Happy New Year

[cornerofmadness]

May it be better than the last. Oh I don't imagine it'll be great right out of the gate but I hope there is healing

In the meantime have some memes



Total word count: 592,791

Fandoms written in: Prodigal Son, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series, Lucifer, The X-Files, Star Trek, Murdoch Mysteries, Killjoys, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d predicted? MORE! How in the world could I have predicted writing over half a million words?

What’s your own favorite story of the year? If These Scars Could Speak It’s a full length Prodigal Son novel and I couldn’t be more proud of this one

Did you take any writing risks this year? The above mentioned Prodigal Son Big bang was definitely a risk

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year? More pro fic, less fan fic

My best story of this year: According to the Kudos on AO3 it would be Come Undone which is Prodigal Son

My most popular story of this year: Still Come Undone

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Definitely If These Scars Could Speak

Most fun story to write: Come Undone, If These Scars Could Speak, and Vengeance is an Emptiness

Story with the single sexiest moment: Light that Burns the Sky or Heart Shaped Bell

Hardest story to write: Dream Within a Dream Dream Within a Dream , going back to 2003 and trying to remember how I wanted this thing to end was not easy.

Biggest Surprise: I wrote over 600K if you add in pro fic. THAT is a surprise

Story/stories I haven’t yet written, but intend to: Pro fic – The follow up novella to Cassadaga Nights and my 1920s monster hunters. In the Prodigal Son fandom, I want to write the sequel to If These Scars Can Speak and to write my throat-damaged canon divergent Malcolm story finally as an adult (it’s been him growing up in all the existing ones) and surely I’ll finish another Buffy verse story for WiP Big bang



Your main fandom of the year?
Prodigal Son and Buffyverse

Your favorite film watched this year?
I can’t even remember so none

Your favorite book read this year? Couldn’t pick just one so I gave you all my faves
Who slays the wicked? by C.S. Harris
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Spectral City by Leanna Renee Hieber
The City of Lost Fortunes by Bryan Camp
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater
Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Hallelujah by Kim Fielding & F.E. Feely jr
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas


Your favorite album or song to listen to this year?
Citizen Soldier’s work , found them this year and most of their work is about mental health and I’ve very much liked If These Scar Could Speak and My Little Secret. Also liked Theory of a Deadman’s World War Me (i.e. Malcolm songs)

Your favorite TV show of the year?
Prodigal Son

Your favourite LJ/DW community of the year?
comment fic

Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
Prodigal Son

Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
Finally getting to see the last Star Wars movie which I can’t even remember the name of

Your fandom boyfriend of the year?
Gil Arroyo


Malcolm Bright

them together

Your fandom girlfriend of the year?
Jessica Whitly

Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Prodigal Son got renewed after looking like it might not

The most missed of your old fandoms?
Fullmetal Alchemist

The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
None that I can think of

Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year?
Prodigal Son S2, Wonder Woman 1984

Comments

[sperrywink]

Gil is definitely my fandom boyfriend too. And LDP.

600k is serious writing business!

[cornerofmadness]

Absolutely LDP, since the 80s! Love him.

I doubt I'll ever write that much again but I shall try

[ysilme]

Happy New Year to you! *hugs* And forgive me for skipping reading your meme; it's too depressing ;op - although I'm so happy for you writing went so well for you in 2020! ♥

[cornerofmadness]

Happy new year.

No problem. It's depressing?

[ysilme]

Yes, because 2020 sucked so badly for me, writing-wise, and it generally costs me so often so much effort to not just give it up completely. I need to write, and I know I can write well, can tell good stories. But I'm struggling so badly with some aspects of it that sometimes I can't bear reading about others' success, no matter how happy I am for them that it happens for them. IDK if that makes any sense...

[cornerofmadness]

Actually after I asked, I thought this was why. Thanks for answering though and I hope 2021 is better for you.