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MAYBE: no-harm dubcon (sex pollen or “fertility artifact”) | period typical attitudes | infidelity | power dynamic

Shower the treats like rice!

I love weddings. You cannot be too fluffy or have too many details, or get into too-ridiculous or too-complicated situations. You want to go way over the top, I am your girl.

These are a few of my very favorite tags:

Wedding Reception - Unmarried Couple Fantasize About Their Future While At Friend's Wedding - YES I love it! The whole, that could be us factor! Also here for frank discussions of we are not having X at our wedding sort of stuff

Wedding Reception - Catching the Bouquet – Yes it’s old-fashioned and silly and I love it. I especially love conspiracies to make sure someone specific gets it.

Wedding Ceremony - The Wedding Day Disaster You Laugh About in the Future - So my first husband had to bribe a friend to overnight the ring because he left it on the kitchen counter (LDR). It seemed huge at the time. I’m open to ideas as long as they can still get married and aren’t too unhappy!

Proposal - While Watching Happy Friends Get Married – YES, although here maybe looking for that moment of I should ask, because it’s rude to propose at someone else’s wedding. Or a private proposal that doesn’t detract.

Wedding - Something Old New Borrowed and Blue – I love this. I could read a thousand variations on it, because what I love is seeing what’s important to the characters.

Wedding - That One Perfect Photograph at Your Wedding – That one moment you remember forever.

Anniversary - 1st Year – I love this opportunity to look forward and look back and be in love!

Wedding - Family Heirlooms Passed Down For Wedding – This can be tied to old/borrowed/new/blue but I love that little connection to the past or a loved one you miss.

Dimension Travel - Getting Together After Meeting The AU Married Couple Version of Themselves – I love the meeting AND the realization and the getting together.

Wedding Reception - Best Man and Maid of Honor Get Together – It’s a classic, especially if the bride and groom are trying to throw them together.

Bachelor(ette) Party – Hijinks & Shenanigans – Also a classic, as long as the hijinks do not involve infidelity.

( Let The Bells Ring! )

SO… first I would like to apologize both for so how late this letter is AND for the fact that I FORGOT to put optional details in. It was an oversight. If you already started something based on the tags, go right on with it!

My general preferences are here.

MAYBE: no-harm dubcon (sex pollen or “fertility artifact”) | period typical attitudes | infidelity | power dynamic

I LOVE treats, especially fluffy ones!

( Fluffy Tags )

( Fluffy Requests )

Treats are delightful!

General preferences are here.

Apologies for this letter being late and not being as descriptive as I thought, but that pesky real life thing happened.

Obviously, if you’ve already started something, keep on rolling!

I love weddings. You cannot be too fluffy or have too many details, or get into too-ridiculous or too-complicated situations. You want to go way over the top, I am your girl.

The AU counterparts thing – I love it, feel free to use it to get people together.

You can also look back at other years’ letters as well on my Dear Writer tag.

( Let The Bells Ring! )

My general preferences are here.

Fluffy Treats Please!

Fluffy Tags

Alternate Universe - Romantic Fairytale Retelling – Exactly what it sounds like. If you want to go vaguely Tudor/Regency/Victorian influences, I am here for it.

Canon Divergence AU – I’m a fan of this in general, obviously here I’m specifically here for how it makes the fluffy pairing possible.

Character A had a secret admirer that keeps delivering gifts but doesn’t know it’s Character B – Obviously please no stalker vibes, but I like the whole curiosity about who is sending the gifts and trying to catch them in the act.

Fake/Pretend Relationship – Here for the fake to real pipeline, possibly faking a relationship in the moment to convinvce an unwanted hitter-on to STOP but then it just grows.

Leaving Notes in Books – Whether it starts intentionally or accidentally, I love this sneaky way to communicate.

Not The Pair Everyone Expected – I am a sucker for the couples that don’t seem obvious or seem to be extra “opposites-attract”.

Picking Out Clothes Together – There’s an intimacy to this I really enjoy.

Romantic Fluff – Pretty wide open here, but I like to lean towards the romantic/intimate – quiet moments on dark nights, stealing moments alone, people just being romantic.

