grundyscribbling

Dear Innumerable Stars Author,

Hello! I hope you are as excited about the exchange as I am! I've done Innumerable Stars several times before and had a great experience. I hope the same will be true for you.

Please don't be intimidated by the number of tags - I prefer to list too much than too little. Better you're spoiled for choice than stuck. (Also, when presented with something as long as the tag set, my brain tends to get stuck on 'but why not ALL of them?')

I've offered prompts, or as close to them as I get, below. If there's anything you're concerned about or want to run by me before you get too into writing, feel free to comment here (I have anonymous comments on and screened). As far as ratings go, I will read whatever you're moved to write. I am eager to see what you create!

A word on the Do Not Wants. Aside from the first few, they are listed less because I never read them, than because I either need to be in a particular mood to read them, or because works featuring them are very hit or miss for me. In my mind, the ideal outcome to an exchange is me enthusiastically telling you and the world how much I love what you wrote and bookmarking it for re-reading, so I don't want you putting your creative energy into something that I know will be anywhere from a toss-up to a long shot if I like it, or that I will only voluntarily read on a rainy day in November. (Just to be clear, I'm not saying my reading quirks make any sense whatsoever. Only that I have them and I'm doing my best to steer you clear of them.)

( DNWs )

( Likes )


Finally, I don't know about you, but living in interesting times is wearing on me. I would deeply appreciate if you could focus more on the good times and flashes of happiness and less on the angst and awfulness. I do not expect pure fluff, but please no dark/downer endings or "everyone dies".

Prompts, or at least vague ideas for my requests may be found below. All worldbuilding tags are guidelines only, use them as you see fit.

( Request 1 - Smith of Wootton Major )


( Request 2 - The Silmarillion )


( Request 3 - The Hobbit (book) )


( Request 4 - Crossovers )


( Request 5 - LotR movies )


( Request 6 - LotR books )

Dear Chocolatier,

Thank you for writing for me!

I don't want to restrict your creativity or have you fret about whether or not you've hit everything on a checklist, so I tried to keep my requests broad. Hopefully I haven't been so broad that you're left scratching your head. The prompts are more ideas than anything. If you have questions, feel free to leave a comment here. (Anonymous comments are screened.)

I've split the requests out by fandoms. Most DNWs are the same for all, but there are a few fandom specific ones. (The majority of the DNWs are there not because I never read them, but because they are very hit and miss for me. I don't want you to put time and effort into something I know I’m unlikely to be in the mood to read.)

( Likes )

( General DNWs )

The fandoms:
( Crossovers )
( Firefly )
( Dragonriders of Pern )
( Knives Out )
( The Mummy )
( Silmarillion )
( Sherlock Holmes )
( ST:AOS )

Dear Innumerable Stars Author,

Hello! I hope you are as excited about the exchange as I am! I've done Innumerable Stars several times before and had a great experience. I hope the same will be true for you.

I've offered prompts, or as close to them as I get, below. But I don't want you to feel like I trying to restrict your creativity - if there's anything you're concerned about or want to run by me before you get too into writing, feel free to comment here (I have anonymous comments on and screened). As far as ratings go, I will read whatever you're moved to write. I am eager to see what you create!

First, the Do Not Wants. Aside from the first few, they are listed less because I never read them, than because I either need to be in a particular mood to read them, or because works featuring them are very hit or miss for me. I do not want you to invest your time and energy in something that I know will be anywhere from a toss-up to a long shot if I like it, or that I will only voluntarily read on a rainy weekend in November. (Just to be clear, I'm not saying my reading quirks make any sense whatsoever.) In my mind, the ideal outcome to an exchange is me enthusiastically telling you and the world how much I love what you wrote and bookmarking it for re-reading!

( DNWs, likes, etc behind the cut )
Prompts, or at least vague ideas for my requests may be found below:

( The Hobbit )

( Silmarillion - the Second Age )

( Silmarillion - the Lindar )

( Silmarillion - the hard to define one )

Dear Innumerable Stars Author,

Hi! I hope you are as excited about the exchange as I am! I've done Innumerable Stars before and had a great experience, so I hope the same will be true for you.

I don't want to restrict your creativity or have you fret about whether or not you've hit everything on a checklist, so I tried to keep my requests broad. If there's anything you're concerned about or want to run by me before you get too into writing, feel free to either comment here (I have anonymous comments on and screened) or drop me an anonymous ask on Tumblr (grundyscribbling). As far as ratings go, I will read whatever you're moved to write. I am eager to see what you create!

( This way to the DNWs, Likes, etc. )