End of year wrap-up
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luzulaAll right, I've done the end-of-year meme!
List of stories I've written in 2007:
All are due South unless otherwise stated.
Fraser/Kowalski stories:
Your body is a map, but I am lost: Fraser can read the land, but not Ray. A post-CotW story, 6500 words, NC-17
Feathers: Ray wakes up with wings, 1900 words, R
In the Mackenzie Delta: Established relationship and camping, 2000 words, NC-17
Fraser/Kowalski snippets:
Storm: Fraser whiles his time away during a storm, NC-17
Warmth: Ray thinks it'll never stop snowing, R
Fraser/Kowalski filk songs:
The Unquiet Grave: A MotB AU. Warning for character death, R
Northwest Passage: A post-CotW story, PG
Stories about the Fraser family:
Voices in the Wind: Caroline and Benton get a premonition, 1200 words , PG-13
Home Schooling: Martha takes Benton's schooling seriously, 1200 words, G
Five things Benton Fraser learned at Depot: Fraser at Depot, 400 words, PG
Thirty-seven percent: Benton as a teenager, Benton/Mark, Mark/OFC, 1800 words, R
Snippets about the Fraser family (mostly Caroline and Martha):
Condolences: There's a small boy asleep on Martha's bed, G
Release: Caroline is finally free, G
Strangers: Martha and Caroline meet for the first time, G
Other snippets:
Siblings: Fraser is shiny, Ray K and Frannie are mopey, PG
Inspiration: Thatcher finds Fraser distracting, PG
Other stories:
Water Amongst the Rock: Different fandom altogether! This is the first fan fiction I ever wrote, and it's a Good Omens story, Aziraphale/Crowley, 1000 words, PG.
Podfic:
My story Voices in the Wind
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spuffyduds' story This is a Story That I Tell Myself
So, that's eight stories, seven snippets, two songs and two podfics. I'm still kind of amazed. I never thought I could write fiction at all, actually, though I've always had a pretty good self-confidence in other areas. So when I started writing fan fiction, it's like a tone-deaf person suddenly woke up and could sing. Now I have lots of WIPs and lots of ideas bubbling up, and I'm really enjoying myself.
My best story of this year:
Hmm, probably "Your body is a map, but I am lost". Although maybe I just think it's the best one because it's the longest--apparently I find it hard to write long stories. I'm trying to work on that, though, and I am very new as a writer, so maybe it'll come.
My favourite story of this year:
Probably the "Northwest Passage" filk song. I liked how the lyrics turned out, and I had so much fun making the harmonies and singing them with my sister.
Most fun story to write:
ETA: Okay, I changed my mind here. I really enjoyed writing "Thirty-seven percent", the one where teenage Benton has a crush on Mark and surreptitiously reads the Kinsey Report at night in his room.
Story with the single sexiest moment:
Oh, that's a hard one...hmm, I liked the sex in "Your body is a map, but I am lost", so I'll go with that.
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
Well, maybe the wingfic? I did kind of feel a vague shame over the self-indulgence of it, but then I thought, why is it more self-indulgent to put wings on characters than write porn about them? Also, a number of people commented that the wingfic felt realistic, which just amuses the hell out of me. I basically have a scientific mindset, so while I was writing I had to ruthlessly suppress the part of my mind that was going on about the physical and genetic impossibilities.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
All the Fraser family backstory really made Martha and Caroline come to life in my head. We know so little about them that it's almost like writing OC's, but I enjoy trying to find out what they were like.
Hardest story to write:
The filk version of "Northwest Passage", I think, because the rhyming was a bitch to get right. In the end, there aren't perfect rhymes everywhere, but then Stan Rogers' rhymes aren't always perfect either.
Biggest disappointment:
Probably one of the first stories I wrote, which I got entirely deserved criticism for in beta and never finished. Though I'm actually grateful for that--I appreciated that my beta was honest, and it made me think more carefully about what I was writing and how I did it.
In my writing in general, I'm constantly frustrated by how hard it is to show something without actually writing it out explicitly.
Biggest surprise:
The wingfic, I think. I really hadn't been planning that, it just popped into my head while I was cleaning the apartment and listening tozabira's recording of "Graceless" (another wingfic, by dirty_diana). Then I sat down and wrote "Feathers" during one afternoon, which is kind of amazing for me, because usually I write stories in dribbles spread out over several weeks. It's also the only thing (except for a short snippet) that I've written in Ray POV, so it was reassuring to know that I could write in Ray POV.
Most unintentionally telling story:
Probably anything where I include my own interests. "In the Mackenzie Delta", for example, contains camping, nature descriptions and botanical stuff. Fraser is canonically interested in camping and botany, though, so I hope it's not too bad. (The tent sex, OTOH, isn't really my thing--my tent has a low roof which makes it awkward, plus I tend to feel inhibited when people can hear me through the tent wall.)
Also, all the folk songs, but due South canonically contains folk songs, so I figure I can get away with that too.
I will now celebrate the solstice by going camping overnight! (Yes, I do that every year.)
