self-indulgent, but I needed to sort out my own thoughts.
Righto, after waffling back and forth on it for months, and weighing various opinions...no Yuletide for me.
In the end, while I'd like to do it (despite a few concerns), my issues are three-fold and strictly personal:
- In the past, my choices for YT have been kidlit or lit-based fic, and I like it that way.* I like to write it and I like to receive it. But while I know my rare sources, they can be a massive pain to track down for a refresher, especially seeing as I am no longer North America-based and not connected to a library system like Milwaukee County's (which is, frankly, really good).
- I'm already doing two year-end exchanges (![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
festivids and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
where_no_woman's New Year one), and I've lost two weeks to feeling like toasted crap from the flu.
- My name for YTs past is one I'd rather not use for fic writing anymore.
So! Not saying don't do it. Do do it! Just that I think I can't do it myself and produce good work. I think some of the suggestions for rarefic/rare pairings exchanges at a different time are good, and I hope to see something come to fruition.
* Slightly stunned to see The Lone Gunmen on the list this year, I remember when we were HUGE. I should write LGM fic again someday, KICKING IT OLD SCHOOL.
In the end, while I'd like to do it (despite a few concerns), my issues are three-fold and strictly personal:
- In the past, my choices for YT have been kidlit or lit-based fic, and I like it that way.* I like to write it and I like to receive it. But while I know my rare sources, they can be a massive pain to track down for a refresher, especially seeing as I am no longer North America-based and not connected to a library system like Milwaukee County's (which is, frankly, really good).
- I'm already doing two year-end exchanges (
festivids and where_no_woman's New Year one), and I've lost two weeks to feeling like toasted crap from the flu.- My name for YTs past is one I'd rather not use for fic writing anymore.
So! Not saying don't do it. Do do it! Just that I think I can't do it myself and produce good work. I think some of the suggestions for rarefic/rare pairings exchanges at a different time are good, and I hope to see something come to fruition.
* Slightly stunned to see The Lone Gunmen on the list this year, I remember when we were HUGE. I should write LGM fic again someday, KICKING IT OLD SCHOOL.