Hello, LJ! We are still TOTALLY REELING with joy from buying the new car. And HAVING the new car. IT IS A NEW CAR AND WE OWN IT. IT IS OURS. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Also, it gets AMAZING gas mileage, holy SHIT. I never realized that you could barely make a dent in the gas tank with 50+ miles WITHOUT a hybrid, so shows how much WE know. \o/ (My dad really wanted us to get a Hybrid, but HAHAHA, DAD, YOU ARE FUNNY, THEY ARE TWICE AS MUCH. He is very happy with HIS and wants to spread the love, but really, GIVE US A FEW YEARS.)
Anyway. I haven't done ANY kind of year-end wrap-up post, and I really WANT to. I'm gonna make this one the easier one, and talk about writing. I am actually kind of happy talking about that right now, where last year at this time, I was DESPAIRING that I would NEVER WRITE AGAIN.
Which was, funnily enough, how I felt a LOT this year. As a result, I only posted FOUR FICS, all sprinkled through the beginning and end of the year. The total was over 70K words, but here is the thing: "Run" nearly KILLED me the year before, and that is how long it took for me to get my groove back. The cool thing about the fic I've written this year is that I'm actually proud of ALL of it.
The breakdown goes like:
Life As a SymptomFrank/Gerard, NC-17
Office AU. (Written for
no_tags This fic was like pulling goddamn TEETH for me, but in the end, more people liked than I had expected, and when I back to re-read it, I actually LIKED it, so all-in-all, I call it a win. Also, it still gets comments, which is NOT something I expected, and it's nice to know I've written something people enjoyed! \o\/o/\o\ Also, it was SHOCKINGLY easy for people guess who wrote it. But that's how it goes. I didn't think I had any obvious tells, but uh, apparently, I do. \o\/o/\o\ MAYBE FRANK'S KNEES, WHO KNOWS.
THENNNNNNNNNNNN - the fic of my HEART, co-written with
theopteryx,
Becoming Joan.
Oh, this fic, you guys. This was BOTH our ids, splattered all over our respective computer screens. So ridiculous, so indulgent, and it's still one of my favorite stories I've helped write. Are there things I wish I'd done better? Yes, just like with anything else, but seriously, I am so fond of this thing. It was ALSO hard to write at times, but SO WORTH IT. And B-Rex is SUCH a delightful co-author, and so fucking TALENTED, too - her brain just EXPLODES with ideas and imagery and I felt really lucky to be able to create THIS particular story with her. ♥ She really deserves MOST of the credit on this one.
So, that was February, I think, and up next is this:
The Proof Is In Your Moves (girl!Frank/Jamia, NC-17)
Which was...much. Much. MUCH later than February. It took me THAT LONG to write anything else. This was short, and meant a lot to ME, despite it not being what most people would actually, probably read? IDK. It wasn't my universe, but I was really pleased that
shiningartifact and
swiiftly allowed me to play in theirs, because I think it's ADORABLE, so this was a LOT of fun to write. I think I actually started it a year earlier, in the midst of writing "Run" so it took THAT LONG to finish, but I'm SO HAPPY I did. Because I just sat down, determined to write at least 500 words, and I finished it in a single afternoon. It was my first ladies-only story! So fun to write about LADIES! So, yeah, silly and fluffy and entirely FUN. At least. For me.
AAAAAAAAAAAND then I started writing more (nurse!Frank, working on my historic AU STILL, etc) and THEN came sick!Frank and man, I'm damn proud of this one, IDK.
The Way They FlyFrank/Gerard, NC-17, robot!Frank
So the thing with this, it's completely not like anything else I've ever written, and it was WEIRD and HARD and REALLY WEIRD and probably not everybody's cup of tea or whatever, but once I saw the prompt, it wouldn't LEAVE ME ALONE, so I came up with the concept and ran with it, and the limited time to write was actually kind of a savior. I just. I don't know. I proved to myself that I could write something different and still be proud of it, and that seemed to be a good note to end the year on, writing-wise!
If this HADN'T been the year of house-buying, car-breaking, family-related shenaniganry, I might be more disappointed about the volume of writing, but I'm honestly pleased because, you know. We had a lot of going on. Or something. I guess. I have a TON of WIPs that I plan to write next year, and I still think that dropping out of BRBB was the smartest thing I could have done. This year, I've focused a lot more on my jewelry, and my MAIN goal right now is to get a new job, so I won't beat myself up. I won't let myself stop writing altogether, obviously, but as it is, I'm actually at peace with my level of commitment to it. Balance. WHO KNEW. \o/
And NOW, for something COMPLETELY different, which is: top commenters to my LJ!
This was kind of fun.
Top Commenters on
mrsronweasley's LiveJournal
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FASCINATING! \o/
HEY GUYS, HEY. I WILL GO BACK AND ANSWER COMMENTS AS SOON AS I'VE WASHED MYSELF, WHICH I HAVE YET TO DO TODAY. &VACATIONS;