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[fox_confessor]

Hello hello hi :D I find myself with a spare hour or so, and so I meme

Total Word Count for Fanfic: ~131,873 (~60,193 of that is These Four Kings)(and I didn't include any from Incline because I wouldn't know how to count it)

Total Number of Stories: 18

Fandoms: Lotrips/The Hobbit, MWPP (Harry Potter)

My favourite story this year: Spinning Clocks, a remus/sirius time travel story, which was actually a pinch hit for shaggydog_swap

My best story of the year: I think it's the same as my favorite? Though I do love a lot of things I do in These Four Kings, especially with Peter.

Story most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Hands down The Old Lie, my r/s big bang. It was torture to write so there could never be enough love to make up for it. And I have ALL THE FEELINGS IN THE WORLD about it, but I shall spare us all.

Most fun story: When I Grow Up a MWPP gen story where Remus and Snape suffer a Potions accident and are de-aged. I had great fun writing it, and I think it's a fun read, too.

Sexiest story: I wrote kink bingo stories! Proof r/s spanking story (what what) and Lost r/s outdoor sex and surprise role playing. I don't write smut nearly as much as I used to. Point of fact, I've written nearly 150,000 words of These Four Kings so far and just this last chapter was the first sexual contact between r/s and even then it was so vague as to be missed unless you look hard (hard. ehe).

Hardest story to write: Hands down: The Old Lie. Omg so much whinging.

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? I don't know that I did, actually. I wrote het, which shouldn't seem like a challenge but totally is for me. I wrote femslash, which I had never done before, at least not really. That was fun. For a long time I didn't like writing writing female characters because I didn't know how (despite being one myself, which is just odd--not being a woman :D but being reticent to write them because it seemed harder). I'm much more comfortable so I guess I did learn something. I just think, "make them awesome" (as in, have them do something besides be a plot point for the man. give them adventures, too)

Do you have any goals for the New Year? I am going to finish These Four Kings, and after that, I don't know--at least in r/s fandom. I've sworn off fests this year because I did too many last year but we'll see how long that lasts...

I have other writing goals but it's funny. I love writing and I love talking about it, but I won't talk about original stuff here (anymore). Someone said something (that I found) hurtful to me about it months ago and I can't get the voice of it out of my head. It's like before I discovered fanfic and kept all my writings extremely private, except I'm still more than willing to share fanfic.

I spent a rather busy morning with my mind elsewhere, which is a hard way to get things done. I was plotting These Four Kings because while I have a few big moments (big chapters already written), I felt like their last few months needed something, so I've been thinking about that. And then I discovered that whilst on autopilot I had certified loans without actually putting them on our system as available to use, which was a problem :D So had to "lick that calf over again," as a coworker is fond of saying.

My RHCP concert was rescheduled because Anthony Kiedis injured his foot and had to have surgery. It'll be April now. As I told the girl I'm going with, I'm really just in this for Flea (bassist) so he could have shown up on his own and played, and I'd been happy enough.

I watched Amelie last night. I own it but hadn't watched it in a while. It's such a wonderful movie. I love it to bits. {I also watched Persuasion again, which is also perfection :D It's so strange, my love for this movie, and it's not even because I'm secretly having fantasties about Captain Wentworth or Anne (or them together). I love the acting, and the story, and the way it's been filled. It's just so incredibly beautiful, and deftly done. I love watching it.}

I had another thought but I can't remember...

Comments

[tonguesintrees.livejournal.com]

I just read When I Grow Up and loved it. ♥ See?

[juke-box-dive.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was quite fond of that one, too. I loved writing a wee adorbs Remus and Sirius as his protector.

[kiltsandlollies.livejournal.com]

Autopilot is everybody's best work friend, isn't it?

And 18 stories, holy crap, wow, go you. You should be very, very pleased with that kind of creative output. This Old Lie is worth all the whingeing and work that went into it, but yes, I know what you mean. It definitely goes into a special box. <3

[juke-box-dive.livejournal.com]

I hadn't counted them before I did this meme. I knew I participated in a lot of fests but didn't realize I had done quite that much. I complained about The Old Lie a lot but as baby's first adventure story, I think I did pretty well.