cornerofmadness | writing meme

taken from

a2zmom

01. Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?:

So much more. I got @ 180,000 words of original (i.e. non-fan) fiction. I have no clue how much fanfiction I did but I'm working on the round up now

02. What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?:

honestly none. I could have predicted most of it. I guess the surprises were how easy it is for me to write Hohenheim and Chris Mustang from FMA and the only other surprise would have been adding Harvey from Keili in that one meme. However, I guess these two pairings were something of a surprise.
Family Tradition (Olivia/Roy/Alex Louis)

Butterflies and Moths (Garfiel)

03. What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?:

Sorrow's Dark Array (Roy/Riza, Ed/Winry, Gracia/Alter!Maes, Winry/OC) in FMA fandom.

For one, it's a full fledged novel. I loved that people not only liked my original characters, they came to love them and wanted more which doesn't happen often in fanfic.

Stray (Roy & Christmas) & With a Chance of Snow (Roy, Maes, Christmas) which is an AU story of how both Roy and Maes ended up Christmas' fosters. I would like to do more with this series

(lead me not into temptation, Faith/Thomas)

evil_little_dog &

lyrangalia conspired to come up with a prompt they knew I couldn't resist and this was fun to do.

Original fic, I'm really happy with Beneath the torn Sky. Out of everything original I wrote this year, this is coming together the easiest.

04. Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?:

Sorrow's Dark Array (Roy/Riza, Ed/Winry, Gracia/Alter!Maes, Winry/OC) qualifies for that in fanfic. Long stories get very little love in fandom unfortunately so that was a risk. Original characters are just as risky. I learned that people have no patience for reading anything long and that makes me sad and frightens me just a bit

In original fiction, getting into m/m erotica was probably the biggest risk. I learned I need to do description much better than am do

05. Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?:

absolutely and always.

Fanfic goals…I don't make those.

Profic goals, I want to keep editing Machiavelli moon and finish up some of my novellas/short stories and get them out there

06. From my past year of writing, what was...

My Best Story:

Sorrow's Dark Array (Roy/Riza, Ed/Winry, Gracia/Alter!Maes, Winry/OC) For all the reasons I've already given

< a href= "http://cornerofmadness.livejournal.com/849577.html"> Wages of Sin (Hohenheim) I loved how this came out

The Subtle Art of Subterfuge (Maes & Christmas) One of the last ones of the year but I'm really proud of this one

Story Most Underappreciated by the Universe:
I judge this by any story that got less than 5 responses and many got none (I did stop counting

fma_fic_contest stuff since I remembered most of those were commented on at the site)

no one can know

(blood sings, Kimbley)

(Sin no more, Gonou/Kanan)

(gojyo/goku, all jokes aside)

(haru/Rin, Learning Self-worth)

(lead me not into temptation, Faith/Thomas)

Silver Metal Love (Roy/Riza)

Winters of Grief (Maes/Roy/Riza)

Survivalists (Olivia/Miles)

Innocence Enslaves (Hohenheim/OC)

Dial S for … (Roy/Maes)

Most Fun:

Could Have Been the Whiskey (Roy/Maes) stupid drunk sex is fun to write

(lead me not into temptation, Faith/Thomas) kinky sex is also fun to write

Sorrow's Dark Array (Roy/Riza, Ed/Winry, Gracia/Alter!Maes, Winry/OC) yes yes I know you're tired of seeing it

Beneath the Torn Sky I love working with that story

Most Disappointing:

My shapeshifter story and Power to Endure, to original fiction pieces to illustrated how close yet how far I am from publication

Most Sexy:

Winters of Grief (Maes/Roy/Riza) Threesomes are fun

Study Break (Roy/Maes) I just enjoyed this one

Tie Me Up and Set Me Free again with the kink

(lead me not into temptation, Faith/Thomas) Ditto

Lights in the North (Roy/Riza) this one was sweet

Masquerade historically accurate sex

Most Unintentionally Telling:
the General's Pet (Olivia/Roy)

Tie Me Up and Set Me Free

(lead me not into temptation, Faith/Thomas)

Notice the theme of these…

Choice Lines:
From Sorrow's Dark Array (yes there were far better lines than this but I don't want to waste time chasing them all down)

Hughes wasn’t as drunk as he looked.” Roy thrashed his way out of the covering. “He was talking about some Earth tradition called a chivaree where they beat pots and act like morons all night long.”

Riza slapped Roy’s back lightly. “This can’t go on all night. Listen to how loud Edward is.”

“I’m more concerned with that set of lungs Alex Louis has.” Roy swung out of bed. The only piece of clothing he pulled on was his glove.

Riza chuckled to herself as he stepped out naked onto the balcony. Flames blazed but their drunken friends only howled louder. Untangling herself from the sheets, Riza grabbed the gun off the night stand. She and Roy had both been prepared in case someone decided to choose their wedding night to make a political statement. She watched her husband whipping flames teasingly at their friends. He was terrifyingly beautiful some days and now he was all hers. Grinning wildly, she joined him on the balcony, more naked than Roy was, and she took aim.

From Masquerade Olivia stood there, whirling his costume teeth around her finger. Roy could see tomorrow’s headlines now: ‘Freshly Promoted General Found Assassinated in Armstrong’s Bathroom.’ He’d just be happy if his tombstone didn’t read ‘drowned in the toilet.’

From Beneath the Torn Sky - Your father’s death doesn’t explain the years of avoidance. It’s been three years since you lost your leg and with every tick of the clock, you’ve gotten further from everyone who cared about you.”

“There were reasons,” he said, knowing there was nothing to gain by pointing out they were just as quick to leave him, too, but he wanted to shout it to the world; it was not all his fault.

“You’re getting loud,” Julian called.

“Name one,” Melantha dared, standing under the yellow glare of the porch light.

“Why would I pursue any romantic entanglements, looking like this?” Placid thumped his chest. He could almost feel the dam breaking inside him, the words flooding out. “Even the port prostitutes didn’t like looking at me and when I tried with someone I considered a girlfriend, a nurse, someone who should be used to injuries and she told me I was hideous. Do you know how that made me feel? It hurt so much I didn’t even want to live but I couldn’t even do that right so here I am.” He flung his arms wide, his whole body quivering. What had he just said?

Melantha’s stricken face appeared sallow under the porch light