2012 Writing Recap

[vulgarweed]

If it was just the first half of this year, it would be crushingly depressing. I was a pretty inert lump up through July, probably caused by being really hard on myself for losing motivation in my original-fic writing. When will I learn that berating myself just never, ever, ever helps.

I did write one little thing, though: Victoria's Worst-Kept Secret; Aziraphale/Crowley, lingerie kink, NC-17. That was for the Porn Battle. I tend to write well when there are challenges to motivate me, but I didn't sign up for many of those this year either. I skipped Remix and Yuletide.

But then in August, htebazytook and I started brainstorming what would become The Bone Fiddle, and we both pretty much lived in that world for nearly five months. And I remembered that yes, I can do this, and even more importantly, I love to do this.

Writing I've done in the past month:

(At least) one Good Omens piece that I am not at liberty to disclose or discuss.
A coda to "The Bone Fiddle" that I've sent to htebazytook but haven't posted yet that's almost 7,000 words of porn.

Stories up on the horizon:
Something that might be bittersweet and slashy about young Olórin and Aiwendil in Valinor, and where they wind up later.

So:
Faithful old-friend fandom: Good Omens, still, always.
Shiny new fandom smell: Sherlock
BOTH: The Hobbit/LOTR/Tolkien

Actually, Sherlock nearly qualifies as both because I've liked the ACD Sherlock Holmes stories since I was a kid, I just never participated in any of the related sub-fandoms before. That's my long-term pattern if I'm going to seriously fan-write anything: I need canon I can read for inspiration and research.

Comments

[htebazytook.livejournal.com]

It's so upsetting when you get out of Writing Mode or it becomes a chore instead of fun.

Ooh Valinor fic!

How wonderful is this Tolkien revival, btw? It's like secret fans are popping up in every fandom and waving their geeky flags, and most of them who were overexcited fangirls ten years ago [like me] are now mature!fangirls, whatever that means

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

That was exactly the problem - it felt like the sort of thing that I expected of myself, and I had this sour-faced nanny aspect of myself chiding me. Ugh.

Yes, I hope, Valinor fic! I always felt the spiritual "children" of Yavanna and Aulë got the short end of the stick.

This Tolkien revival is so, SO awesome! We are everywhere! And I'm finding myself interested in aspects of the mythos that never grabbed me as hard before, like Dwarven culture. I can't wait to see how it'll grow and unfold over the next couple years.

I do want to slap the prissy gatekeepers upside the head. No chilling effects, please.

[htebazytook.livejournal.com]

I know right? I got so many unexpected feels about Dwarves and their legacies and shit from The Hobbit

Ewww I haven't seen many prissy gatekeepers, myself. When I first came into fandom I really did sound like these annoying preteen girls, since I was one, which is probably why they annoy me so much now, but listen, LOTR fandom was so tolerant of my annoying fangirl tendencies, and looking back I know if it had been a bitchy fandom it probably would've turned me off ALL fandoms, so I'm glad they were cool

Then again, me having been a Book Fan for an entire YEAR prior to the movies even coming out probably earned me some points

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

The prissy gatekeepers are mostly the Worst of Tumblr (tm), domain of self-righteous teenagers who like to make rules for how other people ought to do fandom properly.

Ten years ago, I was definitely a Tolkien canon snob, in the sense that any fic that didn't show evidence of knowing the books made me scornful. But a control freak invested in the sacredness of the canon? No. My first or second fic I ever posted was this. (Formatting's awful, I need to fix it - I c&p'd from Library of Moria).

I was...not a teenager. Nor was I in my 20s. XD I did think LOTR was kind of a bitchy fandom, but not to anyone who really devoted themselves to the story and the universe of it. More to the endless sea of swooning over Orlando Bloom/Legolas (bland actor, bland character).

[htebazytook.livejournal.com]

:::Ten years ago, I was definitely a Tolkien canon snob, in the sense that any fic that didn't show evidence of knowing the books made me scornful. But a control freak invested in the sacredness of the canon? No::::

I like to think this is how I was/am, too

Um, Legolas had some PRETTY IMPORTANT things to say, let me tell you. Remember when he read a fortune cookie to Aragorn at Parth Galen? Or the time he announced that a forest was old?? Or, my personal favorite, when he knew what a diversion was????

As a "Lijah" fan [I hate myself] I was a sworn enemy of the Orli camp. I have such strange feelings about Frodo now. It's like being attracted to a now jailbait kid that looks like the kid you had a cutesy crush on when you were also jailbait

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

Oh, my! "Victoria's Worst-Kept Secret" was an unexpected treat. Thank you -- you're always so delightful with Crowley and Aziraphael.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed writing that one.