I'm baa-ack...
Well hello all. In a little while I imagine you're all going to get a lot of comments from me on posts/comments you barely remember writing. But this is the way of the harrowing experience which is moving house, compounded by the no internet problem. I mean, *really*, what's that about?
Also, it's now New Year's Day, and I'm posting a couple of fics, neither of which I'm terribly happy with, but if I don't do them now they won't be posted until next Christmas, because they're both festivey.
All the Festive Fics
While Mortals Sleep - Firefly: Christmas
End of a Missing Year - West Wing: Chrismukkah...
Ulterior Motives - House: Christmas
Against expectations, the sun rises - SG-1: Winter solstice (sort of..)
I need more holidays. And to write more because really, four fics is less than I had intended. I shall blame the house-move, and cope, but I still feel unproductive
Also - memes!
My favorite story this year (of my own): Just to make sure we get some variety - Sort of Antipathy. The longest thing I've ever written, and it was a miracle to me that it was actually finished. Plus there are bits that I can still read back and not cringe over - even though it's too fluffy, and not as plotty as I thought it would be. It's in no way the *best* thing I've written this year (see the next question) but the one I've fondest of, and second proudest of.
My best story this year: End of a Missing Year, easily. It just *worked* somehow, and I knew as I was writing it that it was better than most of what I write because it isn't like the rest of my stuff. It has almost no dialogue, it isn't terribly fluffy, and there's no quipping. And raedbard liked it, so that's cool :-)
Story most tragically underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Hmm... Two Kisses I think. I liked that one, and I thought it was more palatable than most of my Sam/Toby.
Most fun story: 1984. Light and fluffy, but got across something I feel about Sam, and people seemed to enjoy it.
Most sexy story: Ack, I can't write sexy stories.... None so Blind I suppose, because it addresses a kink of mine, and was the first sex scene I wrote, so I passed a landmark with it.
Story with the single sexiest moment: None so Blind again, - "You were blind for a month,’ Simon teased, ‘and you’re closing your eyes while we do this?" Because teasing!Simon is always sexy. I actually hope that isn't the single sexiest moment, because it's ridiculously tame, but I honestly can't think of another particular moment.
Most unintentionally telling story: Umm... I honestly have no idea. Most of the things I write, I know what's motivating me, at least once I'm writing them. I suppose my Chase!hair obsession is weird and new, and went unnoticed for a while. Words in Air and Silence has some parts about writing which come straight from me, but I knew that as I wrote it!
"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for me" story: Transference I imagine, if you discount Sam/Toby in total. Abuse fics normally stay in my head - but this one is out here in the general public. Who, granted, seem to be enjoying it. But really, Sam/Toby is enough strangeness for one person.
Story that shifted my own perception of the characters: Sort of Antipathy made me like Luna and Neville a lot more. Or rather, not like, but see the strength in. Similar to Dumbledore, who I had been kind of ambivalent about during a lot of the writing, but then he became so important to Harry during the story. Also, Blaise, but as that was my fanon perception of Blaise, it really means nothing!
Hardest story to write: Words in Air and Silence because it had to be written for the Ficathon and I could not, for the life of me, get it right. I had 300 words I liked (Josh's line in the opening, and part of Toby's thoughts during Sam's speech) and then I was blocked, wrote 1000 more words and hated them, and finally sent it to raedbard who made it all better :-)
Worst story: Superheroes. It isn't *bad* exactly, just weak. The Fairytale Series is supposed to be all fluff, and even with that I think it doesn't have enough to it.
Easiest story to write: End of a Missing Year came to me when half asleep and just flowed the moment I put my fingers to the keyboard.
Story I'd like to revise (but probably won't): Words in Air and Silence - I like it, and so do others, but I know it should be better than it is. It has the sense of a story (to me) that had a great theme behind it in my head, but it didn't come out properly in the writing.
Story I wish I'd finished: This Jack/Daniel fic I was writing. It went melodramtic and horrible, but I really wanted to write it properly.
Story I didn't write but swear I will, someday: Scrubs fic, kind of a sad JD one. And the infamous Sam/Toby epic.
Meme 2:
Tell me of a fandom you know I know of and I'll tell you:
1. The first character I first fell in love with:
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
4. The character I love that everyone else hates:
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer:
6. The character I would shag anytime:
7. The character I'd want to be like:
8. The character I'd slap:
9. A pairing that I love:
10. A pairing that I despise:
I hate New Year's. Really. It's too close to having to go back to uni, and I've achived nothing this past year. Really, not at all. The closest I have to an achievement is Nathan Fillion borrowing my pen. Maybe I'll do things this year like write the novel, do well at my degree, find a true love... It's just that I doubt it, you know? And on that happy thought, bye all. Happy New Year!
