hope you enjoy the process! I am certain that whatever you write, I will enjoy.

( General thoughts )


( The Untamed )


( 손 : The Guest (TV) )


( The Queen's Thief )


( Life with Derek )


( Crash Landing on You )

Dear author:

Hello and happy Yuletide! Thanks for choosing one of my fandoms and thanks in advance for the story! I always find that the writing is the most enjoyable, rewarding part of Yuletide and I hope you feel the same way.

( details here )


( Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell )


( Earthsea )


( This Is New Gehesran Calling )


( Chalice )


( Seventy-Two Letters )


( Life with Derek )

Dear author,

I'm so excited to participate in this particular exchange! I think I will be easy to please, so while I've included a few prompts and thoughts about what I like generally in each fandom, I do want to encourage you to follow where your muse takes you. In my experience, writing is the most rewarding part of participating in an exchange, and I hope you feel that way about writing for me. Thank you for loving one of my fandoms!

( General preferences and thoughts )



( Earthsea )



( This Is New Gehesran Calling )



( The Dazzle of Day )



( The Queen's Thief )



( Spindle's End )



( Summers at Castle Auburn )



( Chalice )



( When the Angels Left the Old Country )



( The Steel Seraglio )

Hello author mine,

How lovely of you to write something for me in a fandom we both love! I'm going to include some thoughts here, but I really am not at all picky (aside from my DNWs) and as long as I get the characters I love, I will be very happy. The prompts are entirely for your convenience and if none of them spark inspiration, please ignore them!

( DNWs and likes )


( Benjamin January )

( Earthsea )

( Life with Derek )

( Lord Peter Wimsey )

( The Man from UNCLE (2015) )

( Queen's Thief )

( 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) )

I love this exchange so much--last year was a blast, and I can't believe it's time to do it again already!

( general thoughts )

Now onto the requests.

( The Untamed )


( Fiddler on the Roof )


( Original Work )


( The Queen's Thief )


( Six of Crows )

This is my first year participating in this exchange, but I'm an old hand at Yuletide, so hopefully those skills will transfer! Thanks so much for choosing one of my fandoms and I hope you have a good time writing for it!

I will be very easy to please in this exchange, so I'm not going into a great deal of detail. However, I have requested some of these fandoms for exchanges in the past, so if you want to, you can scroll through my past dear author letters tag and see if anything is of use to you.

( general thoughts )


( Fiddler on the Roof )

( Anastasia )

( Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine )

( The Goblin Emperor )

( Life with Derek )

( 사랑의 불시착 | Crash Landing on You (TV) )

Hello! This is my first experience with this exchange and I'm very excited to be participating! I hope I've done everything right and given you some latitude in what you write. I'm sure I'll love the result!

I've got a bunch of different pairings/OT3s with different preferences for each. The one thing that I most want for all of them is that the requested pairing/OT3 fall in love by the end of the story (if they aren't in love already) and a reasonably happy ending. By "reasonably" happy, I mean, things can be kind of dark, but they're together and that's what matters.

The first most important DNW is: infidelity. I am just not here for that.

I'm totally fine with people having pasts in which they loved/were with/were married to other people but by the time the characters get together, I want them both to be single. Or, in the case of an OT3 where two thirds of the characters are married to each other, they both need to be enthusiastic about inviting a third member into the relationship.

The one exception to this is the OW Ace Lady Bluestocking/Gay Male Aristocrat, where it is totally fine for Gay Male Aristocrat to have as many male lovers as he likes, since this is a lavender marriage and by definition an open one.


Some other DNWS:

+ PWP. Porn is fine, I just don't want the porn to be the focus. And porn is in no way necessary--you can write the most rated G fic ever if you like. I love all ratings equally.
+ Instalove/love at first sight. As an ace person, it's super important to me that characters actually know each other before they fall in love.
+ Modern AUs of historical/fantasy fandoms. Canon divergence/what ifs are amazing, though, and if you want to twist the setting a little bit (giving Winter magical powers or have Dasey dealing with the apocalypse or something), go for it. I just do not want to read about any of these historical/fantasy characters working in a coffee shop.
+ Major character deaths (unless someone comes back to life à la Wei Wuxian)
+ Character bashing
+ Unmitigated fluff (some fluff is fine! But I'd like some deeper feelings to dig into.)
+ Onscreen noncon
+ Focus on babies/children (exception: Seraphina)
+ Watersports/scat/rimming
+ BDSM outside the bedroom

General likes: angst, especially if it ends happily; getting together; hurt/comfort; mutual pining; in character characters; complicated relationships between women; good worldbuilding; longfic; outsider povs; location/setting as character; political intrigue; forced proximity; good people trying to do the right thing; bad people trying to do the right thing; found families; siblings; porn with feelings; character A having to rescue/defend character B; total devotion/us against the world dynamics. I also love the other characters in these canons, so bringing them into the fic in large supporting roles is great!

Now onto the requests.

( Fiddler on the Roof )


( Seraphina )


( Shadow of the Moon )


( Spinning Silver )


( Life with Derek )


( Original Work )


( The Queen's Thief )

Hello, Yuletide Writer!

Thanks in advance for the story! In my experience, the writing is the most enjoyable part of the Yuletide experience, so I really hope that you have a good time working on the story.

I've included some specific thoughts below simply because I know that they can sometimes be helpful, but I will not mind at all if you ignore all of them and go in a different direction that I haven't suggested.

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Hello, Yuletide Writer!

Thanks in advance for the story! In my experience, the writing is the most enjoyable part of the Yuletide experience, so I really hope that you have a good time working on the story.

I've included some specific prompts below simply because I know that they can sometimes be helpful, but I will not mind at all if you ignore all of them and go in a different direction that I haven't suggested. ( read more )

I'm basically revamping my past Yuletide letters, so hopefully this will make sense.

Hello, wonderful person who is assigned to write me a Yuletide fic! Thanks in advance for the story! I truly hope you have a great time writing it. ( cut for length )

I hope this post is helpful to you, and again, I hope you have fun writing your fic! Thanks for writing for me and for having great taste in fandoms. Happy writing!