I deeply love Yuletide - I've been in for over a decade and have written some of my favourite fics for it. I find it really freeing and fantastic fun. But I'm not really feeling fannish about anything at the moment, and that's holding me back. The only thing I'm inhaling is the novels of KJ Charles at the moment - there are lots of them nominated, but I don't really want to just request four different series of hers! And while I could offer my usual bunch of easy writes (more Wimsey, more Heyer), but I've written for those a lot now.

I also have never written a fic that I'm really happy with as my main assignment. One, on Tiffany Aching, was pretty okay, but the rest felt very write-by-numbers. It's always been pinch hits that have electrified me, and had me writing something that's really pleased me. I'm still on the pinch hit lists, so will keep an eye out, but I'm unsure about doing anything else.

I've almost never written a treat, and never a New Year challenge. I only really write for commitments and deadlines, and Yuletide really shows that up!