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thalialunacy2THE END O' THE YEAR FIC ROUND-UP
This year I wrote and posted (in chronological order, including the drabbles):
01.10.14 12 Ways to Romance Your Karl (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl)
02.11.14 The Envy of All I See (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl)
04.10.14 Knit Two Together (Merlin RPF, Katie/Eoin)
06.18.14 After-Effects (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl drabble)
06.18.14 Untidy & Cliche (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl drabble)
06.18.14 Not Exactly Springtime Fresh (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl drabble)
06.18.14 Eat Me (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl drabble)
06.27.14 Just This (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl ficlet)
08.19.14 How to Fake a Miracle, Or: It's Not Necromancy If You're Doing it For Love (Merlin big bang; crossover with Supernatural, Lie to Me, the Fast & Furious franchise, and Leverage; Merlin/Arthur)
10.27.14 I Laid My Weapons Down (With My Pistol Fully Loaded) (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl)
Overall Thoughts:
That's not very much, is it?
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Gosh, probably about what I predicted when I sat and thought about my life and what I wanted out of it.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
Katie/Eoin in Knit Two Together. I mean, hello, ~het, lol, and Irish, and fdjakls; yeah it was a new experience.
What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
Oh man. I tried to be like, intellectual about this, but no, it's How to Fake a Miracle. I wrote the fic I wanted to see, and it's fucking fantastic.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
1) People don't like crossovers in fic. Tumblr, yes. Fic, no. 2) Writing erotic asphyxiation was a huuuge risk for me. Not because it's revealing or whatever, but because people are incredibly critical of kink they don't think is done correctly. (reference: 50 Shades of Grey) But the Urbine fandom is small and kind enough that it wasn't an issue. Thank fuck.
My best story of this year:
Knit Two Together is probably the best-crafted story. Pun intended. XB
My most popular story of this year:
Going by hits and kudos: How to Fake a Miracle. Big bangs get a lot of attention, just by merely existing, and Merlin fandom is huuuuuge.
Most fun story to write:
How to Fake a Miracle FOR SURE. omg. Writing the Leverage crew. WRITING DEAN WINCHESTER. That cocky motherfucker. So fucking fun.
Story with the single sexiest moment:
uh. cough. Knit Two Together got me goin, just sayin.
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
You know what, I'm taking out this question. Kink is awesome.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
How to Fake a Miracle honest to God got me to see Merlin differently. I've been such an Arthur fangirl all my life (literally) that it was a challenge and an evolution to write 30K words from Merlin's perspective.
Hardest story to write:
Knit Two Together - it was for an exchange thingy and my recipient is a pretty amazing and popular author so I dun freaked out the whole time lololol. She said she liked the story? so. you know, it's all good now. But omg.
Biggest Disappointment:
[Last year's is still entirely too accurate, gdi:] My own continuing fragility. My lack of ability to go without sleep so I can actually do all the things I want to do.
Biggest Surprise:
That I actually stuck to it and didn't sign up for anything after Merlin big bang. I hate that this list is so small, but my real life right now as compared with a year ago is LIGHT YEARS ahead of where it was. So. I can't complain, really.
MostUnintentionally Telling Story:
I Laid My Weapons Down (With My Pistol Fully Loaded)
Favorite OC:
Chris Pine.
Favorite Opening Line:
(from How to Fake a Miracle)
Merlin's not one for onomatopoeias, but the sound of a sarcophagus slamming open is a pretty indescribable one, and he's a little busy trying to remember which spell it is for vampires—he gets it mixed up with the zombie one; all the undead spells have similar linguistic roots and are the devil to memorize, pun intended—to really think descriptively.
Favorite Closing Line:
(from Just This)
This, for at least a moment, is his.
Favorite 5 Lines from Anywhere:
(from Knit Two Together)
She couldn't seem to stop laughing, even as she was kissing him, smearing their smiles together.
(from I Laid My Weapons Down (With My Pistol Fully Loaded))
He watches Karl light one, then hand it to him, then light another one. It's… it's a Karl thing. Chris doesn't question it. He just pretends he can still taste Karl on the first drag.
(from The Envy of All I See )
“That’s just how he rolls,” Chris says with one of his I’m-secretly-a-six-year-old grins.
Zach rolls his eyes. “Would you please stop using slang from when you were in college? It’s been like ten years. The world has moved on.”
"I haven't."
"Spoken like a true straight white upper-class cis-male American."
"Oh, go choke on a cock."
Zach raises an eyebrow. "Ladies first."
(from Eat Me)
Chris shrugs. “Yeah, but not in a long time because it kind of sucked. Turns out there is such a thing as too much chocolate syrup. Besides, my favorite food is pasta. There is nothing sexy about pasta.”
"Oh, I dunno, there’re those tube-y things."
"I said sexy, not Freudian."
(from How to Fake a Miracle)
Hardison, of course, splays out like a starfish. "I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how bucolic this is."
Top 5 Scenes from Anywhere You Would Choose to Have Illustrated:
* Lightman being an asshat in How to Fake a Miracle
* Merlin lifting up a newly-reincarnated Arthur, stood on a sigil in the forest, with Sam and Dean behind him, from How to Fake a Miracle
* okay clearly anything from How to Fake a Miracle
* um Karl and Chris making out in the captain's chair from The Envy of All I See, doi
* idk but i really love the image of Chris, still in the pool, kissing Karl, who's at the edge of the pool, in 12 Ways to Romance Your Karl
Story I haven't yet written, but intend to:
The good ones are always the ones I don't expect.
Fic-writing goals for 2015:
To finish that g.d. Winona-centric Kirk/McCoy story I started so long ago.