List of stories I've written in 2007:
All are due South unless otherwise stated.
Fraser/Kowalski stories:
Your body is a map, but I am lost: Fraser can read the land, but not Ray. A post-CotW story, 6500 words, NC-17
Feathers: Ray wakes up with wings, 1900 words, R
In the Mackenzie Delta: Established relationship and camping, 2000 words, NC-17
Fraser/Kowalski snippets:
Storm: Fraser whiles his time away during a storm, NC-17
Warmth: Ray thinks it'll never stop snowing, R
Fraser/Kowalski filk songs:
The Unquiet Grave: A MotB AU. Warning for character death, R
Northwest Passage: A post-CotW story, PG
Stories about the Fraser family:
Voices in the Wind: Caroline and Benton get a premonition, 1200 words , PG-13
Home Schooling: Martha takes Benton's schooling seriously, 1200 words, G
Five things Benton Fraser learned at Depot: Fraser at Depot, 400 words, PG
Thirty-seven percent: Benton as a teenager, Benton/Mark, Mark/OFC, 1800 words, R
Snippets about the Fraser family (mostly Caroline and Martha):
Condolences: There's a small boy asleep on Martha's bed, G
Release: Caroline is finally free, G
Strangers: Martha and Caroline meet for the first time, G
Other snippets:
Siblings: Fraser is shiny, Ray K and Frannie are mopey, PG
Inspiration: Thatcher finds Fraser distracting, PG
Other stories:
Water Amongst the Rock: Different fandom altogether! This is the first fan fiction I ever wrote, and it's a Good Omens story, Aziraphale/Crowley, 1000 words, PG.
Podfic:
My story Voices in the Wind
spuffyduds' story This is a Story That I Tell MyselfSo, that's eight stories, seven snippets, two songs and two podfics. I'm still kind of amazed. I never thought I could write fiction at all, actually, though I've always had a pretty good self-confidence in other areas. So when I started writing fan fiction, it's like a tone-deaf person suddenly woke up and could sing. Now I have lots of WIPs and lots of ideas bubbling up, and I'm really enjoying myself.
My best story of this year:
Hmm, probably "Your body is a map, but I am lost". Although maybe I just think it's the best one because it's the longest--apparently I find it hard to write long stories. I'm trying to work on that, though, and I am very new as a writer, so maybe it'll come.
My favourite story of this year:
Probably the "Northwest Passage" filk song. I liked how the lyrics turned out, and I had so much fun making the harmonies and singing them with my sister.
Most fun story to write:
ETA: Okay, I changed my mind here. I really enjoyed writing "Thirty-seven percent", the one where teenage Benton has a crush on Mark and surreptitiously reads the Kinsey Report at night in his room.
Story with the single sexiest moment:
Oh, that's a hard one...hmm, I liked the sex in "Your body is a map, but I am lost", so I'll go with that.
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
Well, maybe the wingfic? I did kind of feel a vague shame over the self-indulgence of it, but then I thought, why is it more self-indulgent to put wings on characters than write porn about them? Also, a number of people commented that the wingfic felt realistic, which just amuses the hell out of me. I basically have a scientific mindset, so while I was writing I had to ruthlessly suppress the part of my mind that was going on about the physical and genetic impossibilities.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
All the Fraser family backstory really made Martha and Caroline come to life in my head. We know so little about them that it's almost like writing OC's, but I enjoy trying to find out what they were like.
Hardest story to write:
The filk version of "Northwest Passage", I think, because the rhyming was a bitch to get right. In the end, there aren't perfect rhymes everywhere, but then Stan Rogers' rhymes aren't always perfect either.
Biggest disappointment:
Probably one of the first stories I wrote, which I got entirely deserved criticism for in beta and never finished. Though I'm actually grateful for that--I appreciated that my beta was honest, and it made me think more carefully about what I was writing and how I did it.
In my writing in general, I'm constantly frustrated by how hard it is to show something without actually writing it out explicitly.
Biggest surprise:
The wingfic, I think. I really hadn't been planning that, it just popped into my head while I was cleaning the apartment and listening to
zabira's recording of "Graceless" (another wingfic, by dirty_diana). Then I sat down and wrote "Feathers" during one afternoon, which is kind of amazing for me, because usually I write stories in dribbles spread out over several weeks. It's also the only thing (except for a short snippet) that I've written in Ray POV, so it was reassuring to know that I could write in Ray POV. Most unintentionally telling story:
Probably anything where I include my own interests. "In the Mackenzie Delta", for example, contains camping, nature descriptions and botanical stuff. Fraser is canonically interested in camping and botany, though, so I hope it's not too bad. (The tent sex, OTOH, isn't really my thing--my tent has a low roof which makes it awkward, plus I tend to feel inhibited when people can hear me through the tent wall.)
Also, all the folk songs, but due South canonically contains folk songs, so I figure I can get away with that too.
I will now celebrate the solstice by going camping overnight! (Yes, I do that every year.)
