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End-of-year fic roundup post
I haven't done one of these before, but I'm seeing this meme around on a lot of other journals, and I thought it might be fun.
What I wrote in 2007:
For the SGA and SG-1 stories, it's probably easier just to provide a link to my website rather than listing them all out. There were a lot of the little buggers - 33 of them, if I'm counting right. In addition to those, I wrote:
Sam's Journal (SPN, gen, picture-fic, for Derry)
Crossroads (SPN, gen, genderswitch AU)
This is the Price the Angels Pay (Dr. Who, gen, Martha-centric)
Wild About Harry (Dresden Files, gen-ish with tongue-in-cheek hints of Harry/everyone)
and two Yuletide stories which will remain nameless until after the new year.
Total fics in 2008: 39 (counting the Yuletide stories)
WIPs currently residing in my SGA WIP folder: 20
My favorite story of 2007: You know, last year I had definite favorites, but this year, I'm not sure if I do. There was a really huge variety in what I wrote, as far as character and genre and theme, and I'm very happy with that. Still, of my '07 story output, there's not really one that stands above the rest as a special one for me, the way there have been with some of my stories in the past. I'd say that overall, I'm basically just happy that I'm writing more of a variety of stories, with a variety of characters, and taking them to new places this year.
Biggest surprise: That Staring at the Sun, my mega-depressing brain-damaged Sheppard story, got the wonderful response it did. I'd been really nervous about posting that one, and I didn't expect very many people to read it. I wrote the story because I'm hungry for more realistic stories in this fandom, and apparently I'm not the only one. It's always really, really gratifying to try an experimental story and find that others like it too.
Most difficult story: Kind of a toss-up between Ghost in the Machine and The Light of a Fading Sun, which were also the only two long stories I did this year. Both were very complicated to write, and for similar reasons: both involved juggling multiple versions of the characters and two different timelines. Not only was it hard from a plot perspective, but trying to write two Sheppards and two McKays and making them feel like separate, distinctive people (especially since in one story I was trying to hide their identities, too) was a brain-bending experience.
Best fangirl moment: Getting to meet![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
derry667 and tipper_green. And talk about fanfic! With real people! (As opposed to, you know, all you people on the Internet. *g*) It was just really, really cool for me, since none of my non-Internet friends are people I can fangirl with.
Second-best fangirl moment: I've always felt that the fanfics we write should be just as available for fanficcing as the original works we base them upon, and I was completely thrilled to find out that I'm not the only one. I participated in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
gateverse_remix and also saw a great response to a challenge at sheppard_hc to write tags for each others' stories (for which I wrote three). I would love to get the opportunity to do more of this sort of thing in '08.
What I'm most proud of: Finally finishing up all of my outstanding commitments -- stories for ficathons or those promised to other people. There's still the everlovin' WIP folder, but at least I don't feel like there's anything hanging over my head that I really have to write, so I can go into 2008 with a clear conscience.
Things I learned about writing in 2007: I think probably the biggest thing for me, writing-wise, from '07 is that I lurked on a lot of discussions on diversity, some specifically pertaining to the Stargateverse and others to the world in general, and came out of it more determined than ever to write something a little more interesting and complex than "White Male Americans Save the Galaxy." It's not that I hadn't thought about this sort of thing before, obviously; it's just that I'm taking a little more time these days to be consciously aware of the sorts of political themes that I'm putting across in my fiction, and whether those are what I actually want to be there.
Status of WIPs: Uh ... good question. A few months ago I went and moved a bunch of the really dead projects so that they're not cluttering up the file. Staring at what's left, I really haven't a clue if any of these will ever be finished, which would really be a shame in some cases because a couple of these are really quite far along! Most are just notes and pieces of dialogue, though ... I've got some exchanges for another in the "Postcards to Jeannie" series, a story about Radek's past that I've been trying to write for a year and a half that just won't come, the odd slashy snippet here and there -- mostly just random odds and ends.
Writing goals/hopes/plans for 2008: I want to continue to explore, and push my boundaries, and write new and different and better stories. My one true love will always be gen h/c, and I'm sure I'll keep doing those sorts of stories as long as I'm in this fandom, but I'd also like to explore different genres -- I'm particularly interested in trying a romance or something that blurs the gen/het/slash boundaries. I'd also like to do more "serious", darker, more real-world-ish stories, more along the lines of "Staring at the Sun" than my usual fare. I'm always a little surprised by what I actually end up writing vs what I plan on writing, however, so there's really no telling!
Probably my biggest goal for 2008 is to focus much more on my original writing. And finish a novel. Of course, I said that in '07, too. But still ... here's to '08!
P.S. If you have an end-of-year roundup post, please post a link to it -- I've really enjoyed reading the ones I've found (and in some cases locating fics I didn't know about) but my flist reading has been kind of spotty and hit-or-miss lately, and I'm sure there are plenty I've missed.
