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melina123 and I thought her comments about her stuff were interesting and made me think of my own.
Stories I wrote this year: Geez, not as many as it feels like. Seven if you don't count the giganimous chapters/parts of the WIPs, 14 if you do count them. I count them, personally. Cuz criminy, they are freaking huge chunks of time.
My favorite story this year (of my own): Geez, it's a tossup, I guess: Mercy Street, which was about Spike and Dana, the insane slayer from Damage, or On Beds of Sorrow, the Fast and the Furious grief...death...whatever story.
My best story this year: Same as above, I think. I'm extremely proud of both.
Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: My F&F work in progress, Ciudad de Estrellas. I'm really loving the chance to explore these characters in depth, over a short period of time that feels like a long period, create backstory and original characters. But as my friend blackbird pointed out to me just today, the F&F audience (and fans in general) don't seem to appreciate that much. It's all peak-peak-peak and even some people close to me seem to not like the way it's going. Mostly I just look around and am trying to figure out why so many people say they're desperate for fic in the fandom but won't seem to give it a chance. I'm grateful to the few people who *have* supported it, though.
Most funFunnest (sorry, I HAVE to correct these things!) story: Fun? What is this fun you speak of? (If it means from my perspective, though, I'd definitely say all the F&F stuff. God, I'm just deliriously in love with this right now.)
Sexiest story: Het: Nada. Ixnay on the exsay in large part. Slash: On Beds of Sorrow, which is kinda sad because most people won't read it since it's got character death.
Story with single sexiest moment: Het: Oddly, Assumption even though it's so not about anything sexy. But the love scene with Buffy and Spike I am quite pleased with. Slash: Torque because I love the image of what Letty sees in the garage, especially the thing that makes Dom throw his head back and laugh.
Hardest story to write: Assumption because I wanted to really challenge myself in terms of style and language. Using elements of flash fiction (the real kind, not the fanfic kind), prose poetry, and stream of consciousness, together with two distinctly different narrative voices and time tracks, was a really interesting risk to take. And I was happy because I think I succeeded.
Most unintentionally *telling* story: Mercy Street. God, the fact that I could get into the head of a psychotic as well as everyone said I did should terrify me, I think. But I loved Dana, so, so much. I felt her inside me. I don't know what that means, either.
And because I'm a vidder, I have to do this for some vids, too:
Vids I made this year 6 or 7, not sure. Why does it feel like so many more? And yet I've been totally off vidding since July.
My favorite of my vids this year Gah. This I'm not so sure of... Stripped, maybe, because it started a weird, cool cascade of people getting interested in the F&F fandom and that thrills me to death, but I'm also exceptionally fond of Through Your Hands, which I made for the Vividcon challenge show, in Firefly.
My best vid this year: I suppose Valentine Heart. Though many would say Santa Monica.
Most underappreciated by the universe: Streets on Fire. Nobody cares about poor lil' Robbery Homicide Division except Bast!
Hardest vid to make: Streets on Fire, because it was so hard getting together withfeochadn! Plus, hard fast edits=acheybreaky hearts and hands and RSI.
Sexiest vid: Stripped, hands down. And it's not like you have to *work* at it with Fast and the Furious!
melina123 and I thought her comments about her stuff were interesting and made me think of my own.Stories I wrote this year: Geez, not as many as it feels like. Seven if you don't count the giganimous chapters/parts of the WIPs, 14 if you do count them. I count them, personally. Cuz criminy, they are freaking huge chunks of time.
My favorite story this year (of my own): Geez, it's a tossup, I guess: Mercy Street, which was about Spike and Dana, the insane slayer from Damage, or On Beds of Sorrow, the Fast and the Furious grief...death...whatever story.
My best story this year: Same as above, I think. I'm extremely proud of both.
Story most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: My F&F work in progress, Ciudad de Estrellas. I'm really loving the chance to explore these characters in depth, over a short period of time that feels like a long period, create backstory and original characters. But as my friend blackbird pointed out to me just today, the F&F audience (and fans in general) don't seem to appreciate that much. It's all peak-peak-peak and even some people close to me seem to not like the way it's going. Mostly I just look around and am trying to figure out why so many people say they're desperate for fic in the fandom but won't seem to give it a chance. I'm grateful to the few people who *have* supported it, though.
Sexiest story: Het: Nada. Ixnay on the exsay in large part. Slash: On Beds of Sorrow, which is kinda sad because most people won't read it since it's got character death.
Story with single sexiest moment: Het: Oddly, Assumption even though it's so not about anything sexy. But the love scene with Buffy and Spike I am quite pleased with. Slash: Torque because I love the image of what Letty sees in the garage, especially the thing that makes Dom throw his head back and laugh.
Hardest story to write: Assumption because I wanted to really challenge myself in terms of style and language. Using elements of flash fiction (the real kind, not the fanfic kind), prose poetry, and stream of consciousness, together with two distinctly different narrative voices and time tracks, was a really interesting risk to take. And I was happy because I think I succeeded.
Most unintentionally *telling* story: Mercy Street. God, the fact that I could get into the head of a psychotic as well as everyone said I did should terrify me, I think. But I loved Dana, so, so much. I felt her inside me. I don't know what that means, either.
And because I'm a vidder, I have to do this for some vids, too:
Vids I made this year 6 or 7, not sure. Why does it feel like so many more? And yet I've been totally off vidding since July.
My favorite of my vids this year Gah. This I'm not so sure of... Stripped, maybe, because it started a weird, cool cascade of people getting interested in the F&F fandom and that thrills me to death, but I'm also exceptionally fond of Through Your Hands, which I made for the Vividcon challenge show, in Firefly.
My best vid this year: I suppose Valentine Heart. Though many would say Santa Monica.
Most underappreciated by the universe: Streets on Fire. Nobody cares about poor lil' Robbery Homicide Division except Bast!
Hardest vid to make: Streets on Fire, because it was so hard getting together with
feochadn! Plus, hard fast edits=acheybreaky hearts and hands and RSI.Sexiest vid: Stripped, hands down. And it's not like you have to *work* at it with Fast and the Furious!
