Dear Wayback Author

Lovely author, here is my theory about letters: how much detail people want in a letter is HIGHLY variable. Some people (such as myself) prefer if their recip gives LOTS of guidance on their wishes. Some prefer as little as possible so they can be free as a bird. Most are somewhere in between. So! Here's everything including the kitchen sink if you find it helpful, but feel free to ignore it if it is not helpful. I would rather get a story you were happy with than "well, she said she liked x, so I guess I have to do x even though I don't like x and/or am just not inspired that way."

I'm fairly easy to please; I've been doing ficathons for over a decade and am very rarely disappointed with my gifts. I write long and detailed Dear Author letters because I find such things helpful when I'm writing for other people; if you are like me, here you go! If your style is different and a detailed letter makes you feel hemmed-in, feel free to do what works for you.

The most important thing for me in a fic is that the characters are well-written and recognizably themselves. Even when I don't like a character, I don't go in for character-bashing. If nothing else, if the rest of this letter is too much or my kinks just don't fit yours, just concentrate on writing a story with everyone in character and good spelling and grammar and I will almost certainly love what you come up with.

One thing: I do have an embarrassment squick, which makes humor kind of hit-or-miss sometimes. The kind of humor where someone does something embarrassing and the audience is laughing at them makes me uncomfortable. On the other hand, the kind of humor where the audience is laughing with the characters I really enjoy.

Please no incest.

( General likes/dislikes )

( Babylon 5 )

( BSG )

( Star Trek TNG )

( DS9 )

( Stargate: SG-1 )

( Sarah Connor Chronicles )

( Enterprise )

( Guess Who's Coming To Dinner )

( BSG/Voyager )

( Voyager )

Wayback Exchange

You may have noticed I just posted a Dear Author letter for the waybackexchange! I am really excited about it.  What is it, you may ask?  Why, it's a ficathon for canons that have had no new canon in 10+ years!  All your faves from the 80s, 90s, and 00s that were big in the day but only get a trickle of new fic, they're there!  Plus a wide range of other older stuff, some of which is Yuletide eligible and some of which isn't.  Go check out the tagset, there's seriously a lot of really cool stuff there, it was so hard to narrow down.  Here's the FAQ, here's the sign-up form, sign-ups go until March 2.