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Every New Year's it seems I wind up back at Livejournal, even though it's once in a blue moon that I post anymore. Funny, considering how much I lived on LJ back in ye olden days.
With all the nostalgia and looking back and reviewing that happens this time of year, I guess it does make sense that I end up back here because whatever small fannish activity that I still indulge in happens to some small degree, here.
That said, I totally miss fandom and the community and the discussions. I wish I could latch onto another fandom with the same vigor and fervour that I did the Joss-verse, but it just doesn't seem to pan out. Although, I am just as rabid in some respects (see my love for The Walking Dead and how I might not be watching the last half of season 5 on account of Beth).
Now, I wrote zero fic in 2013, much to my dismay. But 2014 saw a little bit happening. Largely in fandoms other than the Joss-verse. That moment when the lightening flashed and I was all about Buffy and Angel have gone the way of the Tasmanian tiger. That's okay, I suppose. I did write an original collection of shorts in 2013. It's free now everywhere if anyone wants to download it. All This and Love, available at most e-retailers near you. /shameless plug
Anyway, my year in fic:
to memory now recalled | The Walking Dead thru 4.8: too far gone | Carl | PG | anyone or everyone, those who are dead are not dead, they're just living in my head and since I fell for that spell, I am living there as well.
sugar glass | Hunger Games: Mockingjay (book) | Finnick/Katniss | G | you are terrifying / and strange and beautiful / something not everyone knows how to love.
kiss me, and you will see how important I am | The Walking Dead thru 4.12: Still | Daryl/Beth | PG | Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.
Cake | Angel AU thru 3.11: Birthday | Cordelia, Buffy/Angel | PG, mostly for themes | "To lose your heart is not a path for the faint and fainting." Here is where the story changes: Cordelia.
Happy Xmas (War is Over) | BtVS post-Chosen AU | Dawn/Spike | NC-17 | "Against the tide we struggle with the skin we're in." Dawn, after.
unfinished kita holiday fic | AtS | Angel/Connor | G | "Unfinished fic, annexed.
The Dandelion Seed (Unfinished and Annexed Fic) | BtVS/Wicked/The Wizard of Oz | Gen | PG-13 for themes | "Was she to be taken seriously, or was she merely a blow-away dandelion seed, caught on the wrong side of the wind?"
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My favorite story this year (my own): There's a tie between sugar glass and kiss me, and you will see how important I am.
My best story this year: That's hard because I don't take as much care as I used to and I don't get things beta'd, so it's all haphazard. Probably sugar glass.
My favorite line of this year: Totally don't have one. Maybe ... "When Dawn comes, she smells of Buffy." for all the ways that it's totally fucked up.
Most fun story: Don't write those. Never did. So, BAU.
Sexiest story: sugar glass because there's a broken comfort and sensuality, I think, between Finnick and Katniss.
Story with single sexiest moment: sugar glass. I really like how Katniss can feel the pull of Finnick's smile against her cheek and the whole body chair thing (not as creepy-weird as that sentence probably sounds).
"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story: Ha! Happy Xmas (War is Over). I cut most of the explicitly incest-y bits, but it's definitely not rainbows and sunshine over there.
Fic that shifted my perceptions of the characters: to memory now recalled and kiss me, and you will see how important I am.
Biggest disappointment: Happy Xmas (War is Over). It's just raw and I will never be able to fix it. Not to mention I'm not really interested in trying to.
Hardest story to write: Happy Xmas (War is Over) which was mostly written years ago, but which I finally tacked an ending to and released into the wild.
Easiest story to write: kiss me, and see how important I am
Most unintentionally telling story: I never know what that MEANS!
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2014: The Walking Dead
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?: Not especially. Trying to finish a longer a narrative piece, maybe? Happy Xmas (War is Over) was difficult partially because of it's length. I always have a hard time with longer pieces and I still don't know how to change or fix that.
