November

It is the final day of November. Soon, it shall be the final month of the year. And, because I am a special snowflake who's feeling reflective, I am doing a retrospective now dammit.

This year, I have participated in more exchanges than simply Yuletide. I've also modded two: Space Swap (it went reasonably well, considering that the mod team was 3 newbies, but ... lots of room for improvement) and Coronation Ceremony (A+ excellent modding). Comparing the two, it is proven that I can learn from my mistakes. I'll be polling the SpaceSwap community about some potential changes next January.

As last year, I organized the Bujold Fest. Participation was light. (Yes, I'm guilty, too, for I have some fic ideas still on the backburner. Shh.) I came across its Fanlore page, and a) HOLY FUCK I'M MENTIONED ON FANLORE, and b) the Bujold Ficathon used to be an exchange? Hum. I'll have to ask the Vorkosigan community on their opinions re: exchange vs fest.

I've also been reasonably prolific even outside of exchanges, mostly due to #thegoblinemperor. I have internet friends, and thus can be not-lonely without the pain of meatspace social interaction. TGE is a nice fandom with nice comments even for my worldbuilding fic, though currently I seem to be on a fandom-interaction downswing. I kinda fell out of Rivers of London fandom due to not acquiring the comics (and having no desire to acquire them) and thus not being privy to all canon info for speculation of plot things. (Also, it's not second-world, and while Peter is nerdy and curious, there's no OTT loyalty kink in canon.) Vorkosigan seems to be my steady fandom, to which I can return whenever I please. I've also finally gotten somewhat into the pop culture juggernaut that is Star Wars, via the KOTOR games. I hope to be able to write fic for them at some point.

All in all, I have done things but am tired. I still have a few intense weeks before Christmas break, but then I can nap and enjoy Yuletide and maybe finally get enough rest. Oh, and if this flu would go the fuck away please?

Lines First and Last, for dear airotkiv

I referred to my earlier first and last lines memes on chat, and, well, here we are, doing an analysis trade. While I have a fever. Please excuse my incoherence.
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In General
Airotkiv, your sentences' default length is much longer than mine, lol. You also do nice things with language.

Lines First and Last, for dear breezy

Note: I don't read much in present tense, and thus am not by any means an expert critic in it. I am also feverish and headache-y, and more liable to expressing sentiments like "everything sucks" than usual.
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General
See if you could break up your sentences more often – try to make sure your intro and outro paragraphs both have two sentences, that sort of thing. Perhaps try to do a heavily stylized fic where the sentence length is much shorter?

Lines First and Last, for dear Myristica

Here there be analysis. Porn is hard to analyze, I feel.

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