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

[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.