Happy New Year Everyone, and Two Fic Recs
Well first, this is my annual end of year, Happy New Year post, especially to snottygrrl. I think she is one of the first on my flist to ring in the New Year, and I'm happy to say I was able to meet her in person at Terminus this past August.

Second - I just want to say how incredible the past year has been.  Incredible because:

1) of the wonderful people I met up in Chicago at Terminus.  It was so good being able to put faces to the names.
2) I turned 50 and celebrated it by going to NYC and seeing Equus and meeting more fen there! Plus, I met a neighbor up there, winoniel,who only lives about three blocks away from me!  She's become a great friend to fangirl with in person.
3) I wrote for the Snarry Games - it made me feel like a true writer.
4) I wrote for 25 days straight this December for the adventdrabbles comms on IJ and LJ (although what I wrote were no drabbles!).  I found some really neat friends and converted some new readers to the Alex Rider fandom.
5) Wow, and my idol, annephoenix, invited me to post my Advent series to her Alex Rider archive.  I have never felt more honoured!
6) I wrote for  yuletide this year for the first time, and my fic was well received, which made me very happy, especially considering who I was writing it for!  Plus, the fic I received was wonderful!  If you are a Damian Lewis fan (who plays Yassen in the Alex Rider movie), then you are probably a Life fan.  My fic was written in that fandom, A Basket of Cellophane, and is terrific.  Even if you don't know the characters, it's great, but if you do...take a few minutes to read it.  You'll be as awed as I was.

Thirdly, some of you may be familiar with hollycomb on Livejournal from her Albus/Scorpius fics, but she wrote a very sweet and tender original fic for me, Where You Go From Here, based on a prompt I gave her.  She's a talented writer and if you have time, check it out.  It will put a smile on your face for the New Year.

And I hate putting this last, but I can't finish this post without a special thank you to joanwilder. She has a special place in my heart for many, many reasons, starting with being my Team Captain for the Snarry Games, then becoming my beta, then taking me under her wing at Terminuse (I get a bit intimidated in large groups and tend to latch on to someone for protection, and she didn't shove me away!), and finally, because she's a wonderful person and friend!

So, flist, I love you all, however I know you, be it via fandom writing, original writing, anime, manga, jdramas, music, ebooks, or audiobooks!  You've added so much to my life this past year, and I'm looking forward to more in 2009! I'm sending good thoughts to all of you!