Wordage 2015
I have stunned myself - my total wordage for 2015 was 144,392. Which is 34,000 more than last year. Wow!
Once again Get Your Words Out has been discussed and this time I am quite sure I'm not going to sign up. I've set my own target of 120,000 for 2016, which is the right level to keep me writing without putting any pressure on if I have a bad month for whatever reason.
Other facts from this year in writing: I have posted 123 works on AO3, with a further 12 to be posted (either on Fan_Flashworks or 12 Days fics), to give a total of 135 posted works. I have gained 40 badges from fan_flashworks bringing my total to 54.
My most popular fic this year, by far, and the one with the highest number of kudos ever is: Five times Thorin made Bilbo swear under his breath, and once when he swore loudly. Evidence for what happens when I write something including sex for a popular pairing in a popular fandom. I continue to receive kudos on some of my older fics, and then comes my lewis_challenge Valentine's day fic The Love Poems of James Hathaway. Followed, in third place, by a pinch hit I wrote for holmestice Molly's Christmas Lunch which is Sherlock/Molly (a surprisingly popular pairing) and which I had to write from Greg Lestrade's point of view, since I can't do either Molly or Sherlock.
As for next year, I shall be continuing with sherlock60 and fan_flashworks and will be writing things I enjoy without worrying about their popularity. I've promised vix_spes there will be a sequel to my Lucas North/Adam Carter fic Finding a Way Forward which, so long as she and I enjoy it, will be fine. And I hope to write some more poetry.
So, here's to 2016!
Once again Get Your Words Out has been discussed and this time I am quite sure I'm not going to sign up. I've set my own target of 120,000 for 2016, which is the right level to keep me writing without putting any pressure on if I have a bad month for whatever reason.
Other facts from this year in writing: I have posted 123 works on AO3, with a further 12 to be posted (either on Fan_Flashworks or 12 Days fics), to give a total of 135 posted works. I have gained 40 badges from fan_flashworks bringing my total to 54.
My most popular fic this year, by far, and the one with the highest number of kudos ever is: Five times Thorin made Bilbo swear under his breath, and once when he swore loudly. Evidence for what happens when I write something including sex for a popular pairing in a popular fandom. I continue to receive kudos on some of my older fics, and then comes my lewis_challenge Valentine's day fic The Love Poems of James Hathaway. Followed, in third place, by a pinch hit I wrote for holmestice Molly's Christmas Lunch which is Sherlock/Molly (a surprisingly popular pairing) and which I had to write from Greg Lestrade's point of view, since I can't do either Molly or Sherlock.
As for next year, I shall be continuing with sherlock60 and fan_flashworks and will be writing things I enjoy without worrying about their popularity. I've promised vix_spes there will be a sequel to my Lucas North/Adam Carter fic Finding a Way Forward which, so long as she and I enjoy it, will be fine. And I hope to write some more poetry.
So, here's to 2016!