2016 Writing Year in Review Meme
Writing year in review: I wrote approximately 160,000 words this year.
Compared to:
2015 - 180,000
2014 - 160-170,000 words
2013 - 210,000
2012 - 150,000
2011 - 190,000
2010 - 166,000
My fiction posted in 2016:
A Flower in the Sun (Captive Prince WIP) - 25000
SHORTS:
I can help you change your life 6400
The Foundation (Sequel) 4700
Dread Persephoneia - 3200 - written for i_reversebang
The Adventures of Eames the Satyr, Arthur the Sexy Shepherd, and the Thrust of Destiny - 3200 - written for i_reversebang
Moderately Sparkly - 700 - Amuse Bouche coda
Wet - 2100 - inspired by art, Amuse Bouche coda
My Funny Valentine - 1900 - inspired by art
Jaunty tune - 500 - Inception Bingo
Sweet Talk - 1000 - Inception Bingo
Alone - 4600 - Inception Bingo
Loverboy - 400 - Inception Bingo
Foreplay - 500 - Inception Bingo
Confessions - 500 - Inception Bingo
Mystery Bottom - 500 - Inception Bingo
Temperature - 500 - Inception Bingo
A Glorious Fumble - 300 - Inception Bingo
Taste - 600 - Inception Bingo
Space Hooker - 2000 - Inception Bingo
Fuck. Or not - 900 - Inception Bingo
Dr. Sexy - 900 - Inception Bingo
Long Con - 700 - Inception Bingo
Super - 200 - Inception Bingo
Oddity - 300 - Inception Bingo
Cold Comfort - 300 - Inception Bingo
Ficlets written for AE Last Drabble Writer Standing 2500
SERIES:
NORDA - inspired by Inception Kink Bingo
Adventures of NORDA: the one where Eames buys furniture! 7500
Adventures of NORDA: the one where Arthur goes to a party! 4100
Adventures of NORDA: the one where Eames is Clark Kent! 2600
Number One Recreational Dreamshare Agency 2600
= approximately 63,000 words posted
The rest is in various drafts or unposted
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Wrote about what I expected. It's been fairly steady output these past few years in terms of quantity.
What's your favourite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
I can help you change your life & the sequel, The Foundation
It's dark, it's weird, it's about corruption and sleazy people. Not uplifting, but I'm very pleased with how it turned out and I enjoyed the process of writing it. I've always enjoyed writing about the darker side of humanity in various grim short stories (others that come to mind are creepy SPN shorts).
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
In my Captive Prince fic, A Flower in the Sun, I'm writing in a new fandom (with its own distinctive prose style affected by the canon being a series of books), writing a new pairing dynamic, writing with multiple POVs for the first time (this is interesting and challenging in unexpected ways), and also posting on Ao3 for the first time. It's been challenging, and outside my usual wheelhouse, and I'm learning a lot.
Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
Finish Gangstermoll (this is the year! now that I've finished Sex Bucketlist and a few other WIPS).
Finish A Flower in the sun.
Also, write my first Dragon Age: Inquisition story starring Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus, a canon gay couple and 2 very new character types I've never written before. I also haven't written in a fantasy genre canon before, so that'll be new. I'm going to attempt to do this as part of the annual Big Bang challenge.
My Best Story of the Year
I actually wrote a very short fic for ae_ldws that managed to convey a great deal of story and feeling in few words. I don't know if it was my best story, but I think it was one of my most effective: World's End.
Story Most Under appreciated by the Universe in My Opinion
I can help you change your life & the sequel, The Foundation
Most Fun Story
The whole NORDA series was pretty fun. Heightened reality, a lot of silly, goofy, sexual humor and hijinks, with, I hope, a real emotional core as the relationship between Arthur & Eames evolves over time.
Most Sexy Story
I suppose the Inception Bingo fics (though some aren't particularly sexy).
Hardest Story to Write
A Flower in the Sun - my Captive Prince WIP, which started easy and then got harder once it started growing plot. I thought I could keep it short (because I always do) and I could not (because I never can). It's challenging to write in a new fandom, with new characters, a new pairing dynamic I'm still exploring, plus with the technical challenge of multiple POVs. So a lot of challenges on various fronts, but I think I'm back on track in making good progress. I think I can finish it within a few months if I keep up this pace.
Biggest Surprise
I guess the fact that I'm officially a multi-shipper across multiple fandoms. The newest additions are:
Captive Prince (Damen/Laurent, though I enjoy most of the secondary pairings like Lazar/Pallas, longsuffering Nikandros/anybody)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus, also option to Cullen/Dorian though I have little interest in writing that)
This is in addition to my longstanding fandoms of Inception (which still holds my heart and interest) and Star Trek (my love for Kirk/Sulu will never die, especially now that Sulu is canon bi or gay).
