Wishlist 2015
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hiddencait2015 Holiday Wishlist:
It’s that time again! I’ve really enjoyed this over the years – not even receiving presents (though man do I love mail and email this time of year!) but because I’ve managed to find things for friends that have turned out to make their holiday season better. That just makes me utterly happy to get to make someone smile that way. So please – link me to your wish lists. I generally try to fill at least one wish for each of my friends when linked over there. Also, I am NOT going to post my address here, but if you have something you want to send – just PM me and I’ll send it to you. J
Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 Christmas wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fun ("I'd love a Ron/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real possible things, make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the joy will spread.
Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist (or friends’ friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use, do it.
1. I just realized my journal subscription and icon subscription is out, so I’m adding this to the list. If anyone would like to gift me a subscription, that would be awesome. Not a necessary thing, but I figured I’d put it up here since it’s something I want eventually lol.
2. Fuzzy and soft socks and or fingerless gloves and or arm warmers. This is probably going to be permanently on my wish list, I’ve decided. I seriously use them all year long. I’ve got poor circulation, so my feet are always cold, and my hands ache even worse than usual the colder they get. So yeah, this will be a wonderful thing to receive in my mailbox!
3. Fills in my Fandom Stocking http://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/476548.html. There aren’t any specific requests in there, so any of the pairings/fandoms would be awesome. That said, I do have a specific prompt I’d really really really like to see if any of you write for the Teen Wolf fandom. I’m totally enjoying Teen Wolf lately (in fandom world only – I have yet to watch it weirdly enough), and I have been dragged kicking and screaming into the Sterek pairing. That said, I’d actually love some fic where that relationship isn’t the focus, just the background. What I really want is for Derek to have a good day and some kind of healthy interaction with a female. No really, this poor guy has had every woman he’s loved as a family member killed and or vanish into the ether, and his love life? It’s a train wreck. Just horrible. So I want him to have some kind of positive interaction with a chick. Whether it’s Melissa deciding the boy needs someone to mother him, or he and Erica having a positive training session, or hell even a fix-it fic where Laura never died, but the events of the series still progressed for the most part with a rogue Alpha setting things in motion. Or Lydia taking him shopping as his wardrobe is a travesty, or he and Alison coming to some kind of truce and managing to spend time together without glaring. If you couldn’t guess, I am TOTALLY in the everybody lives camp, so I just ask that we pretend none of our darling ladies ever died, and Derek has a happy relationship with Stiles that allows for him to still have positive connections with other people. I just want to see him smile, guys. There are some pretty deeply rooted feelings happening about this. *whibbles*
4. Umm, DVD or blu-ray box sets for either Teen Wolf, MI5, Ripper Street, or The 100 (any season as I don’t have any of these yet.) I know this is a bigger gift so I’m not expecting it – we’re just supposed to wish big right?
5. Similar set, the music junkie in me has been cravingTaylor Swift’s 1989 (Delux edition preferred as I need the song Wonderland like crazy – totally fits my NaNo novel for this year)(Also editted as I caved and bought it for myself lol), Pentatonix, and/or Lindsey Stirling. (edited as I apparently no longer need Lindsey Stirling's new album lol) Also the Catching Fire and Mocking Jay soundtracks would be fabulous. Any of these would make me smile like a loon.
6. Along with my NaNo novel needs, I would love some kind of banners or icons featuring Anna Kendrick and Luke Mitchell with the caption “Cheshire’s Queen.” Anna’s my lead character Roanne Knightly who was the Red Queen in Wonderland but has since lost her memories, and Luke is the Cheshire Cat who was supposed to be the love interest. I have no idea if any romance is going to successfuflly happen, but either way these two are key characters. I know that winning still won't have me even close to a completed novel, and I’d really like to get a finished first draft done in the next few months. Visual aids like a wallpaper or livejournal banner or icons would definitely help get my brain going I think! If you want ideas of some of the fave pics I’ve seen for these guys or some of the other cast images, you can check out my pintrest board for the project here: http://www.pinterest.com/hiddencait/red-queen-story-inspiration/ I’d love to see some of the other characters show up too if that takes your fancy (Keira Knightly as Harriet March aka the March Hare and the lover of Bunni White aka White Rabbit as played by Amanda Seyfried. Also Taylor Momsen as my batshit crazy villainous version of Alice with Zack Ward as Cap – my darling freckled reimagining of Hatter. Roanne’s younger sister Blanche who was the White Queen is played by Georgia Henley. Also bonus character of The Red Knight, Roderick Knightly, currently posing as Roanne’s father is Richard Armitage because of reasons, and Roanne’s roommate Ty Jackson is played by Corbin Blue also because of reasons LOL). But yeah, that’s the cast. Please make me pretties if you enjoy doing so?
