Hi from Santa! Don’t worry about not replying sooner, I know how busy you are at the moment. I’ve made real headway on your gift this week and everything is on time and on target for the 23rd. Now, to think of a title! Always the hardest part. I’ll send a little teaser snippet in a separate message. Hope that things quieten down soon! ~ Santa

A teaser snippet!: /Still fuming with barely contained ire, Gold thought of the man at table twenty with his medium rare steak. He had so wanted to take off his apron, shove it at the guy and haul him into the kitchen, telling him that if he knew best, he should try running the kitchen for the night and see how he liked it. “Erm, chef?”One of the waitresses was hovering nervously. “What?” he snapped. “The brulée’s on fire,” she squeaked./

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I think that about expresses my feelings!!!

You are incredible Santa! Eeeeek I’m so excited 🙂 Massive congrats on making headway on the fic, I bet that feels like such a relief what with the deadline looming. Plus I know how stressed you were last week so *huge hugs* yay you! Titles are definitely problematic, I hear you about them being the hardest part! I’m sure whatever you choose will be brilliant!

I feel like I should quote Teal’c from Stargate SG-1 right now. He said something like “Things will not calm down Doctor Jackson, they will in fact calm up.” and that’s kinda what this upcoming week is looking like. If it’s not one thing then it’s something else. Wednesday is a key day. If it goes well I’ll still be busy because of Saturday but I’ll be happy. If it goes badly… well let’s not think about that. Positive thoughts!

I hope you are having a good weekend Santa and that the upcoming week is good to you! *hugs*

Hey Giftee! I hope you’re doing ok. My week did eventually look up so I was able to work on your gift today; I reckon it’s about 1/3 done. Would you like a snippet to fill your stocking? ;-) ~ Santa

Hey there Giftee! Not sure if my last message got through, but either way, things are definitely looking up in Santaland and I’m in a much better place than I was a week ago. I hope you get to be less busy and can work on your own gift soon! ~ Santa

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I am so sorry. I got your message and intended to reply and then flat out forgot. I didn’t mean to be rude! I suppose I could have pretended tumblr ate it but that would have been dishonest.

I am utterly thrilled that your week improved! I was worried about you *hugs* so I’m really so pleased that you are feeling better! A snippet would be fantastic yay! honestly it really does feel like christmas heh 🙂 Actually this is better than christmas! All the craziness ends on the morning of the 16th, so if nothing else I’ll have the last week to finish my RCIJ *guiltily contemplates WIP’s* I have two weeks with nothing to do but write. Hopefully I can make the most of that!

You are the best Santa! Again I’m so sorry about forgetting to reply *hides* and I’m really happy for you that things are better *hugs* Hope you have a great week!

Hi Giftee, this is Santa checking in. No more words on the page unfortunately :( I’m having a bad week in terms of mental health and all my writing has had to go on hold for a couple of days whilst I get myself sorted out. Still, slow and steady wins the race and I’m aiming to bounce back in time to get some work done during Camp Nano in July. You hang in there now! ~ Santa

Oh Santa! 🙁

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I’m really sorry to hear that! Please don’t worry at all about writing, and just forget the gift completely. I just want you to take care of yourself! You are what is important! I’m behind you 110%, with the anonymous restriction I guess it would be hard for me to actually do anything but please know that I care, that I really sympathize, and that I understand. Massive *hugs*

I hope you do feel better soon for your sake, and I hope you enjoy Camp NaNo! Usually I find NaNo to be a positive experience and I really hope that you will enjoy it. I don’t know if you know (and it might be a giveaway if you asked to join now heh) but there is a Rumbelle cabin for Camp. Also I don’t know if this will help you but I wrote a couple of pep talks in April, and I plan to do the same next month. There is also the word crawl that I made, and one Worry made as well. Best of luck for Camp! I’m rooting for you *waves pom-poms*

Do you enjoy the Marvel movies Santa? Spiderman Homecoming is releasing next month. If you do like those movies, then I hope you’ll enjoy it! The trailer looks good, I’m interested in the Tony Stark and Peter Parker interaction. Tony being a mentor is a new side to his character.

Anyway I hope the week is good to you Santa! Wishing you all the best! *hugs*

Thanks for the TMI questions, you guys are the best! I started to answer but I am so tired my brain has stopped working. I’m going to have to pick them up again tomorrow. I haven’t been on tumblr really since Sunday night so I’m behind on fic, gifsets, everything really. I’ll catch up the moment I can.

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Greetings from Santa! I have many updates for you! Well, not many, but some! Firstly – there are more words on the page! Secondly – I’m splitting this fic up into short chapters rather than one long piece – I feel it just works better that way. I have the first two chapters written! Unfortunately my brain now wants to skip forward to the epilogue. *sigh*. Thirdly and finally – do you have any thoughts as to Gold’s first name? [cont]


[cont] I’m terrible with naming Golds. I am currently calling him Aiden, which is a traditional Irish and Scottish name, but I am in no way attached to it if you would prefer something different. (Maybe Aiden’s your dad’s name and it feels weird or something – got to take these things into account!) I hope you have a great week! ~ Santa

Heya Santa *waves*

Congrats on more words on the page! I’ve been poking at my RCIJ fic. It’s slow going, I keep getting distracted, but I’ve made a start and that’s always the hardest part. Woah a chaptered fic! *rubs hands together gleefully* I’m so lucky! You are the best Santa!

I’m completely fine with the name Aiden, I’ve used all sorts of names for Gold in various fics. Mostly I look at what Belle could shorten it too, or I try and imagine her saying it lovingly and then I go with whether it feels right for that particular Gold. Thanks for checking as there are a few names that I wouldn’t have been comfortable with. That’s so nice of you to think of that!

I hope you had a good weekend! It’s got a lot cooler thank merlin. It’s very rare for me to be too hot, I’m normally cold. My family despair, they are all going ‘ugh so hot’ and I’m pulling on a second sweater or huddling under a blanket or something. However, this recent heatwave made even me too hot! It was downright unpleasant. Hopefully there won’t be too many re-occurrences this summer 🙂

I hope you have a great week Santa!

PLL OF COURSE because it’s so near and dear to my heart forever and always, and you do such a fantastic job with their mutual issues and Belle’s disability and anxiety. Probably Transposing Digits next. It’s such a cute verse, very fluffy and wonderful, with bonus Bae.

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Thank you! Your support with PLL means everything to me. I’m always scared I’m not going to do it justice and then you comment with the beta read and well I couldn’t do it without you *hugs*

What is your favorite fic of mine?

My fave fic of yours is definitely Painting Layers of Love because it’s just so beautiful, but I really like everything in the extended Transposing Digits ‘verse as well. :D Fluffy fluff ftw!

Awww thank you! Yeah PLL is definitely close to my heart.

Yeah The Right Wrong Number verse is so fluffy I think it should come with a tooth-rotting warning 🙂 That was the fic that could. Honestly it started off as an AMR oneshot, prompts expanded it to 5 chapters, and then I added another oneshot and two more multi-chapters to the verse. It was totally unexpected and all from one prompt oneshot.

What is your favorite fic of mine?

My favourite of your stories will always be the AMAZING gift you wrote for me! I still go back and read it along with the smutty one shot! *hugs* Thank you so much for writing fics for our fandom!

Awwww *hugs you* you are so welcome! You were the best giftee I think it’s possible to have. You certainly made RSS the most enjoyable gift exchange I’ve ever done. I’m so glad you enjoyed the verse 🙂

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What is your favorite fic of mine?