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Reveals & Roundup, 2010
REVEAL TIME!! It's been pretty much two solid months of working on fannish stuff for this holiday season. I don't know what to do with my life anymore! Anyway, here's what I'm responsible for perpetrating:
In honor of the reveal, I have done a special piece of art!
Cover, pretty much a reboot of actual BSC #34, Mary Anne and Too Many Boys. I tried to make the colored pencils blended enough so that you can kind of squint and pretend it's a Hodges Soileau oil painting, but as always they look better in person than in the scan.
(Weirdly, just yesterday Amazon popped up a recommendation for me of a BSC book I never knew existed, in which the triplets and Jeff are invited to join the club. It doesn't work out! Why? Why? What is Jeff even doing there? I can't believe I had no idea about this before I wrote this story! I ordered it, but I'm worried now that I'll have to do, like, a revised and expanded edition. What if this changes things??)
*ahem*
Total stories: 7 (4 DS, 2 TS, 1 BSC)
Total words: 107,000 (46,500 DS, 32,700 TS, 29,500 BSC)
Total art pieces (not counting fic illustrations): 13 (8 DS, 2 SGA, 1 TS, 1 HCL, 1 S&A)
Total pages of art: 45
Best Story This Year/Easiest to Write: My favorite to write and the one that one hundred per cent flowed most easily--in about three weeks of constant typing, typing, typing--was Byron and the God of California. I've already mentioned how excited it made me just to read the prompt. I mean, it combined my two greatest passions: slash and Baby-sitters Club (a testament to my devotion to the latter: my insane revised BSC timelines). The plot came together nicely, I felt like it had a good balance of the two subplots, and I didn't get stuck the way I sometimes do when writing (or when I did, I got myself out of it quickly). I've been pleased to get a lot of comments which seemed to indicate that it was well-received (especially by my recipient, who wrote probably the longest comment I've ever gotten for anything. :D THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING MIZZMARVEL!!!)
My second favorite is probably Volcanic Geranium. I just had a lot of fun and it sure didn't feel like 22,000 words. It was my first time writing DS, so I was a little shaky with the voices, but I think it came together pretty well. It was also my first time writing crossdressing, and obviously, it should not be the last. I love makeovers!
Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: I think they were all rated pretty much according to their quality, actually.
Hardest story to write: Many of them had special challenges (known as "deadlines"). Cult of Personality gave me the most headache, I'd say. I went into it knowing it was a problem story, because I'd written about 14,000 words of it two years ago, but hadn't managed to get it to posting quality at that time. I kept changing the outline and losing and rediscovering the central line. I think it came together okay in the end, though I still like the parts I wrote in 2008 best (mainly, the romantic flashbacks).
Sexiest story: It's creepy to admit, but it's true: also Byron. Whether this is because I think the definition of sexy is "awkwardness, angst, and will-they-won't-they" or "teenage boys" remains to be seen, although the pecs in the above drawing offer compelling counterevidence. (FYI, Mitch Hewer is the teen actor I used for my main reference photo. IT'S OKAY HE IS 21 NOW.)
Story with the single sexiest moment: It might be the het kiss in The More Things Change. Jeez, really? Well, there's a sexy-Blair moment in Cult of Personality I like too.
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story: Hmm. It's a real close race this year. I'm going to say the waterboarding is more wrong than the objectification of fifteen-year-olds.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: Not to keep coming back to this well, but I have to come actually believe in the differentiation between Adam and Jordan that I invented out of whole cloth for Byron. Honorable mention: I noticed that I got so immersed in the future life and relationship of Fraser and Kowalski in Upon Close Inspection that I forgot it was actually not supported by canon (but I mean this is just a danger of reading too much post-COTW fic in general, I think).
Most Unintentionally Telling Story: I think Volcanic Geranium and The More Things Change are both telling of my desire have a pretty, gay best friend whom I convert to be "straight for me" and convince to dress in women's clothes, but I wouldn't say it's unintentional.
Story you didn't write, but you swear you will someday: I make no promises, but I would like to mention that I've finally made good on my 2008 promise in this space to write "the one where Jim Ellison is being held and tortured."
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2009? RayK/Stella. WTFHET.
