Yuletide Reveal
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zelempaI had to wait for the Yuletide reveal to do any kind of "2009 year in review," because the only stories I wrote this year were for Yuletide! I think they balance each other nicely.
The Road to Hell, Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov/landlady's daughter (canon female character) - Serious, angsty, philosophical, unsettling.
The Plus-One Scale-Mail Pasty Postulate, Big Bang Theory, Howard/Raj - The opposite of that.
Those links will bring you directly to AO3; currently, that's the most updated listing of my stories (it turns out I have yet to post even 2008's Yuletide stories on my site).
It's been kind of a non-fannish year.
I wrote a manuscript for an original novel and I've been looking for representation. It's a slow slog, especially when you're not sure what the "multiple submissions" etiquette is. (Does anyone really know?) I also started night school for computer programming stuffs. I'm halfway through a second manuscript which I'm desperately trying to finish before school starts up again. I volunteered to do some coding for OTW, so hopefully 2010 will be a more fannish year - even though I've still got just as much noveling/coding/working lined up.
Total Stories, Words: 2, ~5,000 words
Hardest story to write: It's funny to do hardest and easiest for these two stories since they're really only compared to each other, but it's no contest. I love Raskolnikov (for some reason), but it was hard for me to write him; largely because he's so interested in philosophical ideas (and so was my recipient, I think - at least that's how I interpreted the request), and that's so not my strong suit. My strong suit is BOYS THAT MAKE OUT.
Easiest story to write: Damn, those Dungeons and Dragons innuendos fell off the pen.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: After I signed up for the Big Bang Theory, I was struck with a sudden moment of: "Ack! Howard and Raj? I'm writing Howard Wolowitz as a romantic hero?" I have to say, while I love the actor (Moist!), I always found the character kind of abhorrent. But he's at his most sympathetic when he's with Raj, and I really enjoyed writing the story - and putting him in a context where I totally relate to his tendency to act creepysexual. Since writing the story, I have a (possibly Stockholm-syndrome-y) increased love for the characters and the show itself.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story: I suppose it's sort of telling that I knew that much about Dungeons and Dragons. And that I described it just now as "a context where I totally relate to [the] tendency to act creepysexual."
Story you didn't write, but you swear you will someday: The same Jim Ellison torturefic I promised last year and have made negative progress on. (I lost it, and then only managed to reconstruct parts of it, and then lost interest.)
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2008? Gen. I think if I ever did predict I'd write Crime and Punishment fic, I would have assumed it would be slash (Raskolnikov/Razumihin obvs!!!), but my recipient didn't want slash and so I pushed my comfort zones! (Seriously, have I ever written gen? I'm pretty sure I have not.) Yuletide is great for forcing you to write something you never would have predicted (and that's why I made special time for it although I didn't do anything else fannish this year!)
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? A LOT LESS. I expected to do fewer stories than in 2008 (the 12 in 2008 challenge was just to much for me), but I didn't expect to drop out of fandom entirely. Part of it is being busy, but I was busy last year too; part of it is not being too strongly in any fandom right now (SGA was still going strong for me last year); part of it is redirecting my writing energy to original stuff. But I think this was my year for throwing myself whole-hog into that, just as 2008 was my year for throwing myself whole-hog into fanfic. Ideally, I'd like a balance between the original stuff and the fanfic: original stuff is theoretically marketable or what have you (highly theoretically), but fandom is so great for community and so satisfying because the stories are shorter and you get the instant gratification of your intended audience reading them as soon as you are done. And, I miss you guys!
The Road to Hell, Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov/landlady's daughter (canon female character) - Serious, angsty, philosophical, unsettling.
"Surely you can imagine a reason to commit a crime which is not in itself bad. If the result of the crime was good..."
The Plus-One Scale-Mail Pasty Postulate, Big Bang Theory, Howard/Raj - The opposite of that.
"Is that an eleven foot pole in your bag of holding, or are you just happy to see me?" said Howard.
"My lance of faith shudders with a radiant pulse," said Raj.
"That statement doesn't begin to make gameplay sense," Sheldon tsked.
Those links will bring you directly to AO3; currently, that's the most updated listing of my stories (it turns out I have yet to post even 2008's Yuletide stories on my site).
It's been kind of a non-fannish year.
I wrote a manuscript for an original novel and I've been looking for representation. It's a slow slog, especially when you're not sure what the "multiple submissions" etiquette is. (Does anyone really know?) I also started night school for computer programming stuffs. I'm halfway through a second manuscript which I'm desperately trying to finish before school starts up again. I volunteered to do some coding for OTW, so hopefully 2010 will be a more fannish year - even though I've still got just as much noveling/coding/working lined up.
Total Stories, Words: 2, ~5,000 words
Hardest story to write: It's funny to do hardest and easiest for these two stories since they're really only compared to each other, but it's no contest. I love Raskolnikov (for some reason), but it was hard for me to write him; largely because he's so interested in philosophical ideas (and so was my recipient, I think - at least that's how I interpreted the request), and that's so not my strong suit. My strong suit is BOYS THAT MAKE OUT.
Easiest story to write: Damn, those Dungeons and Dragons innuendos fell off the pen.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: After I signed up for the Big Bang Theory, I was struck with a sudden moment of: "Ack! Howard and Raj? I'm writing Howard Wolowitz as a romantic hero?" I have to say, while I love the actor (Moist!), I always found the character kind of abhorrent. But he's at his most sympathetic when he's with Raj, and I really enjoyed writing the story - and putting him in a context where I totally relate to his tendency to act creepysexual. Since writing the story, I have a (possibly Stockholm-syndrome-y) increased love for the characters and the show itself.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story: I suppose it's sort of telling that I knew that much about Dungeons and Dragons. And that I described it just now as "a context where I totally relate to [the] tendency to act creepysexual."
Story you didn't write, but you swear you will someday: The same Jim Ellison torturefic I promised last year and have made negative progress on. (I lost it, and then only managed to reconstruct parts of it, and then lost interest.)
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2008? Gen. I think if I ever did predict I'd write Crime and Punishment fic, I would have assumed it would be slash (Raskolnikov/Razumihin obvs!!!), but my recipient didn't want slash and so I pushed my comfort zones! (Seriously, have I ever written gen? I'm pretty sure I have not.) Yuletide is great for forcing you to write something you never would have predicted (and that's why I made special time for it although I didn't do anything else fannish this year!)
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? A LOT LESS. I expected to do fewer stories than in 2008 (the 12 in 2008 challenge was just to much for me), but I didn't expect to drop out of fandom entirely. Part of it is being busy, but I was busy last year too; part of it is not being too strongly in any fandom right now (SGA was still going strong for me last year); part of it is redirecting my writing energy to original stuff. But I think this was my year for throwing myself whole-hog into that, just as 2008 was my year for throwing myself whole-hog into fanfic. Ideally, I'd like a balance between the original stuff and the fanfic: original stuff is theoretically marketable or what have you (highly theoretically), but fandom is so great for community and so satisfying because the stories are shorter and you get the instant gratification of your intended audience reading them as soon as you are done. And, I miss you guys!