Your Partner Draping Their Jacket Over Your Shoulders - I generally prefer this for het couples, but the whole feeling of his warmth/smelling cologne etc on wearing the jacket. Really love it with formal dress but unexpected cold/rain is good too. Especially if you then get to notice how he looks in shirtsleeves/tie.

Vacation – Enjoying being alone on a romantic vacation is the vibe we want here.

Perfect Gift for Your Partner – I like both ends of this – the hunting for the perfect gift for your partner, your partner getting the gift.

Some Broken Things Can't Be Fixed Only Maintained – I’m a major SNW fan and S2E8 nails this about PTSD. It doesn’t ever get fixed, you just get to a point where it’s managed/maintained.

Telling a child a fairytale; it's based on canonical events/backstory – I don’t know who suggested this but I LOVE it, especially if the kids think it’s a fairytale and the couple can have that moment of connection.

Enjoying a day on the beach – Beaches are nice on sunny days, and when you’re all alone at night…

Established Relationship – I like the ease, the comfort, the intimacy.

Flower Crowns – I just like them. Making them, wearing them, kissing someone when you put it on them, having to pick up the pieces of the crown after…

Only a true love’s kiss can break the spell or curse – Exactly what it sounds like.

Standing together at the end of the world – There’s no one I’d rather do this with than you…

cuddling in front of a fire – the fire warmth against the cool evening, the sounds and smell, the feeling that you could be the only ones in the whole world…

Feelings Realization – I like the slow onset where you just slide in OR the sudden thunderbolt…

First Kiss – Exactly what it sounds like.

Seeing each other for the first time after a long time apart – That little hesitation before you throw yourself at each other… I am here for it.

Found or Chosen Family – I love these.

A Brief Fluffy Respite in Hard Times – Exactly what it sounds like, that short sweet moment that will be gone in an instant, so you had better enjoy it while you can.

Seashells – Random, but I like them.

Thank god you're alive/we're alive! Sex – Exactly what it sounds like, a little bit of never let you go.

Thank god you're alive/we're alive! kissing - Exactly what it sounds like, a little bit of never let you go.

Watching the stars together – A nice quiet private moment under the stars, laying on the ground optional.

dancing in the moonlight – Exactly what it sounds like – intimate, private, romantic interlude from the crush in the ballroom, and a touch of naughtiness in sneaking out.

Dancing Lessons – The pair learning together, taking advantage of some private moments.

Finding Joy After Hardship or Trauma – Different from the brief moment, this is more lasting. This is moving on.

Star Crossed Lovers Who End Up Happy – Exactly what it sounds like.

Resolved Mutual Pining – Stop pining and start kissing.

( Requests )

Treats are VERY WELCOME.

( I'm SURE no one is watching us... )

My general preferences are here.

My blanket DNW: nominated character death, cruelty/death involving animals/children, graphic/explicit/sexual violence

Treats are turned on and ALWAYS welcome.

For weddings in general, I love the details and the planning, the small perfect thing that you remember about the day your whole life. It's not really a tag, but I'm also totally down for reminscing over wedding pictures/albums, either by nominated characters or offspring. I'm totally down for a "looking back/remember when" sort of story - especially if it was something that seemed like a disaster (like the bachelor party hijinks) but now is funny.

( Here Come The Requests... )

( Days 1-21 )

Day 22 – Favorite book you own - Picture me looking at my bookshelves and trying to figure out an answer to this one. I've already discussed my beloved Anne of Green Gables collection, and since I don't really collect "rare" books, I'm going to go with the Applewood reissues of Nancy Drew. I own 14 of them at last count, and I greatly enjoy them. I like the whole concept of reprinting the books as they originally were, with the covers and advertisements and interior illustrations...and the now-outdated classist/racist/sexist attitudes within the books. I think it's definitely acceptable to let people see that things have changed in the way things are done. I love the art, in most cases. And, I secretly LOVE the original Nancy. She has moxie and independence, and gets to do stuff that the modern Nancy doesn't. In the original Secret of Shadow Ranch, she gets to carry a pistol (which is sensible, since she's riding in the desert) and she gets to use it, whereas the Nancy of the Files and Super Mysteries doesn't even get to touch a weapon - it's in the series bible (despite the fact that the Hardy Boys get to fire machine guns). Not to mention The Message in the Hollow Oak where she gets to use dynamite! There's definitely classism, because Nancy knows that she's important, and not everyone is, but in a lot of ways, the original Nancy rocks.

Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t - My to-read pile is pretty big, so there are any number of answers to this one. Some things stay on the shelf just because thye get preempted by other reading, or because their size makes digging into them a little intimidating. One of these books is Equal: Women Reshape American law by Fred Streiburg. I probably will get to it while I am in the class I'm taking, because it may be useful. Those of you who know me know that this is a subject I am passionate on, being a woman and the mother of a daughter, but the book is about the size of The Bear and the Dragon, or other Clancy books of the way-overwritten era. So it's not been on the top of my list.

( Days 24-30 )

( Days 1-15 )

Day 16 – Favorite female character - Much like I couldn't just list one, I bring you a top 16 list - because female characters are awesome, and don't get enough love, IMO.

#16 - Cherry Ames (Cherry Ames series) - I prefer the Cherry-during-the-war stories, because after that, they were a little on the silly side sometimes. Cherry is a nursing student when we meet her, and dabbles in detective work. She's fearless and cheerful and not super goody-goody. She's fun, and I like that the books have been reissued.

#15 - Charlotte (Charlotte's Web) - I know she's not a human female, but she gets stuff done. And she's smart, and uses her words.

#14 - Elizabeth Shelby (Star Trek: New Frontier) - Peter David's brought her a long way from the two TNG episodes she appears in - he's given her humor, back story, and a willingness to go along with the crazy, because it just might work. She gets to be authoritative without being considered a bitch.

#13 - Kristy Thomas and Mary Anne Spier (Baby-sitters' Club) - Yes, I'm serious. I love the "best friends who are opposites" thing, and I like that the relationship between the two of them feels real.

#12 - Amelia Peabody Emerson (Amelia Peabody series) - I enjoy reading about her, although maybe I wouldn't want to be in her path when she's on a mission. (Plus, every time I read the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys novel that's set in Egypt, I wonder if she's the reason the tour guide is named Mrs. Peabody. It gives me a giggle.)

#11 - Elizabeth Bennet and Fanny Price (Jane Austen) - These characters couldn't be less alike. Yet they both make their respective books worth reading.

#10 - Ariadne Oliver and Jane Marple (Agatha Christie) - They each have their own style, but I like them. Mrs. Oliver, a mystery novelist (sort of a self-insert of Christie) insists that if we had a woman at the Yard, crimes would get solved. Miss Jane Marple of Mary St. Mead solves all her crimes through knowing human nature - and knitting.

#9 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, Caroline Quiner Ingalls (Little House) - When I was a kid, I really liked Laura, and identified with her (especially as I had dark hair, dark eyes, and vivid imagination). As I get older, I find I like Caroline more and more - and admire the courage both characters show. (They're also the only "real" characters to make the list)

#8 - Parker Brown (Nora Roberts, Savor The Moment) - She's the sister of Delaney in yesterday's question, and "her book" is coming out in November, so I am quite excited. She's organized and cool under pressure, and she gets stuff done.

#7 - Jenny Chawleigh Lynton, Lydia Lynton, Kitty Charing, Ancilla Trent, Anthea Daracott (Georgette Heyer Regencies) - There's several wonderful female characters in the books, but these five are at the top of my list. Jenny is from A Civil Contract, which isn't very romantic and dashing, but is touching and real. Lydia is her young sister-in-law who consistently steals the scene. Kitty is the heroine of Cotillion - she seizes hold of an opportunity to change her life, and she's smart enough to realize that she's found a better man than the one she had dreams about - and she helps out the people around her. Ancilla Trent is a governess, and the heroine of The Nonesuch, in which it's nice to see the bluestocking get her man and the spoiled brat man-trap to get no one. Anthea Darracott is one of the dysfunctional Darracotts in The Unknown Ajax, and deserves an award for not killing any of her relations.

