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[the_rck]

Scott is mildly against my signing up for Yuletide. He doesn't like the distraction at a time of year that's full of family obligations and things needing to be done. I can see his point, but I also want very much to do Yuletide. He's not vehement. He says he knows how important it is to me, but when I asked what he thought, he said he'd rather I not do it.

I'm torn. There's nothing at all else like Yuletide. Each year, I write something I'd not have thought to try otherwise. I've also already nominated my fandoms (Ayatsuri Sakon, Condor Hero, Handsome Siblings, Patriotic Knights, Planet Ladder and Romance of Red Dust). I think I can write, even with the hip pain. I'll just have to plan and budget my time, and I have more time this year, what with Cordelia in school all day.

I really don't know. Scott has some good points. I think Yuletide might be good for me, however. I need something to which to give my attention for a while.

Of course, I could just work on the hundreds of fic recs that I've got waiting to be written and posted on my website or rewrite and post the three (I think it's three) pending fics from last year or search for a beta reader for Rheotaxis chapters 18-20 or…. But none of those things have any semblance of social interaction. I may not talk to other Yuletide people much, but I really like the feeling that I'm doing something along with many, many other people.

Comments

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

I think Yuletide can be stressful (I find it stressful, and I have no children nor do I need to plan much for the holidays!) and I really understand you being torn. For me the stress comes from wanting to produce a perfect story for the recipient, as well as any health issues.

Do you think it would be less stressful for you if you were strict and let yourself offer only a limited number of fandoms you knew very well? At least that way you wouldn't have to do much "revision", or would know exactly where to look to find the bit of canon you needed to check. You could also perhaps aim to write the minimum word count? I think your plan of careful time budgets is very wise and would probably help you produce more (or at least, I find I can produce more if I tell myself I have to write for X amount of time rather than just having several free hours in which I might faff about and actually write very little).

[the_rck]

I am thinking that I'll have to restrict what I offer pretty heavily this year-- single books, very short manga/anime series, movies. I think I won't offer anything unless I'm sure I'll be excited to write it. That might bring me down to as few as forty fandoms. I could probably restrict it further. It depends on what the list of nominated fandoms ends up being.

I do have approximately six hours free four days a week and three hours on a fifth day. I need some of that time for household tasks, and some of it will need to go to walking around to keep my hip from hurting quite so badly. Still, I could do a lot with that time if I pay attention.

I'm going to see how I manage over the next few days as I work on more of Rheotaxis. I think that writing that-- or not-- will show me whether I can expect to write while Cordelia's in school.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Maybe if you only offer what you know will be fun and relatively easy to write, and leave challenges for another year? (That's what I'm doing this year.)

[the_rck]

I'm leaning that way. I think I can find a fair number of fandoms to offer that would be both fun and easy, too. That is, I offered about sixty last year. I would expect to be able to get at least half that even being extremely picky.

[jss]

Can you not sign up but write on an ad hoc basis as time and spoons are available? That way maybe someone gets a bonus fic out of the deal.

[the_rck]

Unfortunately, requests aren't released generally until the very end of things, the last few days before the archive goes live. At that point, I won't have any time to write. I need the weeks between assignment and deadline.

I could wait until after and do New Year's Resolution fics, but past experience suggests that I won't do it. I had good intentions this year but didn't write a single story. I need an external deadline, I think.

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

You know how I feel about this, because I feel the same way as I did last year. I vote you sign up.

*goes off to be cross in her own spaces*

[the_rck]

I'm leaning that way. I'm just dithering. I'm about 60-40 on signing up/not signing up. I wish I felt strongly either way.

I hope the crossness has passed. ::hugs::