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? Much more! Actually, I felt like I had a lot of periods of fallowness this year (or at least long periods where I did art rather than fic), so I'm surprised looking back that I did so much. I was working on something fannish pretty consistently all year. I did at least one art piece every single month, and I was usually working on at least one fic and art piece at the same time, especially after the charity auctions for Haiti, Chile, and Pakistan. (What an odd consequence of a number of global disasters.)
Do you have any fanfic goals for the New Year? It's been my pattern to alternate fannish and original-fic years, so I'll probably go more or less into hiding, although I intend to continue doing art even when I'm not ficcing. Although I thought I was easing out of fandom around this time last year, until my sudden DS renaissance, so I guess it largely depends on how excited I am about a fandom. And... Sherlock..........
Roundup
Fic:
Art:
- The Island for Yuletart for Mrs Frankenstein [ETA Jan 5]. Slings and Arrows, gen-ish but Darren/Geoffrey-ish. PG for language. Features an amusement park!
[Yuletart | my site ] - You Can Plan on Me for The Sentinel Secret Santa for snycock. Jim/Blair, PG, 6700 words. A seasonal fic! For once!
[TSSS | AO3 | my site ] - Detective Raymond Vecchio's Protection by the Consulate of the Great Nation of Canada: An Illustrated Report by Constable Renfield Turnbull for Due South Seekrit Santa for lalejandra. Fraser/RayK, PG. Art/fic hybrid thingy, with 3 images + 300 words. Missing scenes from 3x9 "Asylum."
[AO3 | my site ] - Finally, the biggie:
Byron and the God of California for Yuletide for mizzmarvel. Baby-sitters Club, Byron Pike/Jeff Schafer, PG-13. 29,500 words. (YES.) I had SOOOOOO much fun with this, you guys. Byron/Jeff had never occurred to me as a pairing until I read the prompt, and then it was like one of those moments where you discover your calling in life. I didn't know it, but I HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS MY WHOLE LIFE.
[AO3 | my site ]
In honor of the reveal, I have done a special piece of art!
Cover, pretty much a reboot of actual BSC #34, Mary Anne and Too Many Boys. I tried to make the colored pencils blended enough so that you can kind of squint and pretend it's a Hodges Soileau oil painting, but as always they look better in person than in the scan.
(Weirdly, just yesterday Amazon popped up a recommendation for me of a BSC book I never knew existed, in which the triplets and Jeff are invited to join the club. It doesn't work out! Why? Why? What is Jeff even doing there? I can't believe I had no idea about this before I wrote this story! I ordered it, but I'm worried now that I'll have to do, like, a revised and expanded edition. What if this changes things??)
*ahem*
Total stories: 7 (4 DS, 2 TS, 1 BSC)
Total words: 107,000 (46,500 DS, 32,700 TS, 29,500 BSC)
Total art pieces (not counting fic illustrations): 13 (8 DS, 2 SGA, 1 TS, 1 HCL, 1 S&A)
Total pages of art: 45
Best Story This Year/Easiest to Write: My favorite to write and the one that one hundred per cent flowed most easily--in about three weeks of constant typing, typing, typing--was Byron and the God of California. I've already mentioned how excited it made me just to read the prompt. I mean, it combined my two greatest passions: slash and Baby-sitters Club (a testament to my devotion to the latter: my insane revised BSC timelines). The plot came together nicely, I felt like it had a good balance of the two subplots, and I didn't get stuck the way I sometimes do when writing (or when I did, I got myself out of it quickly). I've been pleased to get a lot of comments which seemed to indicate that it was well-received (especially by my recipient, who wrote probably the longest comment I've ever gotten for anything. :D THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING MIZZMARVEL!!!)
My second favorite is probably Volcanic Geranium. I just had a lot of fun and it sure didn't feel like 22,000 words. It was my first time writing DS, so I was a little shaky with the voices, but I think it came together pretty well. It was also my first time writing crossdressing, and obviously, it should not be the last. I love makeovers!
Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: I think they were all rated pretty much according to their quality, actually.
