Meme: Annual Fic Meme
Total stories written since Jan 1, 2011:
172 and 4 partials (surprisingly 8 more than last year even though my overall word count is way down)
Favorites of the bunch:
Numb3rs Fic
A Dozen Homecomings
Anandamide: The Art
In a Fraction of a Second
Siesta
Sunset
Merlot Red
Numb3rs Drabbles
A Daughter for David
An Unexpected Partnership Series
Bridging the Divide
Culinary Adventures a la Stakeout
No Way to Treat a Lady
One Star Among Thousands
Other Duties Or Not
Speechless
The Envy of Every Woman
The Pitter Patter of Little Feet
To Sleep Perchance to Die
With Blinded Eyes
White Collar
How it Used to Be
The Vanishing Act Series
White Collar Drabbles
A Burke Christmas
Cold Call
Life Interrupted
New York in Winter
The Clarity of Misery
The Pot Belly of Detroit
Non-Numb3rs/Non-White Collar
August and After
Compassion Amongst Wolves
Fishing for Favors
Gossip Girl and Dragonfire
The Beginning of a Good Night
The Best Laid Plans of Moms and Men
The World is a Fist
This is How a Heart Breaks
To Buy Free the Cost is Nothing
Zero to Sixty
Crossovers
Aces and Eights (SPN/AtS)
Enemy Lines (N3/The Unit)
Melting Pot Polyglot (WC/XM)
The Consummate Companion (WC/F/HDM)
Crossover Drabbles
Chess Unchecked (N3/XM)
Folie a Deux (N3/SPN)
Spy, Lies and Videotape (N3/LtM)
Best of the bunch:
Numb3rs Fic
Merlot Red
Penance
Strongroom
Numb3rs Drabbles
A Daughter for David
Another Tel Aviv
Behind Closed Doors
Down South
Excerpts from the Future
Four Corners
Letters from Princeton
One Star Among Thousands
Speechless
With Blinded Eyes
White Collar
The Vanishing Act Series
White Collar Drabbles
Blue Moon
Cold Call
Neal Unwrapped
New York in Winter
Roll With It
Non-Numb3rs/Non-White Collar
August and After
Breath and Blood
Fishing for Favors
Hers to Remain
Homeward Bound
Shapes and Shadows
The Best Laid Plans of Moms and Men
The Late Hours
The World is a Fist
This is How a Heart Breaks
To Commune with the Stars
Crossovers
Enemy Lines (N3/The Unit)
The Consummate Companion (WC/F/HDM)
Crossover Drabbles
Chess Unchecked (N3/XM)
Spy, Lies and Videotape (N3/LtM)
Most under-appreciated by the universe:
Penance
This slot is kind of reserved for the Viceworld universe each year. /sigh/
Enemy Lines and Merlot Red
Only because they got stuck getting published in December when people are too busy to read fic.
Most fun to write:
The Consummate Companion
DAEMONS! Oh, just finding the pictures was a delight, but picking them out took weeks in which I very much enjoyed the animal kingdom with fresh eyes. /grins/ Plus the whole Firefly universe with companions is so rich and wonderful it was delightful to revisit (since I'd already spent many enjoyable hours there writing Constant Companion, my N3/Firefly crossover). Bonus, first book universe!
Zero to Sixty
Cal's voice is such a kick to write! And this was the perfect set up to get everyone I wanted in on the premise yet still keep it brisk.
Sexiest fic:
Merlot Red
I can't imagine not putting any fic in the Jet Black universe in this slot. Besides, have you *seen* how many pairings are in the headers? hehehe
Melting Pot Polyglot
Two sexy men + Europe + speaking in foreign languages = smoking hot. Man, I didn't even need a black turtleneck for this to get me hot under the collar!
Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you:
Breath and Blood
Not sure about the 'even for you' part, but plenty of people get all GAH over breathplay porn.
The Pitter Patter of Little Feet
Hell, I blinded *Ian*! You think I'm afraid of Alan? Feh.
