My Ficcish Year in Review (Meme)
The year's over but I'm too lazy to edit the questions. I don't usually do this, but since the watch_along crowd didn't run away while I was discovering the AO³ stats at them: let me talk at you about my fic. What little of it there is, anyway; 2012 was not a prolific year.
My best story(ies) of this year:
Catch Your Voice, hands down. I had months to write it, which gave me a lot of time for fiddling, and I'm pretty sure the result is my best work yet, not only in 2012.
My favourite story of this year:
Again, Catch Your Voice. It's basically a love letter to fandom tropes and I loved writing it.
Most fun story to write:
A Study in Bwankets. It was born from a silly discussion while we were watching... one of the Sherlock episodes, I think? In any case, veritty demanded kid!fic and this was the result. I had way too much fun with my dictionary while writing this. Plus, it got the most adorable fanart ever.
Sexiest story:
The Things You Need to Know, maybe? It's not like I write a lot of porn. But this one has actual porny shenanigans with rope bondage and everything, so. Probably this one.
Story with the single sexiest moment:
See above re: sexiest story.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
None. I'm way more likely to have my perceptions shifted when reading rather than writing.
Hardest story to write:
Oddly enough, that's chapter 5 of Special Delivery. I knew where I wanted to go but had no clue how to get there. I had no handle on the characters. I had to edit out several info dumps. Only a little over a thousand words, and they took me forever to get out there.
Biggest Disappointment:
That would be the aforementioned chapter 5. It sucks.
Biggest Surprise:
A Study in Bwankets again. It was meant to be a tiny bit of fun and ended up getting over 700 kudos.
What even.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
Catch Your Voice tells you all about which buttons to push if you want me to happy!flail at a story. Apart from that, I don't think my id showed too much.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2012?
Teen Wolf omg. *facepalms*
Did you take any writing risks this year? (See above for unexpected pairings, etc. What did you learn from them?)
I wrote From the Voicemail of the British Government specifically to be podficced by podlizzie and in_the_bottle. I knew their voices and tried to account for their different ways of reading but it was harder than I'd anticipated. Still had a lot of fun with that collaboration, but it's definitely a story you have to listen to rather than read. Success? :D
Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
I'm going to get raphe1 her story if it kills me, finish the asexual kink fic of doom and get on the next collab with berlinghoff79 because heavens forbid a year goes by without the two of us egging each other on. (Absolutely counting the creation of watch_along as egging each other on.)
I'd like to thank the academy...
kisahawklin! She made Catch Your Voice so much better and has been an amazing beta reader for years now. I really don't know what I'd do without her.
Also, debris_k for last-minute proofreading! You're invaluable, dear.
Many thanks also to seikaitsukimizu, ladyflowdi and ladyamarra for cheerleading when I was close to throwing in the towel.
And to everyone who left comments and kudos or even just read a story and liked it. You're the best.
My best story(ies) of this year:
Catch Your Voice, hands down. I had months to write it, which gave me a lot of time for fiddling, and I'm pretty sure the result is my best work yet, not only in 2012.
My favourite story of this year:
Again, Catch Your Voice. It's basically a love letter to fandom tropes and I loved writing it.
Most fun story to write:
A Study in Bwankets. It was born from a silly discussion while we were watching... one of the Sherlock episodes, I think? In any case, veritty demanded kid!fic and this was the result. I had way too much fun with my dictionary while writing this. Plus, it got the most adorable fanart ever.
Sexiest story:
The Things You Need to Know, maybe? It's not like I write a lot of porn. But this one has actual porny shenanigans with rope bondage and everything, so. Probably this one.
Story with the single sexiest moment:
See above re: sexiest story.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
None. I'm way more likely to have my perceptions shifted when reading rather than writing.
Hardest story to write:
Oddly enough, that's chapter 5 of Special Delivery. I knew where I wanted to go but had no clue how to get there. I had no handle on the characters. I had to edit out several info dumps. Only a little over a thousand words, and they took me forever to get out there.
Biggest Disappointment:
That would be the aforementioned chapter 5. It sucks.
Biggest Surprise:
A Study in Bwankets again. It was meant to be a tiny bit of fun and ended up getting over 700 kudos.
What even.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
Catch Your Voice tells you all about which buttons to push if you want me to happy!flail at a story. Apart from that, I don't think my id showed too much.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2012?
Teen Wolf omg. *facepalms*
Did you take any writing risks this year? (See above for unexpected pairings, etc. What did you learn from them?)
I wrote From the Voicemail of the British Government specifically to be podficced by podlizzie and in_the_bottle. I knew their voices and tried to account for their different ways of reading but it was harder than I'd anticipated. Still had a lot of fun with that collaboration, but it's definitely a story you have to listen to rather than read. Success? :D
Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
I'm going to get raphe1 her story if it kills me, finish the asexual kink fic of doom and get on the next collab with berlinghoff79 because heavens forbid a year goes by without the two of us egging each other on. (Absolutely counting the creation of watch_along as egging each other on.)
I'd like to thank the academy...
kisahawklin! She made Catch Your Voice so much better and has been an amazing beta reader for years now. I really don't know what I'd do without her.
Also, debris_k for last-minute proofreading! You're invaluable, dear.
Many thanks also to seikaitsukimizu, ladyflowdi and ladyamarra for cheerleading when I was close to throwing in the towel.
And to everyone who left comments and kudos or even just read a story and liked it. You're the best.