Fic in a Box and Yuletide thoughts
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ladygriddleboneSeparating this out from the story post so I can maybe lock it (or delete it) later.
This was my second year participating in Fic in a Box, and I'll start with the good: I really like the stories I wrote and had a lot of fun crafting them in response to my recipient's requests. But unfortunately, other than that, I don't think this exchange is a good fit for me. It's nothing against this exchange, there's just a mismatch between my fandoms and my preferred gift formats and what other folks who participate are able to offer. I may watch for pinch hits for this one in the future, but I'm really not sure I'll continue to sign up. I do like the high word count minimum and the flexibility to split it up across multiple stories, but the experience of being an extremely-lingering pinch hit really was not something I enjoyed.
Yuletide continues to be a great match for me, however! This year I had a lot of fun crafting a (much longer than I expected) adventure story based on one of my recipient's prompts that just got stuck in my brain. And it got lots of comments over the course of the exchange, at least compared to what I'm used to getting. Plus I received a lovely story in a very tiny fandom, where I am one of only a handful of fan authors, and that was a really delightful gift to receive. All around, very happy with the experience.
This was my second year participating in Fic in a Box, and I'll start with the good: I really like the stories I wrote and had a lot of fun crafting them in response to my recipient's requests. But unfortunately, other than that, I don't think this exchange is a good fit for me. It's nothing against this exchange, there's just a mismatch between my fandoms and my preferred gift formats and what other folks who participate are able to offer. I may watch for pinch hits for this one in the future, but I'm really not sure I'll continue to sign up. I do like the high word count minimum and the flexibility to split it up across multiple stories, but the experience of being an extremely-lingering pinch hit really was not something I enjoyed.
Yuletide continues to be a great match for me, however! This year I had a lot of fun crafting a (much longer than I expected) adventure story based on one of my recipient's prompts that just got stuck in my brain. And it got lots of comments over the course of the exchange, at least compared to what I'm used to getting. Plus I received a lovely story in a very tiny fandom, where I am one of only a handful of fan authors, and that was a really delightful gift to receive. All around, very happy with the experience.