Compared to:
2015 - 180,000
2014 - 160-170,000 words
2013 - 210,000
2012 - 150,000
2011 - 190,000
2010 - 166,000
My fiction posted in 2016:
A Flower in the Sun (Captive Prince WIP) - 25000
SHORTS:
I can help you change your life 6400
The Foundation (Sequel) 4700
Dread Persephoneia - 3200 - written for i_reversebang
The Adventures of Eames the Satyr, Arthur the Sexy Shepherd, and the Thrust of Destiny - 3200 - written for i_reversebang
Moderately Sparkly - 700 - Amuse Bouche coda
Wet - 2100 - inspired by art, Amuse Bouche coda
My Funny Valentine - 1900 - inspired by art
Jaunty tune - 500 - Inception Bingo
Sweet Talk - 1000 - Inception Bingo
Alone - 4600 - Inception Bingo
Loverboy - 400 - Inception Bingo
Foreplay - 500 - Inception Bingo
Confessions - 500 - Inception Bingo
Mystery Bottom - 500 - Inception Bingo
Temperature - 500 - Inception Bingo
A Glorious Fumble - 300 - Inception Bingo
Taste - 600 - Inception Bingo
Space Hooker - 2000 - Inception Bingo
Fuck. Or not - 900 - Inception Bingo
Dr. Sexy - 900 - Inception Bingo
Long Con - 700 - Inception Bingo
Super - 200 - Inception Bingo
Oddity - 300 - Inception Bingo
Cold Comfort - 300 - Inception Bingo
Ficlets written for AE Last Drabble Writer Standing 2500
SERIES:
NORDA - inspired by Inception Kink Bingo
Adventures of NORDA: the one where Eames buys furniture! 7500
Adventures of NORDA: the one where Arthur goes to a party! 4100
Adventures of NORDA: the one where Eames is Clark Kent! 2600
Number One Recreational Dreamshare Agency 2600
= approximately 63,000 words posted
The rest is in various drafts or unposted
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Wrote about what I expected. It's been fairly steady output these past few years in terms of quantity.
What's your favourite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
I can help you change your life & the sequel, The Foundation
It's dark, it's weird, it's about corruption and sleazy people. Not uplifting, but I'm very pleased with how it turned out and I enjoyed the process of writing it. I've always enjoyed writing about the darker side of humanity in various grim short stories (others that come to mind are creepy SPN shorts).
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
In my Captive Prince fic, A Flower in the Sun, I'm writing in a new fandom (with its own distinctive prose style affected by the canon being a series of books), writing a new pairing dynamic, writing with multiple POVs for the first time (this is interesting and challenging in unexpected ways), and also posting on Ao3 for the first time. It's been challenging, and outside my usual wheelhouse, and I'm learning a lot.
Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
Finish Gangstermoll (this is the year! now that I've finished Sex Bucketlist and a few other WIPS).
Finish A Flower in the sun.
Also, write my first Dragon Age: Inquisition story starring Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus, a canon gay couple and 2 very new character types I've never written before. I also haven't written in a fantasy genre canon before, so that'll be new. I'm going to attempt to do this as part of the annual Big Bang challenge.
My Best Story of the Year
I actually wrote a very short fic for ae_ldws that managed to convey a great deal of story and feeling in few words. I don't know if it was my best story, but I think it was one of my most effective: World's End.
Story Most Under appreciated by the Universe in My Opinion
I can help you change your life & the sequel, The Foundation
Most Fun Story
The whole NORDA series was pretty fun. Heightened reality, a lot of silly, goofy, sexual humor and hijinks, with, I hope, a real emotional core as the relationship between Arthur & Eames evolves over time.
Most Sexy Story
I suppose the Inception Bingo fics (though some aren't particularly sexy).
Hardest Story to Write
A Flower in the Sun - my Captive Prince WIP, which started easy and then got harder once it started growing plot. I thought I could keep it short (because I always do) and I could not (because I never can). It's challenging to write in a new fandom, with new characters, a new pairing dynamic I'm still exploring, plus with the technical challenge of multiple POVs. So a lot of challenges on various fronts, but I think I'm back on track in making good progress. I think I can finish it within a few months if I keep up this pace.
Biggest Surprise
I guess the fact that I'm officially a multi-shipper across multiple fandoms. The newest additions are:
Captive Prince (Damen/Laurent, though I enjoy most of the secondary pairings like Lazar/Pallas, longsuffering Nikandros/anybody)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus, also option to Cullen/Dorian though I have little interest in writing that)
This is in addition to my longstanding fandoms of Inception (which still holds my heart and interest) and Star Trek (my love for Kirk/Sulu will never die, especially now that Sulu is canon bi or gay).