Fic that shifted my perception of the characters:
The Consummate Companion
Giving someone a daemon requires really understanding their personality so it's the most attention I've paid to the White Collar cast in terms of who they really are inside and who they might be if divided into two.
Siesta/Sunset
Even though these are from 2006, they showed me another possible Don that actually makes a lot more sense to me than the canon one who sleeps around the LA law enforcement community. I really like this Don and I like how he is with Marisol.
Hardest fic to write:
Merlot Red
GAH! The rewrites! I set myself kind of an impossibly high standard with Jet Black and Dodger Blue so when Merlot Red's first draft failed to get even close I got rather despondent and took ages to come up with a better version. Even then I doubted it. I still think it's the weakest story in the series in every way, but I do like the end. :-)
Enemy Lines
I was paralyzed over and over by the military details, sure I'd screw them up royally. That and it was supposed to be slash and I wrote gen.
Biggest disappointment:
Penance
I just couldn't bring myself to get amped over it especially after Sin's poor showing. There's only 1 comment (from someone other than my beta) on each novella. Pretty disheartening after all that work. It's going to make Grace, the final installment, hard to write and not help me push Homicide and Larceny out.
To Buy Free the Cost is Nothing
It's my big fix it fic for the fandom, and it's even a good idea, but it doesn't ping me like it should. I want it to, badly, but I don't get the joy out of it I feel like I should on paper.
Biggest surprise:
The Consummate Companion
It was a good bunny, but I had no idea it would transcend that and become amazing. Even I marvel at it and I wrote it! (I give credit to the creators of each of the three universes I used, but also to my muse for putting them in the blender and coming out with the best mix possible.)
Cold Call
A little White Collar fic that I was ready to just toss out and forget, but it ended up delighting me to no end.
Most telling fic:
Fic number 1, still unfinished.
Story I want remembered:
The Consummate Companion
Because the universe is amazing (even if I did make it out of three other verses).
Enemy Lines
I worked really hard crafting a well researched taut military tale, damn it.
Merlot Red
If only to keep the Jet Black universe alive until the next sequel.
172 and 4 partials (surprisingly 8 more than last year even though my overall word count is way down)
Favorites of the bunch:
Numb3rs Fic
A Dozen Homecomings
Anandamide: The Art
In a Fraction of a Second
Siesta
Sunset
Merlot Red
Numb3rs Drabbles
A Daughter for David
An Unexpected Partnership Series
Bridging the Divide
Culinary Adventures a la Stakeout
No Way to Treat a Lady
One Star Among Thousands
Other Duties Or Not
Speechless
The Envy of Every Woman
The Pitter Patter of Little Feet
To Sleep Perchance to Die
With Blinded Eyes
White Collar
How it Used to Be
The Vanishing Act Series
White Collar Drabbles
A Burke Christmas
Cold Call
Life Interrupted
New York in Winter
The Clarity of Misery
The Pot Belly of Detroit
Non-Numb3rs/Non-White Collar
August and After
Compassion Amongst Wolves
Fishing for Favors
Gossip Girl and Dragonfire
The Beginning of a Good Night
The Best Laid Plans of Moms and Men
The World is a Fist
This is How a Heart Breaks
To Buy Free the Cost is Nothing
Zero to Sixty
Crossovers
Aces and Eights (SPN/AtS)
Enemy Lines (N3/The Unit)
Melting Pot Polyglot (WC/XM)
The Consummate Companion (WC/F/HDM)
Crossover Drabbles
Chess Unchecked (N3/XM)
Folie a Deux (N3/SPN)
Spy, Lies and Videotape (N3/LtM)
Best of the bunch:
Numb3rs Fic
Merlot Red
Penance
Strongroom
Numb3rs Drabbles
A Daughter for David
Another Tel Aviv
Behind Closed Doors
Down South
Excerpts from the Future
Four Corners
Letters from Princeton
One Star Among Thousands
Speechless
With Blinded Eyes
White Collar
The Vanishing Act Series
White Collar Drabbles
Blue Moon
Cold Call
Neal Unwrapped
New York in Winter
Roll With It
Non-Numb3rs/Non-White Collar
August and After
Breath and Blood
Fishing for Favors
Hers to Remain
Homeward Bound
Shapes and Shadows
The Best Laid Plans of Moms and Men
The Late Hours
The World is a Fist
This is How a Heart Breaks
To Commune with the Stars
Crossovers
Enemy Lines (N3/The Unit)
The Consummate Companion (WC/F/HDM)
Crossover Drabbles
Chess Unchecked (N3/XM)
Spy, Lies and Videotape (N3/LtM)
Most under-appreciated by the universe:
Penance
This slot is kind of reserved for the Viceworld universe each year. /sigh/
Enemy Lines and Merlot Red
Only because they got stuck getting published in December when people are too busy to read fic.
