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Today's prompt: Your favorite artist or art style

This is actually hard to answer, because I really like some wildly disparate things. I adore Art Nouveau, especially Mucha-- I have this Mucha print and this one framed on my walls. I also really love 1920s and 30s children's book illustrations, late 19th/early 20thc amateur botanical paintings, and midcentury amateur portraiture-- those are all things I have on my walls. And there are some modern-day indie illustrators I like a lot, too-- people like Jen Corace and Perrin, who don't exactly have similar styles.

I guess you could say I know what I like when I see it. Beyond that, it's hard to predict.

So, I'm getting a decent number of artists lined up for this next batch of fanzines, but I don't really have anyone committed to write anything yet. Anyone on my flist interested in writing something for Buffy, AtLA, Star Trek or Young Wizards? Because that would be awesome.

I don't need anything til mid-March, and it can be as short as 250 words. And I swear I'll get the contributor's copies out faster this time.

Pick a date below and give me a topic — it can be anything, from fandom related to life related to art related to whatever you want.

They will probably be brief, or not, depending on the subject.

Also, I reserve the right to decline prompts that I don’t feel equipped to meet.

Topics: you can get an idea from my tags/from the stuff I usually ramble about/from things you maybe wish I talked about more but don’t.

You can request multiple topics (as long as they’re on different days — one topic per day!).

December 01 -
December 02 - The most hilarious and/or awesome vintage sale you ever went to.
December 03 - Your favorite artist or art style
December 04 - Discworld
December 05 - Favorite fandom-related apparel that you own?
December 06 -
December 07 - Steve Rogers
December 08 -
December 09 - Steve vs. Cap. Identity, roles, personae.
December 10 - Shoes!
December 11 - how did you get into running a vintage shop? What's your favourite thing about it, and your least favourite?
December 12 - baby's first OTP.
December 13 - Steve and art.
December 14 -
December 15 -
December 16 -
December 17 - Steve and communal living.
December 18 - Zines: why you love them.
December 19 -
December 20 - How do you decide how to price your vintage stuff? What's the process of pricing and organizing your inventory like?
December 21 - Steve and religion.
December 22 -
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December 28 -
December 29 -
December 30 - Tea, or coffee | Preferences in drinking whichever one you prefer.
December 31 -

Sold another article to The Toast! Will be forthcoming. Yay!

Just a reminder for anyone who'd like to come over my house in Mount Rainier on Sunday to work on Yuletide, NaNo, crafty stuff, or just to hang out and watch movies-- come by anytime between noon and dinner. If you need my address or a Metro pickup, let me know. Hope to see you there!

Okay, I'm now thinking I'm going to have people over on November 3, during the day, for Yuletiding/crafting/moral support while I price stuff. Would anyone be interested? And what times are good for y'all? I will pretty much be home all day, so people can feel free to show up whenever and leave whenever, but an agreed-upon block of time might be wise. Also, I have supplies to make paper chandeliers, if anyone wants to.

My housemate's boyfriend got her a projector and a collapsible screen that's just the right size for the back wall of our living room. She is amenable to movie nights. Who's in? I'd love to carve pumpkins and watch Halloween movies some night this week.

(sadly I will be out of town Saturday and Sunday, as my cousin's engagement party is in NYC this weekend. I had to go dress shopping with my mother for said party, and it was nightmarish. I will tell that horror story at some point, but it is best appreciated in person, since a lot of it is down to tone of voice and facial expression.)

Street festival in Takoma Park today, and I was on my feet at the vintage shop for just about every minute of it. Ow. At least I got a hundred or so pieces of inventory priced and put out beforehand, with help. And a bunch of that stuff sold, so it was worth it.

However, that still leaves my entire giant upstairs closet full of crap that needs to be gotten through. I barely even know what's up there any more-- I've been stashing all the fall/winter stuff I bought since April or so, so I'd have stock on hand for now. I know there's this one lady's entire college wardrobe from like 1967, but god knows what else I'll find.

By the way, anyone who's at loose ends due to lack of government and needs something to do? You are more than welcome to join me for a pricing party any morning/early afternoon this week or next. I will buy you lunch and insist you take home any accessories that strike your fancy.

(This is all made rather more pressing by the fact that I have just agreed to start renting space in a second shop, on Antiques Row in Kensington. It's less than half what I'm currently stocking-- just three racks-- but it does mean I'm going to have to find that much more stuff on a regular basis, and get it turned around in a much more timely fashion. Eep.)

It's that time again! THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR.

Dearest, darlingest Yuletide writer: odds are pretty good I am going to be delighted with whatever you write. There are some specific things I would love to see, but by no means should you feel bound by those suggestions; I wouldn't have asked for these fandoms if I didn't love a ton of things about them. So don't worry. You got this.

( Top Ten (comic) )

( Pushing Daisies )

( Matilda )

( WWII RPF )

( Pleasantville )

So those are the fandoms. I would ask that you not write anything super dark, as these are all things I enjoy because they are fairly light-hearted; if you do write anything explicit I should note that I am not a fan of dubious consent or power imbalances. Other than that, go nuts. I am fond of a wide variety of tropes, including but not limited to mistaken identities, secret identity shenanigans of all kinds, fish-out-of-water stories, unexpected superpowers, outsider perspectives, found families, teams forming in adverse circumstances and succeeding despite the odds. I love worldbuilding, and will cheerfully roll around forever in the details of a well-built world. I would be equally happy with gen, het, or slash (although I have to admit I would be slightly startled by anything but gen for Matilda). I am almost guaranteed to like whatever you write, and I am already grateful to you for writing it. Thank you in advance!

ets: And on the off-chance anyone is bookmarking this letter for treat-writing purposes, i am hollimichele on AO3. (And if you are, you're the best!)