2009 Fic Review Post
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grav_ityOnce again, I am here and I haven't finished all the fic I wanted to this year. Which is funny, you know, because I did myself proud this year. But still, the Remus/Tonks trilogy mocks me. :)
Total Number of Words: 57,043 (agh, so close to a PB!)
Total Number of Stories: 18
Fandoms: Battlestar Galactica, Legend of the Seeker, Stargate SG-1, Doctor Who, Stargate Atlantis, Avatar the Last Airbender, Harry Potter, Angel, The Bourne Trilogy, Dollhouse and Criminal Minds.
Be All My Sins Remember'd: He was, after all, her very first. (Roslin, Leoben...Destiny)
Fateful Hours: She sees their faces in the water. (A series of ficlets based on the rune in Madeleine L'Engle's "Swiftly Tilting Planet")
Wizard's Other Rules #7 and #4: There are certain rules in High Fantasy. Legend of the Seeker is no exception.
Weathering: Helo’s leg never really heals completely. (Helo, Sharon, post-series)
X is for Xenopathology: What was she thinking? (Janet gen fic alphabet soup)
Après moi, le deluge: You can't break that which isn't yours. (remix of "After Me the Flood", where Helo and Sharon deal with Boomer, amongst other things)
Same Faces, Different Places: Atlantis gets some unexpected visitors who, in turn, are not visiting what they expect. (Crossover of Doctor Who and Stargate Atlantis, as seen through the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
wildwest_lantis AU)
Pop Rocks: It was a boring wooden hut, just like any other prison. (Lorne, Cadman, offworld hijinks and resulting prison cells)
It's All Fun and Games...: He was pretty sure that this would be easier if only he knew where his pants were. (Lorne, Cadman, offworld hijinks and...well, you know)
The Loneliest Number: Two can be as bad as one. (Jacob, Selmak, gen fic, alphabet soup)
Home is Where the Heart Is: Monks have a proverb for everything. (Avatar the Last Airbender, fluff forwildwest_lantis , introducing Sarah Gardiner)
Until You Are Dead: The BAU is called to a small town in Ontario to help in the re-investigation of a 50-year-old murder case after three additional bodies are found. (Criminal Minds, gen fic, case based, teamy goodness)
My favorite story this year (of my own): This year really feels like two years: before I moved to Barrie, and after I moved to Barrie. But really, I think "Fateful Hours" was good. It was the first time I heard the BSG soundtrack. I just played it all the way through and the words poured out. It was like being in a dream.
My best story this year: "Until You Are Dead". There is a lot of me in this story, but I don't think it shows too much. It was an exercise, it was easy, it was fun and it was very, very personal. And it was crime drama, which was how I got into this whole thing in the first place. :)
Story most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: This category has always bugged me. But I would have to say "Lying Down With Dogs", if only because I've been writing it since 2007.
Most fun story: "Same Faces, Different Places", no contest. Doctor Who and Stargate Atlantis in the Wild West? Indeed.
Sexiest story: Part Three of "Oslo Syndrome". Detail-oriented sex for the win!
Hardest story to write: "Lying Down With Dogs", obviously. It took me more than two years!
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? Way more. Waaaaaaaaaay more. I thought I was dead in the water. That tiny one-shots would be how I spent my days. And then I started really writing, and found hope and joy and words.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? Remus/Tonks was a risk. I have tended towards Harry Potter fic that does not actually involve Harry Potter, and writing a mostly non-magical story about grown-ups is awkward sometimes. But still fun.
Do you have any goals for the New Year? Yes, thank you for asking. ;) I want to write "The Mind Thief". And, you know, edit "The Stone Thief". And write more fic. :)
For the record, I also wrote two original stories this year.
"A Turkey for Mrs. Eckhart" is about my mum and my babysitter and my hometown and a turkey. I wrote it for the CBC Literary Awards competition, and also for my mother’s birthday. It was hard, on account of not involving a dragon or magic or explosions, but it was also a lot of fun. It clocked it at just over 2100 words.
And "The Stone Thief", which you can read about in its tag. 30 days, 84,421 words, more than 40 times through the BSG soundtrack and a lot of tea. I can’t wait to start the next one. :)
GRAND TOTAL:143, 598 words GO ME!
