The summer isn't over, but Yuletide Season has begun

[heavensqueen]

Less than three weeks till noms, dear coalies!




Nominations Friday Sept 8 - Saturday Sept 16
Sign-ups Sunday Oct 1 - Monday Oct 9
Assignments out by Sunday Oct 15
Default deadline Monday Dec 11
Assignment deadline Monday Dec 18

Comments

Title Ideas anyone?

[heavensqueen]

Or maybe no one will notice if I start recycling them?

Re: Title Ideas anyone?

[(Anonymous)]

History Re-Peat-ed?

Coal on the Bonfire?

Coal-ifying Rounds?

Coal-ity Control?

Wank Betting Pool

[(Anonymous)]

What's going to be the biggest source of wank this year?

Re: Wank Betting Pool

[(Anonymous)]

I feel as if there's gonna be a lot of "this fandom isn't ACTUALLY rare/rare enough" wank. I could not care at all so I'm not looking forward to it but the rarity police have been trying to stir this wank all year on ffa.

What are you nominating?

[(Anonymous)]

Do you need to sock up? Exchange ideas here!

Re: What are you nominating?

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't have time for fandom this year.
I have nothing to nominate.

Sins from yuletide past?

[(Anonymous)]

Any comments left to make or answer? Any placeholders to fill, threats to finish?
Tell us all

Re: Sins from yuletide past?

[(Anonymous)]

I got a comment 2 weeks after reveals, but I will not offer that fandom again. That's the third time I didn't get a comment until after author reveals.

2017 collection

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2017/profile

What are you nominating?

[(Anonymous)]

Tell us.

Re: What are you nominating?

[(Anonymous)]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11757003

Shenanigans!verse, I love it.

NYR Club

[(Anonymous)]

Who's still writing one?

(me)

Discussion and motivation-outsourcing here.

Re: NYR Club

[(Anonymous)]

When is the deadline for post NYR fics?

Socks for Nomming

[(Anonymous)]

How many do you think you will use? I have 7 socks and every year I don't think I'll need all of them for noms, yet I always do!

Re: Socks for Nomming

[(Anonymous)]

How many times do you sign up?? Why on earth would you need 19+ different fandom nomination slots???

Oh, Good, Them!

[(Anonymous)]

Who was a good participant last year that you hope treaters take a look at this year?

Re: Oh, Good, Them!

[(Anonymous)]

I can't seem to find the lists for 2016 but anyone who has great prompts, shares my fandoms, and is in here http://yuletide-coal.dreamwidth.org/5643.html?thread=20605195#cmt20605195 with priority given to the 2014 + 2015 repeat appearances list.

I think people that treat a lot themselves deserve the favor returned and I'm selfish enough to want the people who share fandoms with me/ask for interesting things I want to read to be the ones who get them so that I can enjoy that shit vicariously.

FemslashEx

[(Anonymous)]

This is still happening.

Best letters? Worst letters?

Re: FemslashEx

[(Anonymous)]

DA Signups close tomorrow, if anyone's interested!

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Femslashex_2017/profile

Prolific Writers Update

[(Anonymous)]

Disclaimer #1: I'm working off these two threads (http://yuletide-coal.dreamwidth.org/5643.html?thread=20605195#cmt20605195 + http://yuletide-coal.dreamwidth.org/7723.html?thread=28993835#cmt28993835)which already had errors in them. If you notice yourself, your friends, or someone who you stan is missing, comment with their name, it's no big deal.

Disclaimer #2: I made these two lists quickly in Google Sheets so I may have introduced new errors. The same as above applies. I wanted this done now before I forget because I'm going to use it for Trick or Treat treating purposes once that gets going.

Re: Prolific Writers Update - 2016 + 2015

[(Anonymous)]

List of authors who wrote 3+ (main collection only?) fics two years running.

* next to their name means that I recognize them as being frequently brought up as wanky.

If someone wants to crossref these names with good/bad commentors or any other metric (longfic, PH, kittyfic, writes DNW, etc) to further differentiate then be my guest.