#6 - Prudence Merryweather, Emily Faringdon, Lucinda Bromley, and Venetia Jones (Amanda Quick romances) - Prudence is one of my favorites because she's a peacemaker and problem solver, and drives a hard bargain. Emily was really the first romance novel heroine who made me think that she was worth reading about - and I sympathized with her habit of withdrawing into fantasy to get away from the reality of her family. Lucinda and Venetia belong to the Arcane Society novels (with Caleb and Gabriel from yesterday, respectively). They get things done and keep me entertained.

#5 - Eve Dallas, Delia Peabody, Nadine Furst, Louise Dimatto, Mavis Freestone, and Charlotte Mira (JD Robb "In Death" series) - These are the core female members of the series, and I love them. More importantly, I love the way they work together and play off each other, and everything does NOT have to revolve around men (unless they're a criminal). They have work lives and personal lives and they act like real people. Eve is prickly and pragmatic, Peabody soothes all the people Eve irritates, Nadine wants her next media accomplishment as much as she wants to breathe, Louise is the crusader, Mavis keeps an eye on everyone's mental health, and Dr. Mira provides the insight. I can't wait to see what they're up to next.

#4 - Judy Bolton (Judy Bolton series) - She's considered to be more feminist than Nancy Drew, and she actually grows and changes. I enjoy reading her, although I don't like the later books as much. In one, she really impressed me when comparing her two suitors, noting that one wants to do things for her, and one wants to do things with her. She's smart enough to pick the second one. She also has a temper, and sometimes acts without thinking. She's worth reading.

#3 - Anne Shirley Blythe (Anne of Green Gables) - I already talked at length about the Anne of Green Gables books, so let me just say: She's delightful. She gets lost in daydreams, loses her temper, and never loses hope. She also doesn't give up, and while she might be accused of having rose colored glasses, she really doesn't - at least, she knows when to take them off.

#2 - Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan and Alys Vorpatril (LMB's Vorkosigan Saga) - I love Aral Vorkosigan, but I don't think he would be as interesting without Cordelia. The two of them together make a formidable team, and they share a talent for cutting through to the heart of things, so to speak. Alys handles all of the social things (which on Barrayar is much needed) and ensures everything is done Properly - or people suffer.

#1 - Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew series) - Yes, I am serious. I love her, in her various incarnations. She has provided me with many a break for a tired-out brain that can't take one more serious book. From the original Nancy in the 1930s (yes, there are class/race issues in the books, but Original Nancy takes charge and has adventures) to the revised "yellow spine" Nancy Drew, in which the books were updated (i.e., let's get rid of the lazy Irish stereotype and bad dialect for anyone NOT white) in which she lost some of her moxie and got more correct, to the 80s and 90s, when she got back into action and flirted with Frank Hardy, to the newest update, which I'm not liking so much. And yes, I write Nancy Drew fanfic, because she's fun to read about, and fun to play with.

( Days 17-30 )

( Days 1-14 )

Day 15 – Favorite male character - It's more like a top 11 list (I had hard time excluding anyone on it), but there are a lot of male characters I really enjoy - and not all of them fall into the Imaginary Boyfriend status.

#11 - Ramses Emerson (Amelia Peabody series) - What can I say? He's smart, handsome, devoted to his wife, and he likes cats. He loves his family, even when things get (okay, stay) crazy. He's also one of the few characters that's as much fun as a child as an adult.

#10 - Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie) - I know there's a lot of people who don't like him, including his creator, but I love to read the books and watch him driving everyone crazy before he solves the mystery. He's also a man of compassion, and he respects justice.

#9 - Peter Dobbs (Judy Bolton series) - He's a lawyer who cares more about justice than money, and he loves the woman he loves enough to let her be herself (and enough to wait for her to make up her mind).

#8 - (Chief) Inspector Hemingway (Georgette Heyer mysteries) - He's up there with Poirot on the driving people crazy factor, only he's also part of the police force. He sees stuff others don't see, and he's pretty silver-tongued when he needs to be.

#7 - Archie Goodwin (Nero Wolfe series) - He's a great right-hand man for a detective who doesn't always have great people skills - and pretty down to earth. Even better with Timothy Hutton playing him.

