TP's Wise Words

I was nominated for an Ezzie!

My reaction, "Holy shit, is that my name? My god, that is me! Holy Shit!!" Look here, under Best Old West Gen Short Story, mine is the 10th or 11th one down! The Christmas Ride by tpena. That's my story, hee! :D

I am that total cliche person who says "it's an honor just being nominated", I really am. I wouldn't say no to a placing, but damn I am so stoked just knowing I made the list. There are so many talented writers on there, and some of my fave stories (hee), that this just blew me away. I don't expect to actually win anything better than this feeling - so happy right now. I can't wait to tell my parents about it tomorrow (they're in bed now, old fogeys).

I have no clue how long I've been on the list. Because, first off, my internet has been wonky for a while now (I live in the country and storms, which we have had a ton of lately, mess with the signal, plus! we lost our modem and had to wait to get a new one), so I couldn't check. Then, the pain joy of a spotty internet is that you choose your places of visitation very wisely. Meaning that I checked email and places where others communicate with me at (like deviantart and livejournal), very rarely do I wonder off to other places, such leads to frustration (not that I don't get that anyway, arg).

I never, ever expected to ever be nominated so I never bothered to check the lists for my name. In fact, I just saw my name tonight on a post pezgirl7 sent out to the mag7fans community, thus my huge surprise. I have no idea who nommed me, but THANK YOU! I just had to run off and post about it in glee immediately.

Once again, I am a nominee! and THANKS! to whoever made it so.

This fic is dedicated to pezgirl7 since the idea spawned (and then took on a life of it's own) after leaving her a present under her virtual tree and commenting.

Me: *left reindeer under tree* This was the closest thing to a horse I could find, I figure you and the boys can ride this for the season, lol.

Pez Girl: Your gift made me LOL. I can just imagine Ezra's reaction to having to ride on a reindeer. Vin would probably hop right on. :)

ME: Vin and JD would be all for it, of course, and I could see Josiah and Buck being talked into it pretty easy too. But I'm thinking it'd be a bit more difficult to talk Chris, Nathan, and Ezra into it, heh.

Title: The Christmas Ride or How Chris Larabee Came to Have a Personal Grudge Against St. Nick
Author: tpena19, Tiffany, It's Me (duh)
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven: Old West
Characters: Buck, Chris, Ezra, JD, Josiah, Nathan, Vin, and reindeer.
Rating: PG-15, Gen (no pairings)
Disclaimer: I make no money and no copyright infringement is intended, the Mag7 boys belong to MGM, Mirisch and Trilogy. Santa owns the reindeer.
Word Count: 12,325 (for whole post), 11,940 (for just the story)
Warnings: Some cussin' (it's a crazy situation, excuse the boys)
Spoilers: Set in nonspecific OW time line, spoilers for basic understanding of Mag7 (and fanon characteristics).
Author's Notes: Random Christmas Crack!Fic dedicated to Pez Girl. No actual reindeer were hurt in the making of this fic.
A/N 2: Oh, wow! Many thanks to whoever nominated this story for a 2009 Ezzie Award, thanks bunches for liking the story that much. I greatly appreciate it.
Beta: jojosimco Now with new beta-y goodness. Thank you, JoJo!
Summary: The boys are stranded up a mountain on Christmas night without a way back home...or are they?



( On to the Story )