Alley_Skywalker
alyse
Amazing_E_ko
arbitrarily
Arithanas
Assimbya
astrokath
BardicRaven
Beatrice_Otter
betony
blindmadness
brutti_ma_buoni
Burning_Nightingale
Calacious
Cherith
Chibifukurou
chicafrom3
ChokolatteJedi
cjmarlowe
crescent_gaia
Damkianna
DesertVixen
donutsweeper
DoreyG
escritoireazul
Esteliel
Estirose
Eustacia Vye (eustaciavye)
executrix
ExtraPenguin
Fabrisse
finch (afinch)
flipflop_diva *
fresne
Gray Shadows (the_afterlight)
greerwatson *
GwendolynGrace
halotolerant
Haywire
htbthomas
innie
Jedi Buttercup (jedibuttercup)
Joanne_c
kalypsobean
karanguni
katayla
keerawa
Lanna Michaels (lannamichaels)
laughingpineapple
lightningwaltz
longwhitecoats
mardia
marginalia
Marks
Masu_Trout
Measured_Words
Merit
merriman
merryghoul
Miss_M
misura
mithen
Mithrigil
Nary
NightsMistress
Nomad (nomadicwriter)
novembersmith
paranoidangel
penitence_road
plinys
primeideal
prosodiical
psychomachia
russian_blue
sadlikeknives
sandyk
Sarren
Settiai
sevenofspade
Sholio
skazka
Snow
spock
SuburbanSun
Sumi
sweetcarolanne
tannne
the_alchemist
thedevilchicken
thegirlwiththemouseyhair
TLvop
tuesday
voleuse
weasleytook
yhlee

number of fics cut off?

[(Anonymous)]

Because I've forgotten, how many fics can a fandom have before it is ineligible? Thanks!

Re: number of fics cut off?

[(Anonymous)]

1000 after filters.

http://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/29134.html

Rules for improving your personal Yuletide

[(Anonymous)]

What do you do or not do to increase fun and avoid traps?

Re: Rules for improving your personal Yuletide

[(Anonymous)]

1. Obsessively check the letters post. At the end of the day this doesn't do much since the majority of requests are hidden and I have gotten the dreaded blank sign up even with my onsessing, but seeing a request I know I can't fill and dropping that fandom gives me peace of mind.

2. Treat as much as possible.

3. Ask for as many fandoms as possible. Sometimes it can be hard to figure out what fandoms you're most excited for (and I never request ones I'm not super into) but I always try to at least get four or five fandoms in my letter. More fandoms mean more potential writers which means more possibilities I'll get treats.

4. Sometimes it's fun to sock up. When there are fandoms I'm less passionate about but still really want fic for, socking up gives me the best of both worlds. My main account can ask for my most beloved fandoms and the sock can ask for my extras. My socks gift feels like the best kind of treat. I don't feel any disappointment thanks to my main getting a fandom I'm very passionate about and so my socks fandom gets an extra surge of goodwill that makes it feel like I'm super passionate over it. Sometimes the fandoms I sock up for are ones I'm really into but I don't feel like writing a large letter section for. I can leave my prompts in a more minimalist letter and not have to worty about people thinking I wanted it less than fandoms I've rewuested before and was able to paste into the latest letter.

5. Read as much as possible as soon as the collection opens. Commenting quickly takes stress of my authors and if I can spread that feeling around the collection while people wait for their own recips then all the better.

6. Be positive on meme. I do my best to rec good letters and make canon rec lists to spread the love around. It's a little selfish because I want to read fics for those prompts/fandoms but the main reason I do it is because I think things are more fun around here when there's a positive excited atmosphere compared to gurdgewanky tearing into a letter. Wanking over legitimately bad letter or participant is positive in its own way so I don't really mind that brand of wankt tbh.

Rare Pair Fest

[(Anonymous)]

After some lingering + post-deadline PHs, Rare Pair Fest's reveals have been delayed further by a last-minute fic deletion.

http://rarepairfest.dreamwidth.org/47871.html

Re: Rare Pair Fest

[(Anonymous)]

It's open now, fwiw:

http://archiveofourown.org/collections/rarepairfest2017/fandoms

The exact same thing happened last year. (There was even a post-reveals apoca-pinch-hit that time.) I don't know whether that's just really bad luck or someone somewhere intentionally wants to fuck with this exchange for some reason.

Pinch Hits

[(Anonymous)]

Pinch Hits will not be going through the yahoo group anymore. Instead, there's a new google group here.

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!forum/yt-ph

Re: Pinch Hits

[(Anonymous)]

I hate this. I hate change. And I really hate google groups.

AHH It's Happening

[(Anonymous)]

http://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/43457.html

Noms are in a week, holy crap. Is it a bit early this year?

Also, new mod. NightsMistress - who are they and do we hate them.