Also, it's now New Year's Day, and I'm posting a couple of fics, neither of which I'm terribly happy with, but if I don't do them now they won't be posted until next Christmas, because they're both festivey.
All the Festive Fics
While Mortals Sleep - Firefly: Christmas
End of a Missing Year - West Wing: Chrismukkah...
Ulterior Motives - House: Christmas
Against expectations, the sun rises - SG-1: Winter solstice (sort of..)
I need more holidays. And to write more because really, four fics is less than I had intended. I shall blame the house-move, and cope, but I still feel unproductive
Also - memes!
My favorite story this year (of my own): Just to make sure we get some variety - Sort of Antipathy. The longest thing I've ever written, and it was a miracle to me that it was actually finished. Plus there are bits that I can still read back and not cringe over - even though it's too fluffy, and not as plotty as I thought it would be. It's in no way the *best* thing I've written this year (see the next question) but the one I've fondest of, and second proudest of.
My best story this year: End of a Missing Year, easily. It just *worked* somehow, and I knew as I was writing it that it was better than most of what I write because it isn't like the rest of my stuff. It has almost no dialogue, it isn't terribly fluffy, and there's no quipping. And raedbard liked it, so that's cool :-)
Story most tragically underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Hmm... Two Kisses I think. I liked that one, and I thought it was more palatable than most of my Sam/Toby.
Most fun story: 1984. Light and fluffy, but got across something I feel about Sam, and people seemed to enjoy it.
Most sexy story: Ack, I can't write sexy stories.... None so Blind I suppose, because it addresses a kink of mine, and was the first sex scene I wrote, so I passed a landmark with it.
Story with the single sexiest moment: None so Blind again, - "You were blind for a month,’ Simon teased, ‘and you’re closing your eyes while we do this?" Because teasing!Simon is always sexy. I actually hope that isn't the single sexiest moment, because it's ridiculously tame, but I honestly can't think of another particular moment.
Most unintentionally telling story: Umm... I honestly have no idea. Most of the things I write, I know what's motivating me, at least once I'm writing them. I suppose my Chase!hair obsession is weird and new, and went unnoticed for a while. Words in Air and Silence has some parts about writing which come straight from me, but I knew that as I wrote it!
"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for me" story: Transference I imagine, if you discount Sam/Toby in total. Abuse fics normally stay in my head - but this one is out here in the general public. Who, granted, seem to be enjoying it. But really, Sam/Toby is enough strangeness for one person.
Story that shifted my own perception of the characters: Sort of Antipathy made me like Luna and Neville a lot more. Or rather, not like, but see the strength in. Similar to Dumbledore, who I had been kind of ambivalent about during a lot of the writing, but then he became so important to Harry during the story. Also, Blaise, but as that was my fanon perception of Blaise, it really means nothing!
Hardest story to write: Words in Air and Silence because it had to be written for the Ficathon and I could not, for the life of me, get it right. I had 300 words I liked (Josh's line in the opening, and part of Toby's thoughts during Sam's speech) and then I was blocked, wrote 1000 more words and hated them, and finally sent it to raedbard who made it all better :-)
Worst story: Superheroes. It isn't *bad* exactly, just weak. The Fairytale Series is supposed to be all fluff, and even with that I think it doesn't have enough to it.
Easiest story to write: End of a Missing Year came to me when half asleep and just flowed the moment I put my fingers to the keyboard.
Story I'd like to revise (but probably won't): Words in Air and Silence - I like it, and so do others, but I know it should be better than it is. It has the sense of a story (to me) that had a great theme behind it in my head, but it didn't come out properly in the writing.
Story I wish I'd finished: This Jack/Daniel fic I was writing. It went melodramtic and horrible, but I really wanted to write it properly.
Story I didn't write but swear I will, someday: Scrubs fic, kind of a sad JD one. And the infamous Sam/Toby epic.
Meme 2:
Tell me of a fandom you know I know of and I'll tell you:
1. The first character I first fell in love with:
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
4. The character I love that everyone else hates:
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer:
6. The character I would shag anytime:
7. The character I'd want to be like:
8. The character I'd slap:
9. A pairing that I love:
10. A pairing that I despise:
I hate New Year's. Really. It's too close to having to go back to uni, and I've achived nothing this past year. Really, not at all. The closest I have to an achievement is Nathan Fillion borrowing my pen. Maybe I'll do things this year like write the novel, do well at my degree, find a true love... It's just that I doubt it, you know? And on that happy thought, bye all. Happy New Year!