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@ 2013-01-02 02:41 pm UTC
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Entry tags:fandom, yuletide
I received Off-Season on Kata'Shin'a'in Station by erulisse_starchild. I enjoyed the parts the author wrote herself. The rest of it I liked too, but I liked it better when I bought it in paperback back in the early 1990s. After consultation with Elyn and Astolat, the author agreed to attribute the parts that weren't hers (amounting to just under half the story) and will be doing a NYR fic to get reinstated for next year's Yuletide.

I wrote Bears and Bearability, Being the Selected Correspondence of A Noblewoman and a Lady of Quality during the Festivities Attending the First December of Their Married Lives in England, for [livejournal.com profile] undauntra. The fandom was the Kate and Cecelia books by Caroline Stevermer and Patricia C Wrede. It was a lot of fun. I may have snuck a "bear is driving?" joke in there. Okay, I also may have also slipped in possibly more Yuletide meta than actually belongs in a story.

The worst part: that awkward moment when just after Yuletide opens you notice that you've misspelled your main character's name. Cecelia, not Celia. I don't even know how I did that. I blame the kittens.


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[personal profile] lilacsigil
2013-01-02 08:08 am UTC (link)
I'm glad the issue with your gift was worked out. Also, I don't know the fandom, but "Bears and Bearability" is an excellent title indeed!

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[personal profile] vass
2013-01-02 09:22 am UTC (link)
The source is delightful, and a quick read if you're in the market for a very soothing fantasy trilogy. The first book is Sorcery and Cecelia, and it's all like that.

Regency comedy of manners in a world where magic is real and there's a Royal Society of magicians. It's epistolary: Kate has gone to London with her sister for the Season, and her favourite cousin Cecy is still at home in the country, and they keep each other informed of all their goings on. They unravel mysteries and defeat evil magicians while dealing with social quandaries and how Kate can't manage to stop her hair from coming down.

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[personal profile] lilacsigil
2013-01-02 11:01 am UTC (link)
I looked it up and since the subtitle is The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, I'm definitely going to give it a try!

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[personal profile] azurelunatic
2013-01-02 08:10 am UTC (link)
Oh, it's lovely! *glories in the cessation of hostility with bears*

Regarding the name, I think that would fall under the "correcting a typo" jurisdiction of editing, which I think is officially fair game infinitely into the future.

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