Previous Installments:
2008
2007
2006
2005
I seem to not have one for 2004, which is weird given that this was the year of both "Blood Night" AND "Harceisis".
Total Number of Words: 57,043 (agh, so close to a PB!)
Total Number of Stories: 18
Fandoms: Battlestar Galactica, Legend of the Seeker, Stargate SG-1, Doctor Who, Stargate Atlantis, Avatar the Last Airbender, Harry Potter, Angel, The Bourne Trilogy, Dollhouse and Criminal Minds.
Be All My Sins Remember'd: He was, after all, her very first. (Roslin, Leoben...Destiny)
Fateful Hours: She sees their faces in the water. (A series of ficlets based on the rune in Madeleine L'Engle's "Swiftly Tilting Planet")
Wizard's Other Rules #7 and #4: There are certain rules in High Fantasy. Legend of the Seeker is no exception.
Weathering: Helo’s leg never really heals completely. (Helo, Sharon, post-series)
X is for Xenopathology: What was she thinking? (Janet gen fic alphabet soup)
Après moi, le deluge: You can't break that which isn't yours. (remix of "After Me the Flood", where Helo and Sharon deal with Boomer, amongst other things)
Same Faces, Different Places: Atlantis gets some unexpected visitors who, in turn, are not visiting what they expect. (Crossover of Doctor Who and Stargate Atlantis, as seen through the
wildwest_lantis AU)Pop Rocks: It was a boring wooden hut, just like any other prison. (Lorne, Cadman, offworld hijinks and resulting prison cells)
It's All Fun and Games...: He was pretty sure that this would be easier if only he knew where his pants were. (Lorne, Cadman, offworld hijinks and...well, you know)
The Loneliest Number: Two can be as bad as one. (Jacob, Selmak, gen fic, alphabet soup)
Home is Where the Heart Is: Monks have a proverb for everything. (Avatar the Last Airbender, fluff for
wildwest_lantis , introducing Sarah Gardiner)Until You Are Dead: The BAU is called to a small town in Ontario to help in the re-investigation of a 50-year-old murder case after three additional bodies are found. (Criminal Minds, gen fic, case based, teamy goodness)
My favorite story this year (of my own): This year really feels like two years: before I moved to Barrie, and after I moved to Barrie. But really, I think "Fateful Hours" was good. It was the first time I heard the BSG soundtrack. I just played it all the way through and the words poured out. It was like being in a dream.
My best story this year: "Until You Are Dead". There is a lot of me in this story, but I don't think it shows too much. It was an exercise, it was easy, it was fun and it was very, very personal. And it was crime drama, which was how I got into this whole thing in the first place. :)
Story most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: This category has always bugged me. But I would have to say "Lying Down With Dogs", if only because I've been writing it since 2007.
Most fun story: "Same Faces, Different Places", no contest. Doctor Who and Stargate Atlantis in the Wild West? Indeed.
Sexiest story: Part Three of "Oslo Syndrome". Detail-oriented sex for the win!
Hardest story to write: "Lying Down With Dogs", obviously. It took me more than two years!
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? Way more. Waaaaaaaaaay more. I thought I was dead in the water. That tiny one-shots would be how I spent my days. And then I started really writing, and found hope and joy and words.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? Remus/Tonks was a risk. I have tended towards Harry Potter fic that does not actually involve Harry Potter, and writing a mostly non-magical story about grown-ups is awkward sometimes. But still fun.
Do you have any goals for the New Year? Yes, thank you for asking. ;) I want to write "The Mind Thief". And, you know, edit "The Stone Thief". And write more fic. :)
For the record, I also wrote two original stories this year.
"A Turkey for Mrs. Eckhart" is about my mum and my babysitter and my hometown and a turkey. I wrote it for the CBC Literary Awards competition, and also for my mother’s birthday. It was hard, on account of not involving a dragon or magic or explosions, but it was also a lot of fun. It clocked it at just over 2100 words.
And "The Stone Thief", which you can read about in its tag. 30 days, 84,421 words, more than 40 times through the BSG soundtrack and a lot of tea. I can’t wait to start the next one. :)
GRAND TOTAL:
Previous Installments:
2008
2007
2006
2005
I seem to not have one for 2004, which is weird given that this was the year of both "Blood Night" AND "Harceisis".