7. Umm Scentzy smelly good stuff – we’re getting one again finally, and I only have one scent to put in it at the moment. It’s kind of a US only thing for now (or so I was told) so my international friends, don’t worry about this one if you can’t figure out what it is lol.
8. Anything compass rose, clock, or 8-pointed star pretties. Once again, this goes on every year. I don’t actually need icons with compass roses any more thanks to a wish list about a year ago (thank you Urbancate darling!) but little pendants or maybe journal banners would be awesome. Or a pretty connected theme now that I think about it, I’d be game for really anything steampunk. No really, pretty much anything steampunk styled would make me happy from icons to images to jewelry to costume items that you don’t want any more than I could deconstruct/reconstruct into fun costume wear. It just makes me happy!
9. This feels like an odd one to ask for, but as I do really want to see it happen, I guess I should ask. The horror themed charity anthology that my writing group released back in October has really slowed sales wise, and I’d love to see that pick up again. The ebook is only $2.99 and we’ve been running 99¢ sales off and on too. So sales would be awesome. More importantly though – we don’t have ANY reviews or stars on Amazon, and I know that’s a big reason we probably aren’t getting new people wanting to buy it. So if you buy it, please please please leave a review – it can even be for just which story in the anthology was your fave or a short review of an individual story. Just something to help get some traffic moving over there. It’s for charity guys – I’d really like to see it succeed! Oh, yeah – the link is here: http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Stormy-Night-Cliches-Cause-ebook/dp/B00OKVZWPI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1417276017&sr=1-1
10. Finally, books I guess? Any kind of fun sci-fi/fantasy, steampunk, or dystopian young adult would be right up my alley. I love physical copies, but I’ve got a Kindle too, so either version would rock. I trust my F-list’s reading tastes, so I’m not even going to request specific authors at this point. Just send me what you think I’d like! Even recs would rock if you can’t send me the book itself.
So yeah, I think that’s my list for the year – if I go back and edit it, I’ll probably drive myself nuts doing it over and over and over, so I’m just going to stop second guessing myself and leave it as is LOL.
Don’t forget to link me to your wish lists guys – I meant it when I said I wanted to try to fill for yall too!
It’s that time again! I’ve really enjoyed this over the years – not even receiving presents (though man do I love mail and email this time of year!) but because I’ve managed to find things for friends that have turned out to make their holiday season better. That just makes me utterly happy to get to make someone smile that way. So please – link me to your wish lists. I generally try to fill at least one wish for each of my friends when linked over there. Also, I am NOT going to post my address here, but if you have something you want to send – just PM me and I’ll send it to you. J
Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 Christmas wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fun ("I'd love a Ron/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real possible things, make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the joy will spread.
Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist (or friends’ friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use, do it.
1. I just realized my journal subscription and icon subscription is out, so I’m adding this to the list. If anyone would like to gift me a subscription, that would be awesome. Not a necessary thing, but I figured I’d put it up here since it’s something I want eventually lol.
2. Fuzzy and soft socks and or fingerless gloves and or arm warmers. This is probably going to be permanently on my wish list, I’ve decided. I seriously use them all year long. I’ve got poor circulation, so my feet are always cold, and my hands ache even worse than usual the colder they get. So yeah, this will be a wonderful thing to receive in my mailbox!
3. Fills in my Fandom Stocking http://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/476548.html. There aren’t any specific requests in there, so any of the pairings/fandoms would be awesome. That said, I do have a specific prompt I’d really really really like to see if any of you write for the Teen Wolf fandom. I’m totally enjoying Teen Wolf lately (in fandom world only – I have yet to watch it weirdly enough), and I have been dragged kicking and screaming into the Sterek pairing. That said, I’d actually love some fic where that relationship isn’t the focus, just the background. What I really want is for Derek to have a good day and some kind of healthy interaction with a female. No really, this poor guy has had every woman he’s loved as a family member killed and or vanish into the ether, and his love life? It’s a train wreck. Just horrible. So I want him to have some kind of positive interaction with a chick. Whether it’s Melissa deciding the boy needs someone to mother him, or he and Erica having a positive training session, or hell even a fix-it fic where Laura never died, but the events of the series still progressed for the most part with a rogue Alpha setting things in motion. Or Lydia taking him shopping as his wardrobe is a travesty, or he and Alison coming to some kind of truce and managing to spend time together without glaring. If you couldn’t guess, I am TOTALLY in the everybody lives camp, so I just ask that we pretend none of our darling ladies ever died, and Derek has a happy relationship with Stiles that allows for him to still have positive connections with other people. I just want to see him smile, guys. There are some pretty deeply rooted feelings happening about this. *whibbles*
4. Umm, DVD or blu-ray box sets for either Teen Wolf, MI5, Ripper Street, or The 100 (any season as I don’t have any of these yet.) I know this is a bigger gift so I’m not expecting it – we’re just supposed to wish big right?