Most fun to write:
The Consummate Companion
DAEMONS! Oh, just finding the pictures was a delight, but picking them out took weeks in which I very much enjoyed the animal kingdom with fresh eyes. /grins/ Plus the whole Firefly universe with companions is so rich and wonderful it was delightful to revisit (since I'd already spent many enjoyable hours there writing Constant Companion, my N3/Firefly crossover). Bonus, first book universe!
Zero to Sixty
Cal's voice is such a kick to write! And this was the perfect set up to get everyone I wanted in on the premise yet still keep it brisk.
Sexiest fic:
Merlot Red
I can't imagine not putting any fic in the Jet Black universe in this slot. Besides, have you *seen* how many pairings are in the headers? hehehe
Melting Pot Polyglot
Two sexy men + Europe + speaking in foreign languages = smoking hot. Man, I didn't even need a black turtleneck for this to get me hot under the collar!
Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you:
Breath and Blood
Not sure about the 'even for you' part, but plenty of people get all GAH over breathplay porn.
The Pitter Patter of Little Feet
Hell, I blinded *Ian*! You think I'm afraid of Alan? Feh.
Fic that shifted my perception of the characters:
The Consummate Companion
Giving someone a daemon requires really understanding their personality so it's the most attention I've paid to the White Collar cast in terms of who they really are inside and who they might be if divided into two.
Siesta/Sunset
Even though these are from 2006, they showed me another possible Don that actually makes a lot more sense to me than the canon one who sleeps around the LA law enforcement community. I really like this Don and I like how he is with Marisol.
Hardest fic to write:
Merlot Red
GAH! The rewrites! I set myself kind of an impossibly high standard with Jet Black and Dodger Blue so when Merlot Red's first draft failed to get even close I got rather despondent and took ages to come up with a better version. Even then I doubted it. I still think it's the weakest story in the series in every way, but I do like the end. :-)
Enemy Lines
I was paralyzed over and over by the military details, sure I'd screw them up royally. That and it was supposed to be slash and I wrote gen.
Biggest disappointment:
Penance
I just couldn't bring myself to get amped over it especially after Sin's poor showing. There's only 1 comment (from someone other than my beta) on each novella. Pretty disheartening after all that work. It's going to make Grace, the final installment, hard to write and not help me push Homicide and Larceny out.
To Buy Free the Cost is Nothing
It's my big fix it fic for the fandom, and it's even a good idea, but it doesn't ping me like it should. I want it to, badly, but I don't get the joy out of it I feel like I should on paper.
Biggest surprise:
The Consummate Companion
It was a good bunny, but I had no idea it would transcend that and become amazing. Even I marvel at it and I wrote it! (I give credit to the creators of each of the three universes I used, but also to my muse for putting them in the blender and coming out with the best mix possible.)
Cold Call
A little White Collar fic that I was ready to just toss out and forget, but it ended up delighting me to no end.
Most telling fic:
Fic number 1, still unfinished.
Story I want remembered:
The Consummate Companion
Because the universe is amazing (even if I did make it out of three other verses).
Enemy Lines
I worked really hard crafting a well researched taut military tale, damn it.
Merlot Red
If only to keep the Jet Black universe alive until the next sequel.