tadorna | Yuletide etc.

I would like to offer great and heartfelt thanks to

boniblithe, who wrote Enough To Go By and

zeldaophelia, who wrote Good Girl, for making my yuletide such a nice one. :)

My story was this Narnia fic: Growing Up. I feel I should probably apologise to my recipient, because I do have a feeling it wasn't quite what she was after (although of course she left a very kind and gracious comment). I started off writing quite a different story, but I wasn't feeling very good about it and in the end writing what I wanted to write was the only way this was going to get done at all. I do hope she got something out of it. Possibly I'm being paranoid, as usual. Anyway, I have to say that the whole experience ended up being a very positive one for me, despite a bit of a rocky start, and the hackers and that.

I've also been rooting around in the archive and found some excellent stuff, but I feel I've only just scraped the surface. I'll try and gather up a few recs - I knew I should have taken notes...

All the Earthsea fics are good, but this is my favourite: Seasons in the Archipelago. Ged and Tenar. I've actually only read the Earthsea books quite recently, and this is really lovely.

This is a lovely Good Omens fic: A Precise and Accurate History of Monday, Eleven Years Later.

Just Between Us. Ab Fab fic! And it's perfect.

Regrets and Reminiscences. Mansfield Park. This was the only one whose author I guessed correctly (in fact I think it was the only one I guessed at all). Because she's been Jane Austen before, and she's frighteningly good at it.

The Lives of the Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking. Heeee! Zoolander.

A Different Road. A rather lovely Little Women story.

I have read some other good stuff, but these are the ones that made most impression on me. There will be more, I've no doubt.

I've just noticed that I say 'lovely' far too much. Limited vocabulary, tut tut.

ETA ETA!!!

Damn, I knew I'd forget something. I meant to credit

lazlet with her invaluable beta-ing skills. I was having real problems with it at one point and she basically pointed me in the right direction, so yay for Laz!

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I hope your recipient did enjoy "Growing Up"; all I can say is that I adored it. I'm very wary of fic about my childhood favorites, and you won me over completely; "Growing Up" seemed both respectful of Lewis and his work and a much-needed complement to/critique of some of the loose ends (and some of the ideas about gender and sexuality and what they mean for faith and redemption). That all sounds cold, and it's a very warm story, and gets sisterhood just exactly right.

I'm so glad you wrote it.

Oh, thank you! I feel the same way about childhood favourites, and that's partly why I found writing this so incredibly difficult. I've never attempted Narnia fic before, and I had no idea it would be so hard, or that my feelings about the books would turn out to be so complicated. I realised I wouldn't be able to write the fic without addressing some of those issues, so I went ahead and gave it a go. I'm really pleased if you feel I've got it right. :)

Oh, I think your Narnia fic is delightful! I always did wonder about Susan at the very end; to have been such a big part of it, and then to leave it all behind along with so many of her loved ones. You captured their voices and the bittersweetness of it all to perfection.

Aw, thank you! I saw you talking about reading Narnia while I was writing it but I couldn't say anything because it was a sekrit and all that. I'm really pleased you liked it. :)

Hi - thanks for reviewing my Earthsea fic, Sparkweed (http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/9/sparkweed.html). Like you said, this story was begging to be written - and I had a great time writing it. But my recipient dropped out and forgot all about Yuletide, so I've really appreciated kind comments from passing strangers. Thanks! :)

No worries - I was so pleased to find good Earthsea fic, and I'd been quietly wondering about Jasper since reading the books, so I'd personally like to thank you for writing that fic. Recipient or no recipient. :)

whee a rec! *kisses*

Hee! I liked. :)

Thanks for posting those!
I havent read any Narnia at all but am inspired to do so now having read your story and the comments about it.

poule x

Yay, Poule! I like it when people read things because of me. :)

You don't know me, but I wanted to let you know that I've friended you because I was just so blown away by your yuletide story. I Haven't had the time to leave any feedback over at the yuletide archive yet (I was home for Christmas and only got to read any of the yuletide fic by stealing some computer time on the world's slowest computer and printing stuff out) but one of the first things I did when I got home last night was go back to the archive to find out who had written Growing Up.

I tend to be wary of Narnia fic, but you captured the feel and the feel of what's missing from the stories just perfectly. I've always been dissatisfied with how Susan's character is dealt with in the books. This, your story, feels right and true. Thank you, it really is beautiful.

Hi! Thanks so much for your comments - I'm so pleased the story worked for you. And welcome! :)

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