What I wrote in 2007:
For the SGA and SG-1 stories, it's probably easier just to provide a link to my website rather than listing them all out. There were a lot of the little buggers - 33 of them, if I'm counting right. In addition to those, I wrote:
Sam's Journal (SPN, gen, picture-fic, for Derry)
Crossroads (SPN, gen, genderswitch AU)
This is the Price the Angels Pay (Dr. Who, gen, Martha-centric)
Wild About Harry (Dresden Files, gen-ish with tongue-in-cheek hints of Harry/everyone)
and two Yuletide stories which will remain nameless until after the new year.
Total fics in 2008: 39 (counting the Yuletide stories)
WIPs currently residing in my SGA WIP folder: 20
My favorite story of 2007: You know, last year I had definite favorites, but this year, I'm not sure if I do. There was a really huge variety in what I wrote, as far as character and genre and theme, and I'm very happy with that. Still, of my '07 story output, there's not really one that stands above the rest as a special one for me, the way there have been with some of my stories in the past. I'd say that overall, I'm basically just happy that I'm writing more of a variety of stories, with a variety of characters, and taking them to new places this year.
Biggest surprise: That Staring at the Sun, my mega-depressing brain-damaged Sheppard story, got the wonderful response it did. I'd been really nervous about posting that one, and I didn't expect very many people to read it. I wrote the story because I'm hungry for more realistic stories in this fandom, and apparently I'm not the only one. It's always really, really gratifying to try an experimental story and find that others like it too.
Most difficult story: Kind of a toss-up between Ghost in the Machine and The Light of a Fading Sun, which were also the only two long stories I did this year. Both were very complicated to write, and for similar reasons: both involved juggling multiple versions of the characters and two different timelines. Not only was it hard from a plot perspective, but trying to write two Sheppards and two McKays and making them feel like separate, distinctive people (especially since in one story I was trying to hide their identities, too) was a brain-bending experience.
Best fangirl moment: Getting to meet
derry667 and tipper_green. And talk about fanfic! With real people! (As opposed to, you know, all you people on the Internet. *g*) It was just really, really cool for me, since none of my non-Internet friends are people I can fangirl with.Second-best fangirl moment: I've always felt that the fanfics we write should be just as available for fanficcing as the original works we base them upon, and I was completely thrilled to find out that I'm not the only one. I participated in
gateverse_remix and also saw a great response to a challenge at sheppard_hc to write tags for each others' stories (for which I wrote three). I would love to get the opportunity to do more of this sort of thing in '08.What I'm most proud of: Finally finishing up all of my outstanding commitments -- stories for ficathons or those promised to other people. There's still the everlovin' WIP folder, but at least I don't feel like there's anything hanging over my head that I really have to write, so I can go into 2008 with a clear conscience.
Things I learned about writing in 2007: I think probably the biggest thing for me, writing-wise, from '07 is that I lurked on a lot of discussions on diversity, some specifically pertaining to the Stargateverse and others to the world in general, and came out of it more determined than ever to write something a little more interesting and complex than "White Male Americans Save the Galaxy." It's not that I hadn't thought about this sort of thing before, obviously; it's just that I'm taking a little more time these days to be consciously aware of the sorts of political themes that I'm putting across in my fiction, and whether those are what I actually want to be there.
Status of WIPs: Uh ... good question. A few months ago I went and moved a bunch of the really dead projects so that they're not cluttering up the file. Staring at what's left, I really haven't a clue if any of these will ever be finished, which would really be a shame in some cases because a couple of these are really quite far along! Most are just notes and pieces of dialogue, though ... I've got some exchanges for another in the "Postcards to Jeannie" series, a story about Radek's past that I've been trying to write for a year and a half that just won't come, the odd slashy snippet here and there -- mostly just random odds and ends.
Writing goals/hopes/plans for 2008: I want to continue to explore, and push my boundaries, and write new and different and better stories. My one true love will always be gen h/c, and I'm sure I'll keep doing those sorts of stories as long as I'm in this fandom, but I'd also like to explore different genres -- I'm particularly interested in trying a romance or something that blurs the gen/het/slash boundaries. I'd also like to do more "serious", darker, more real-world-ish stories, more along the lines of "Staring at the Sun" than my usual fare. I'm always a little surprised by what I actually end up writing vs what I plan on writing, however, so there's really no telling!
Probably my biggest goal for 2008 is to focus much more on my original writing. And finish a novel. Of course, I said that in '07, too. But still ... here's to '08!
P.S. If you have an end-of-year roundup post, please post a link to it -- I've really enjoyed reading the ones I've found (and in some cases locating fics I didn't know about) but my flist reading has been kind of spotty and hit-or-miss lately, and I'm sure there are plenty I've missed.
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