#6 - Gabriel Jones and Caleb Jones (Amanda Quick's Arcane Series) - They aren't your stereotypical Victorian men-about-town, but I wouldn't like them so much if they were. Caleb wins over Gabriel by the slightest, since he actually RUNS the paranormal detective agency.

#5 - Delaney Brown (Nora Roberts, Savor the Moment) - If I ever wanted a guy to step out of the pages of a romance novel, this one is it. We'll hear more about him on Day 20. Also a lawyer with a sense of justice, even if he's not dealing with criminal matters.

#4 - Gilbert Blythe (honorable mentions to sons Jem and Walter) (Anne of Green Gables series) - He's likable, what can I say? And one of the reasons my taste for tall, dark, handsome, and SMART was set so early in life.

#3 - Alistair McKeon (Honor Harrington series) - One of my favorite Weber characters, from the first to the last. I might have given up Honor here and there, but I didn't give up on him until Weber killed him off (and played with us about it). I especially enjoyed him in books 7 & 8, and still can't read the end of At All Costs without getting choked up.

#2 - Frank Hardy (Hardy Boys series) - The other reason my taste for tall, dark, handsome, and smart was settled so early. He's smart, and a little geeky (especially in the 80s/90s) but he's always in charge and calm. He has a taste for justice and solving mysteries, and a sense of humor.

#1 - Aral Vorkosigan (LMB's Vorkosigan saga) - Honestly, I could probably do a top 10 just of male characetrs from this series, because there are so many wonderful ones. I can safely say that even though the series is technically about his son, I would never have kept reading without Aral. He's a man of integrity and loyalty, no matter the cost for himself. He's compelling, if not movie star handsome, and he gets the best speeches. (honorable mentions to Ivan, Gregor, and Simon - if you read the series, you know who they are - if you haven't read the series, look up Cordelia's Honor and dive in!)

( Days 16-30 )

Chapter 9 of "Double Jeopardy" (Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys) is up!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4901492/10/

Now, to try to finish this thing while my beta's on vacation.

DV

Thanks to a late night (or an early morning, depending on your perspective), another chapter of "Double Jeopardy" (Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys) is up.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4901492/9/

The next chapter is in for beta, as well, so I am starting to get some momentum.

DV

I have a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys one-shot posted, based on a prompt by

fire_and_a_rose . Not part of the current story, "Double Jeopardy".

The story is called "Decision", and flips a subject we see a lot in the fandom on its head a little.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5203988/1/

DV

So, I did write a whole chapter last night (and stayed up past midnight).

The problem is that I need to be writing Chapter 8, and this is more like Chapter 14 or so.

There will probably be some changes to timeline and minor details, but the major part of the chapter - the emotions - is laid down. Some of it clarifies what will have to happen in some of the chapters that precede it, so that's helpful, but I'd like to get Chapter 8 written to keep people reading it on ff.net happy. (Speaking of which, there's been no reviews, so I hope people are taking a holiday fic hiatus.)

Also working on a prompt for a friend who needs some distraction. I'd made a good initial start, and then ran into the problem of too much coincidence making the plot stupid. I found a better way to do it, but I need to push ahead on the story.

DV

I've written about a page and a half of the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys fic that I'm working on, "Double Jeopardy"...

... AT THE END OF THE STORY.

I mean, I need to work on the part where they nail down where the threat is coming from, and fit in some N/F romance. Instead I'm writing aftermath of catching the bad guy. Not to mention, I'm now realizing that the timing I had in mind when I wrote the original snippet of the end is going to have to be adjusted.

Characters, what are we going to do with them?

DV

Current Mood: creative
Current Location: Iraq

The next chapter of "Double Jeopardy" is up!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4901492/8/

DV

Chapter 6 of Double Jeopardy is up (Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys fic) at ff.net.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4901492/7/

DV

Chapter 2 of my current ND/HB story.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4100291/2/

DV

Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys, titled Connections. (I hate titles.)

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4100291/1/

Now off to go work on the next part...

DV

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4009828/3/

Thanks to

amykay73, my fabulous beta!

Also, thanks to

tepintzin for stopping by and leaving kind remarks.

It's been too long since I finished something. I am an ecstatic DV.

DV

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