Fic of the Year Meme

[kerravonsen]

Memed from various people. The questions that don't make any sense I'm just gonna leave out, okay? And I've added stuff too.

1. Stories I wrote this year:

January:

• Necessity (1) Necessity (Doctor Who) by Kathryn Andersen (91K) [2006-1-28]
  There is no Bad Wolf; Rose has to make it back to the Doctor the hard way. Alternative universe version of "Parting of the Ways".

March:

• In Truth, Beauty (1) In Truth, Beauty (Harry Potter/Buffy) by Kathryn Andersen (4K) [2006-3-6]
  Sometimes love needs a little nudge; sometimes love needs a wallop on the head.

April:

• Things That Go Bump (Stargate SG-1) by Kathryn Andersen (18K) [2006-4-4]
  Just after "Show and Tell"; something that nobody can see is stalking the SGC.
• In Truth, Beauty (2) Introductions (Harry Potter/Buffy) by Kathryn Andersen (1K) [2006-4-21]
  Snape makes some introductions. (drabble)
• Quantify Felicity (Stargate SG-1) by Kathryn Andersen (1K) [2006-4-22]
  (drabble) Sam and Janet, counting blessings.

May:

• Naming (Blake's 7) by Kathryn Andersen (1K) [2006-5-28]
  A Zen drabble for Astrogirl.

June:

• Paperwork (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy/Doctor Who) by Kathryn Andersen (1K) [2006-6-13]
  "They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public enquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters." (Of Vogons)

July:

• Seeking Lethe (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy/Doctor Who) by Kathryn Andersen (1157w) [2006-7-5]
  Some people go a long way for a drink.

September:

• Methos and the Doctor (2) Geodesy (Highlander/Doctor Who) by Kathryn Andersen (2K) [2006-9-5]
  You meet all sorts of people in the Library at Alexandria.

October:

• Necessity (2) Incongruity (Doctor Who) by Kathryn Andersen (20K) [2006-10-1]
  Rose challenges the Ninth Doctor to a game of hide-and-seek.

November:

• Narcissus (Doctor Who) by Kathryn Andersen (1K) [2006-11-2]
  Fallout from the events of "New Earth".

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

Less than I was hoping to. I think my fic-writing sessions in the bus had been taken over by programming and website stuff, including transferring all the stories in my old "personal fic archive" (stuff I've downloaded that I want to read again) into a new system. I was dissappointed that I couldn't fit in Remix Redux this year, and that I didn't finish my story for the second finish-a-thon.

3. What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2006?

I was totally taken by surprise by "In Truth, Beauty" which paired Snape and Anya. Not ever something I would have expected myself to write, but it seized me one Saturday morning and wouldn't let me go until I'd written it down.

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

"Necessity". It was the hardest to write, the most stressful, but it also worked magnificently. I like it so much, and I wrote it! It works on a number of levels, it has a strong Rose (and I like that aspect of it even more after what happened to Rose's character during this year) and it's also about determination, redemption and freedom, themes I really like.

I'm also very fond of "Incongruity", since I managed to kill two birds with one stone: fulfil a ficathon request, and write more in this series.

5. Did you take any writing risks this year?

Well, if you count making pigs fly in "Necessity", yes.

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

Enter the Big Finish Short Trips competition -- if I can think of something to write.
Run a multi-fandom lyric wheel ficathon.
Finish my unfinished finish-a-thon story.
Participate in Remix Redux.
Participate in Multiverse.
Write more of my crossovers100 stories, including more Cally-and-the-Doctor stories.

That's surely enough, but I expect there will also be other ficathons coming along to waylay me; I shall try to resist.

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

My Best Story:

"Necessity", definitely.

Story Most Under-appreciated by the Universe:

Well, I'm not certain about the universe, since the stories I wrote for particular people, the people seemed to like them, so that's the important bit. Perhaps "Geodesy".

Most fun:

"Seeking Lethe". I had a lot of trouble trying to figure out what I was going to do for Multiverse, but once I did, it was just fun to write all the bits that made up this story.

Most disappointing:

"Naming"; I'm not really sure whether it worked.

Story with single sweetest moment:

Either "In Truth, Beauty", where Anya says why she loves him, or in "Incongruity" where the Doctor says he's glad that Rose is still there.

Story with most interesting idea:

"Incongruity" -- the stuff with the TARDIS geometry was cool.

Hardest to Write:

"Necessity" beyond doubt. I had to try to make pigs fly, and it was all in the characterisation, and the plot had to make sense, and I was under a huge pressure to finish by the deadline, since I was running the ficathon.
However I had hair-tearing moments with my Multiverse story, until I gave up on one choice and did another.
And "Narcissus" I had to rewrite a couple of times before it worked.

Easiest story to write:

Probably "In Truth, Beauty", because I was seized by inspiration.

Comments

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Well done!

[(Anonymous)]

Oooh, "Necessity" looks good. I'd better go read it. You know what's interesting, by the way? I'm also writing an AU that has a very different ending for NewWho season 1, and it's difficult for me for pretty much the same reasons that "Necessity" was for you.

[knight-random.livejournal.com]

Gaah, that anonymous comment was me. Sorry. My brain's out to lunch today. :)