~~~
And now, in the PST, it's two hours to 2015, but IDGAF. I'm going to bed. XB
happy new year, y'all. ♥
This year I wrote and posted (in chronological order, including the drabbles):
01.10.14 12 Ways to Romance Your Karl (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl)
02.11.14 The Envy of All I See (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl)
04.10.14 Knit Two Together (Merlin RPF, Katie/Eoin)
06.18.14 After-Effects (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl drabble)
06.18.14 Untidy & Cliche (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl drabble)
06.18.14 Not Exactly Springtime Fresh (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl drabble)
06.18.14 Eat Me (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl drabble)
06.27.14 Just This (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl ficlet)
08.19.14 How to Fake a Miracle, Or: It's Not Necromancy If You're Doing it For Love (Merlin big bang; crossover with Supernatural, Lie to Me, the Fast & Furious franchise, and Leverage; Merlin/Arthur)
10.27.14 I Laid My Weapons Down (With My Pistol Fully Loaded) (Star Trek RPF, Chris/Karl)
Overall Thoughts:
That's not very much, is it?
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Gosh, probably about what I predicted when I sat and thought about my life and what I wanted out of it.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
Katie/Eoin in Knit Two Together. I mean, hello, ~het, lol, and Irish, and fdjakls; yeah it was a new experience.
What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
Oh man. I tried to be like, intellectual about this, but no, it's How to Fake a Miracle. I wrote the fic I wanted to see, and it's fucking fantastic.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
1) People don't like crossovers in fic. Tumblr, yes. Fic, no. 2) Writing erotic asphyxiation was a huuuge risk for me. Not because it's revealing or whatever, but because people are incredibly critical of kink they don't think is done correctly. (reference: 50 Shades of Grey) But the Urbine fandom is small and kind enough that it wasn't an issue. Thank fuck.
My best story of this year:
Knit Two Together is probably the best-crafted story. Pun intended. XB
My most popular story of this year:
Going by hits and kudos: How to Fake a Miracle. Big bangs get a lot of attention, just by merely existing, and Merlin fandom is huuuuuge.
Most fun story to write:
How to Fake a Miracle FOR SURE. omg. Writing the Leverage crew. WRITING DEAN WINCHESTER. That cocky motherfucker. So fucking fun.
Story with the single sexiest moment:
uh. cough. Knit Two Together got me goin, just sayin.
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
You know what, I'm taking out this question. Kink is awesome.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
How to Fake a Miracle honest to God got me to see Merlin differently. I've been such an Arthur fangirl all my life (literally) that it was a challenge and an evolution to write 30K words from Merlin's perspective.
Hardest story to write:
Knit Two Together - it was for an exchange thingy and my recipient is a pretty amazing and popular author so I dun freaked out the whole time lololol. She said she liked the story? so. you know, it's all good now. But omg.
Biggest Disappointment:
[Last year's is still entirely too accurate, gdi:] My own continuing fragility. My lack of ability to go without sleep so I can actually do all the things I want to do.
Biggest Surprise:
That I actually stuck to it and didn't sign up for anything after Merlin big bang. I hate that this list is so small, but my real life right now as compared with a year ago is LIGHT YEARS ahead of where it was. So. I can't complain, really.
Most
I Laid My Weapons Down (With My Pistol Fully Loaded)
Favorite OC:
Chris Pine.
Favorite Opening Line:
(from How to Fake a Miracle)
Merlin's not one for onomatopoeias, but the sound of a sarcophagus slamming open is a pretty indescribable one, and he's a little busy trying to remember which spell it is for vampires—he gets it mixed up with the zombie one; all the undead spells have similar linguistic roots and are the devil to memorize, pun intended—to really think descriptively.
Favorite Closing Line:
(from Just This)
This, for at least a moment, is his.
Favorite 5 Lines from Anywhere:
(from Knit Two Together)
She couldn't seem to stop laughing, even as she was kissing him, smearing their smiles together.
(from I Laid My Weapons Down (With My Pistol Fully Loaded))
He watches Karl light one, then hand it to him, then light another one. It's… it's a Karl thing. Chris doesn't question it. He just pretends he can still taste Karl on the first drag.
(from The Envy of All I See )
“That’s just how he rolls,” Chris says with one of his I’m-secretly-a-six-year-old grins.
Zach rolls his eyes. “Would you please stop using slang from when you were in college? It’s been like ten years. The world has moved on.”
"I haven't."
"Spoken like a true straight white upper-class cis-male American."
"Oh, go choke on a cock."
Zach raises an eyebrow. "Ladies first."
(from Eat Me)
Chris shrugs. “Yeah, but not in a long time because it kind of sucked. Turns out there is such a thing as too much chocolate syrup. Besides, my favorite food is pasta. There is nothing sexy about pasta.”
"Oh, I dunno, there’re those tube-y things."
"I said sexy, not Freudian."
(from How to Fake a Miracle)
Hardison, of course, splays out like a starfish. "I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how bucolic this is."
Top 5 Scenes from Anywhere You Would Choose to Have Illustrated:
* Lightman being an asshat in How to Fake a Miracle
* Merlin lifting up a newly-reincarnated Arthur, stood on a sigil in the forest, with Sam and Dean behind him, from How to Fake a Miracle
* okay clearly anything from How to Fake a Miracle
* um Karl and Chris making out in the captain's chair from The Envy of All I See, doi
* idk but i really love the image of Chris, still in the pool, kissing Karl, who's at the edge of the pool, in 12 Ways to Romance Your Karl
Story I haven't yet written, but intend to:
The good ones are always the ones I don't expect.
Fic-writing goals for 2015:
To finish that g.d. Winona-centric Kirk/McCoy story I started so long ago.
~~~
And now, in the PST, it's two hours to 2015, but IDGAF. I'm going to bed. XB
happy new year, y'all. ♥