Hardest story to write: Many of them had special challenges (known as "deadlines"). Cult of Personality gave me the most headache, I'd say. I went into it knowing it was a problem story, because I'd written about 14,000 words of it two years ago, but hadn't managed to get it to posting quality at that time. I kept changing the outline and losing and rediscovering the central line. I think it came together okay in the end, though I still like the parts I wrote in 2008 best (mainly, the romantic flashbacks).
Sexiest story: It's creepy to admit, but it's true: also Byron. Whether this is because I think the definition of sexy is "awkwardness, angst, and will-they-won't-they" or "teenage boys" remains to be seen, although the pecs in the above drawing offer compelling counterevidence. (FYI, Mitch Hewer is the teen actor I used for my main reference photo. IT'S OKAY HE IS 21 NOW.)
Story with the single sexiest moment: It might be the het kiss in The More Things Change. Jeez, really? Well, there's a sexy-Blair moment in Cult of Personality I like too.
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story: Hmm. It's a real close race this year. I'm going to say the waterboarding is more wrong than the objectification of fifteen-year-olds.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: Not to keep coming back to this well, but I have to come actually believe in the differentiation between Adam and Jordan that I invented out of whole cloth for Byron. Honorable mention: I noticed that I got so immersed in the future life and relationship of Fraser and Kowalski in Upon Close Inspection that I forgot it was actually not supported by canon (but I mean this is just a danger of reading too much post-COTW fic in general, I think).
Most Unintentionally Telling Story: I think Volcanic Geranium and The More Things Change are both telling of my desire have a pretty, gay best friend whom I convert to be "straight for me" and convince to dress in women's clothes, but I wouldn't say it's unintentional.
Story you didn't write, but you swear you will someday: I make no promises, but I would like to mention that I've finally made good on my 2008 promise in this space to write "the one where Jim Ellison is being held and tortured."
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2009? RayK/Stella. WTFHET.
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? Much more! Actually, I felt like I had a lot of periods of fallowness this year (or at least long periods where I did art rather than fic), so I'm surprised looking back that I did so much. I was working on something fannish pretty consistently all year. I did at least one art piece every single month, and I was usually working on at least one fic and art piece at the same time, especially after the charity auctions for Haiti, Chile, and Pakistan. (What an odd consequence of a number of global disasters.)
Do you have any fanfic goals for the New Year? It's been my pattern to alternate fannish and original-fic years, so I'll probably go more or less into hiding, although I intend to continue doing art even when I'm not ficcing. Although I thought I was easing out of fandom around this time last year, until my sudden DS renaissance, so I guess it largely depends on how excited I am about a fandom. And... Sherlock..........
Roundup
Fic:
- Volcanic Geranium, DS, Fraser/RayK, 22000 words
- Standard Courtship Protocol, DS, Fraser/RayK, 7500 words
- Upon Close Inspection, DS, Fraser/RayK, 12000 words
- The More Things Change, DS, RayK/Stella, 4700 words
- Cult of Personality, TS, Jim/Blair, 26000 words
- You Can Plan on Me, TS, Jim/Blair, 6700 words
- Byron and the God of California, BSC, Byron/Jeff, 29500 words
Art:
- Mistake, SGA, 2.5 page comic
- Gardez-vous les rouges pour la fin?, DS, 2 page comic
- TBA, DS, 3 page comic (an illustration for somebody's fic; she decided to postpone posting it)
- Interrogation, DS, 24 page comic (adaptation of the great story by Speranza)
- Billy Tallent in ink wash, HCL, portrait
- Ink wash page from Chicago's Most Wanted, DS, 1 page comic (proof of concept for a different Speranza story)
- Brush page from American Way, DS, 1 page comic (proof of concept for the Resonant story)
- Pen & ink page from You Just Have to Leap, DS, 1 page comic (proof of concept for the Alex51324 story)
- Brush/ink pages from Chicago's Most Wanted, DS, 3 page comic (more from the second Speranza story but in a DIFFERENT STYLE)
- TBA, SGA, 3 page comic (an illustration for somebody's fic; she never gave me the OK to post and maybe disappeared, but I'm still counting it!)
- Illustrations for "Baby Steps" by Raine Wynd, TS, 4 illustrations
- The Island, S&A, 6 page comic
- Detective Raymond Vecchio's Protection by the Consulate, DS, 3 illustrations