Re: AHH It's Happening

[(Anonymous)]

NightsMistress gets namechecked frequently for being a good recip, prolific author, good commenter, etc.

They're also the one who got Trialia as an author a couple years back, the year when Trialia was bitching in chat about their assignment while NM was also in chat.

What's eligibile

[(Anonymous)]

So this year's rules are up.

http://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/43536.html

Anything weird or wank-worthy?

Re: What's eligibile

[(Anonymous)]

The unreleased fandoms is funny because of the Crimson Peak wank.

Question about Letters

[(Anonymous)]

This will be my second YT, and I'm wondering if it's kosher to copy-paste your Dear Yule Goat letter info into your new letter? I'll be requesting two of the same fandoms as last year, so I'd rather not have to rewrite, but you tell me, coalies.

Re: Question about Letters

[(Anonymous)]

Totally fine. Although if your gift last year was in one of the two fandoms you're requesting again, you might want to think about removing any prompts your prior author used and adding some new ones.

IT'S SEPTEMBER FFS

[(Anonymous)]

Back to _coal.

Re: IT'S SEPTEMBER FFS

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, some of us never left!

anyone nomming Frisky Dingo?

[(Anonymous)]

Every year I mean to nominate Frisky Dingo and every year I forget, no matter if I leave myself notes or not ><;;; I'm curious if some one here may be nomming it, or has an extra spot and wouldn't mind doing so?

Re: anyone nomming Frisky Dingo?

[(Anonymous)]

Sure thing. What characters do you want?

About signups

[(Anonymous)]

I seem to recall that there was a good reason to write a little blurb in your requested fandoms signup about what you want, but I can't recall it (I'm new). Why not just link to my letter?

Re: About signups

[(Anonymous)]

Two reasons:

1) DNWs are only enforceable if they are in the signup itself.
2) Some people allegedly never bother to read letters and only go off what's in the signup.

Nominations strategies - discuss here

[(Anonymous)]

Bring your dentist to the discussion, if you like!

Re: Nominations strategies - discuss here

[(Anonymous)]

I have two fandoms I want crossed over with each other, but there is only one requestable instance where the two fandoms cross over canonically, and it is super obscure, so it might not be recognized by people during signups. Do you think I would stand a better chance of getting the crossover of my heart by nominating the two fandoms separately and hoping my writer is indulgent, or by requesting the obscure crossover and hoping someone out there thinks "hell yeah" when they see it? Or should I nominate all three to cover my bases?

Trick or Treat!

[(Anonymous)]

Nominations are open for Trick or Treat, and I thought I'd remind everyone about tot_rocks, the _coal-esque comm for all your rocks, toothbrushes and pencils of that exchange.

It got a late start last year, so I hope it gains traction this year. With the earlier Yuletide timeline, this might help avoid distractions.

Re: Trick or Treat!

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure no mods have time to do what I'm asking about, but I'm going to ask about it anyway:

I'm probably going to dentist up for the first time this year. I already did for nominations, nominating a set of characters for one fandom with my real account and another set for the same fandom with my sock that I've been using for a while to write a few fics that I wouldn't want people I know to know I wrote.

Problem is, now that I'm putting my letters together, I realized that I'd rather my dentist take a story or two for characters that *I* nominated. No one has time to go back and do a contrast and compare to noms and requests, right? That's just silly. But for some reason I can't stop thinking about it.

Oh Rafa!

[(Anonymous)]

USO fuckers not giving Rafa the prime time spot?
He's the number 1 in the world, he just takes the prime time spot, bastardos!

Re: Oh Rafa!

[(Anonymous)]

I think you're on the wrong meme, coalie?

But as far as the substantive point, Federer is the Primo Uno as long as he's playing, that is the Word of God.

Last years collection

[(Anonymous)]

I'm back in last year's collection sorting by hits and kudos, because I'm always curious about the longevity of some of the "popular" YT fics.

archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2016/works?utf8=✓&commit=Sort+and+Filter&work_search%5Bsort_column%5D=comments_count&work_search%5Bother_tag_names%5D=&work_search%5Bquery%5D=&work_search%5Blanguage_id%5D=&work_search%5Bcomplete%5D=0&collection_id=62293

Looks like Adventure Zone really took off in the last year.

Anyone have handy the thread where we posted the top focus before reveals? My search engine fu is weak.

Re: Last years collection

[(Anonymous)]

Oh GD. Sorry about the page killing long link.