Okay, so, Happy New Year, my darlings. I hope 2015 is better than you hope for. And as Brad Paisley apparently once said, 'Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.'
With all the nostalgia and looking back and reviewing that happens this time of year, I guess it does make sense that I end up back here because whatever small fannish activity that I still indulge in happens to some small degree, here.
That said, I totally miss fandom and the community and the discussions. I wish I could latch onto another fandom with the same vigor and fervour that I did the Joss-verse, but it just doesn't seem to pan out. Although, I am just as rabid in some respects (see my love for The Walking Dead and how I might not be watching the last half of season 5 on account of Beth).
Now, I wrote zero fic in 2013, much to my dismay. But 2014 saw a little bit happening. Largely in fandoms other than the Joss-verse. That moment when the lightening flashed and I was all about Buffy and Angel have gone the way of the Tasmanian tiger. That's okay, I suppose. I did write an original collection of shorts in 2013. It's free now everywhere if anyone wants to download it. All This and Love, available at most e-retailers near you. /shameless plug
Anyway, my year in fic:
to memory now recalled | The Walking Dead thru 4.8: too far gone | Carl | PG | anyone or everyone, those who are dead are not dead, they're just living in my head and since I fell for that spell, I am living there as well.
sugar glass | Hunger Games: Mockingjay (book) | Finnick/Katniss | G | you are terrifying / and strange and beautiful / something not everyone knows how to love.
kiss me, and you will see how important I am | The Walking Dead thru 4.12: Still | Daryl/Beth | PG | Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.
Cake | Angel AU thru 3.11: Birthday | Cordelia, Buffy/Angel | PG, mostly for themes | "To lose your heart is not a path for the faint and fainting." Here is where the story changes: Cordelia.
Happy Xmas (War is Over) | BtVS post-Chosen AU | Dawn/Spike | NC-17 | "Against the tide we struggle with the skin we're in." Dawn, after.
unfinished kita holiday fic | AtS | Angel/Connor | G | "Unfinished fic, annexed.
The Dandelion Seed (Unfinished and Annexed Fic) | BtVS/Wicked/The Wizard of Oz | Gen | PG-13 for themes | "Was she to be taken seriously, or was she merely a blow-away dandelion seed, caught on the wrong side of the wind?"
My favorite story this year (my own): There's a tie between sugar glass and kiss me, and you will see how important I am.
My best story this year: That's hard because I don't take as much care as I used to and I don't get things beta'd, so it's all haphazard. Probably sugar glass.
My favorite line of this year: Totally don't have one. Maybe ... "When Dawn comes, she smells of Buffy." for all the ways that it's totally fucked up.
Most fun story: Don't write those. Never did. So, BAU.
Sexiest story: sugar glass because there's a broken comfort and sensuality, I think, between Finnick and Katniss.
Story with single sexiest moment: sugar glass. I really like how Katniss can feel the pull of Finnick's smile against her cheek and the whole body chair thing (not as creepy-weird as that sentence probably sounds).
"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story: Ha! Happy Xmas (War is Over). I cut most of the explicitly incest-y bits, but it's definitely not rainbows and sunshine over there.
Fic that shifted my perceptions of the characters: to memory now recalled and kiss me, and you will see how important I am.
Biggest disappointment: Happy Xmas (War is Over). It's just raw and I will never be able to fix it. Not to mention I'm not really interested in trying to.
Hardest story to write: Happy Xmas (War is Over) which was mostly written years ago, but which I finally tacked an ending to and released into the wild.
Easiest story to write: kiss me, and see how important I am
Most unintentionally telling story: I never know what that MEANS!
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2014: The Walking Dead
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?: Not especially. Trying to finish a longer a narrative piece, maybe? Happy Xmas (War is Over) was difficult partially because of it's length. I always have a hard time with longer pieces and I still don't know how to change or fix that.
Okay, so, Happy New Year, my darlings. I hope 2015 is better than you hope for. And as Brad Paisley apparently once said, 'Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.'