5. Similar set, the music junkie in me has been craving
6. Along with my NaNo novel needs, I would love some kind of banners or icons featuring Anna Kendrick and Luke Mitchell with the caption “Cheshire’s Queen.” Anna’s my lead character Roanne Knightly who was the Red Queen in Wonderland but has since lost her memories, and Luke is the Cheshire Cat who was supposed to be the love interest. I have no idea if any romance is going to successfuflly happen, but either way these two are key characters. I know that winning still won't have me even close to a completed novel, and I’d really like to get a finished first draft done in the next few months. Visual aids like a wallpaper or livejournal banner or icons would definitely help get my brain going I think! If you want ideas of some of the fave pics I’ve seen for these guys or some of the other cast images, you can check out my pintrest board for the project here: http://www.pinterest.com/hiddencait/red-queen-story-inspiration/ I’d love to see some of the other characters show up too if that takes your fancy (Keira Knightly as Harriet March aka the March Hare and the lover of Bunni White aka White Rabbit as played by Amanda Seyfried. Also Taylor Momsen as my batshit crazy villainous version of Alice with Zack Ward as Cap – my darling freckled reimagining of Hatter. Roanne’s younger sister Blanche who was the White Queen is played by Georgia Henley. Also bonus character of The Red Knight, Roderick Knightly, currently posing as Roanne’s father is Richard Armitage because of reasons, and Roanne’s roommate Ty Jackson is played by Corbin Blue also because of reasons LOL). But yeah, that’s the cast. Please make me pretties if you enjoy doing so?
7. Umm Scentzy smelly good stuff – we’re getting one again finally, and I only have one scent to put in it at the moment. It’s kind of a US only thing for now (or so I was told) so my international friends, don’t worry about this one if you can’t figure out what it is lol.
8. Anything compass rose, clock, or 8-pointed star pretties. Once again, this goes on every year. I don’t actually need icons with compass roses any more thanks to a wish list about a year ago (thank you Urbancate darling!) but little pendants or maybe journal banners would be awesome. Or a pretty connected theme now that I think about it, I’d be game for really anything steampunk. No really, pretty much anything steampunk styled would make me happy from icons to images to jewelry to costume items that you don’t want any more than I could deconstruct/reconstruct into fun costume wear. It just makes me happy!
9. This feels like an odd one to ask for, but as I do really want to see it happen, I guess I should ask. The horror themed charity anthology that my writing group released back in October has really slowed sales wise, and I’d love to see that pick up again. The ebook is only $2.99 and we’ve been running 99¢ sales off and on too. So sales would be awesome. More importantly though – we don’t have ANY reviews or stars on Amazon, and I know that’s a big reason we probably aren’t getting new people wanting to buy it. So if you buy it, please please please leave a review – it can even be for just which story in the anthology was your fave or a short review of an individual story. Just something to help get some traffic moving over there. It’s for charity guys – I’d really like to see it succeed! Oh, yeah – the link is here: http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Stormy-Night-Cliches-Cause-ebook/dp/B00OKVZWPI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1417276017&sr=1-1
10. Finally, books I guess? Any kind of fun sci-fi/fantasy, steampunk, or dystopian young adult would be right up my alley. I love physical copies, but I’ve got a Kindle too, so either version would rock. I trust my F-list’s reading tastes, so I’m not even going to request specific authors at this point. Just send me what you think I’d like! Even recs would rock if you can’t send me the book itself.
So yeah, I think that’s my list for the year – if I go back and edit it, I’ll probably drive myself nuts doing it over and over and over, so I’m just going to stop second guessing myself and leave it as is LOL.
Don’t forget to link me to your wish lists guys – I meant it when I said I wanted to try to fill for yall too!
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