The stories I made up this year

[errant_jane]

There are a bunch of different versions of this as far as I can tell. I think I hit the major points.

The tl;dr version, for those who don't want to read the whole thing, goes like this: My big bang was my best story for the year, in many different ways. And then I wrote some other stuff too.

List all the fics you wrote this year, and the word count.

ALL THE FICS! Approximate WC: 140,530

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SPN

Codas

♥ The Song Remains the Same

♥ Dark Side of the Moon

♥ Point of No Return (2)

♥ Swan Song (1) (2) and (3)

♥ Exile on Main Street

♥ Live Free or Twihard (Wincest)

♥ Family Matters

Gen

♥ The Bitter Taste of Smoke
Summary: Civilian life is an adjustment. Dean is doing the best he can.

♥ A Thousand Words (Give or Take)
Summary: Dean finds Sam's sketchbook.

♥ Snowbot
Summary: Robo!Sam makes a snowman.

Wincest

♥ Now We Are Awake
Summary: Dean was never supposed to survive this.

♥ BC Bud
Summary: The boys get stoned together for the first time and it doesn't quite go as Dean expected.


RPF

Gen

♥ In Sickness
Summary: Jared gets sick; Jensen takes care of him.

♥ Tryin' To Get a Nut
Summary: Jared, Jensen and Misha get stoned together and there are unexpected consequences.

Slash

Big Bang and Timestamps

♥ In Becoming Who We Are
(Unofficial) Summary: Jensen grows up.

♥ Lesser Men (Have Put Up Better Fights) (Misha/Clare)
Summary: Misha knows better in so many ways, but when has that ever made a difference?

♥ If You Don't Ask, You'll Never Know
Summary: Jared wants to try something different.

♥ The Way It's Meant To Be
Summary: Jared missed Jensen over Christmas vacation.

♥ The One Who Wants You
Summary Prior to their meeting, Jared knew two different Jensens.

Jared/Jensen

♥ And a Starbucks on Every Corner (Amen!)
Summary: Jared gets that living with someone is a different experience, a new level of intimacy no matter what the relationship was before.

♥ The Storm Outside and the Fire Bright
Summary: In which the weather sucks, the power is out and cuddles just sort of happen.

♥ Little Pink Sweater
Summary: Jensen has a nemesis: Jared's little pink sweater.

♥ Mr. April
Summary: It doesn't really occur to Jared that the pretty pretty men in the calendar are actual fire fighters.

♥ Chad is Awesome?
Summary: Taking things from Chad is almost always a mistake.

♥ Forbidden Love: A tale of unicorns and vampires
Summary: Jared's a vampire and Jensen's a unicorn. Nobody understands their love!

♥ The Same Thing We Do Every Night
Summary: Jared will talk to Mr. Gorgeous. Just as soon as he figures out the perfect thing to say.

♥ Two Sizes Too Small
Summary: Jensen's a little Grinchy. Jared's determined to change that.

♥ Oh Little Elf
Summary: Jared's a poor college student, crap seasonal jobs are practically a requirement.

♥ Accidents Happen
Summary: Jensen gets stood up, then drunk.

♥ A Game of Chance
Summary: Jared hates shoveling the driveway.

♥ It's the Thought That Counts
Summary: Jensen's mom gives him an ugly Christmas sweater he feels obligated to wear.

♥ In a Winter Wonderland
Summary: Jared and Jensen go for a walk in the snow.

♥ The Best Thing About Christmas Morning
Summary: Christmas has always been Jared's favorite.

Jared/Misha

♥ Nobody Ever Expects the Catolution
Summary: Jared loves dogs. Misha is a cat person.

♥ Carpe Diem
Summary: Misha wants to screw with Jensen. Jared thinks screwing with Misha is a much better idea.

♥ Matchmaking's Harder Than it Looks
Summary: Jared likes Misha, Misha likes Jared. Unfortunately, Jensen seems to be the only one who gets it.

Jensen/Jeff

♥ Boy Built for Trouble
Summary: Written for blindfold_spn - daddy kink

♥ And a Happy New Year
Summary: New Year's Eve isn't Jensen's favorite holiday.

Other

♥ Unicorns, Dragons, and Affairs of the Heart (Jared/Jensen/Jeff)
Summary: Jeff is in charge of the unicorns, Jared is in charge of the dragon, and Jensen is in charge of the cupcakes.

♥ Misha Collins: Pegasus Wrangler (Misha/Jake Abel)
Summary: Misha is a Pegasus wrangler and Jake is his Merman friend (or possibly more...).

Original Slash

♥ Watch For Ice
Summary: Eric hates winter.

♥ What Can I Get Started For You?
Summary: Scott didn't mind working on Christmas Eve, especially when his favorite customer stopped by.

♥ Old Friendships Renewed
Summary: Josh hasn't seen Michael since high school, so he's a little surprised when Michael shows up for the neighborhood Christmas party.

Other

♥ I Care About This Alot (Hyperbole and a Half fic)
Summary: A Holiday story about Alots.

♥ Festive Tradishuns (we can haz dem) (Lolcats fic)
Summary: Once a year Basement Cat and Ceiling Cat set aside their differences and come together to celebrate.

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Where did you publish/archive your stories?

I started out on my lj, but this summer I made a fic community for my stories (when I remember to post to it): storiesimakeup. All of my proper fics live there now (though I haven't taken down any I posted to my regular lj).


OVERALL THOUGHTS:

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

I don't know that I had any real predictions. Hmmm.

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

Jared/Misha, I guess. That or Hyperbole and a Half and Lolcats fic. I don't think I could have predicted that.

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

In Becoming Who We Are, most definitely. That's the most work I've put into a story, and I am overall absurdly pleased with the results.

Now, what's your most popular story?

Ha! Um, the same. I do think it's the best thing I've written this year, but by virtue of the challenge, it also reached a larger audience than it normally might have, so that helped.

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?

I don't know! What's considered a risk? I was a little worried about having such a huge chunk of my big bang be Jensen/JDM (as well as having an OFC in there), but I don't know if that's a risk per se.

OH WAIT! Does blindfold count? I wrote two fills for blindfold this summer, which is different for me because I generally am fairly meh about writing porn. I learned that it is not as scary as I always try and make it out to be, though it's never going to be my favorite thing ever.

Challenges:

spn_j2_bigbang and blindfold_spn are the only ones I can think of. I'm not so great with exchanges and stuff. Too much pressure.

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

My best story of this year:

In Becoming Who We Are

My most popular story of this year:

Same

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

Hmmm, I don't know that I have one, really. Which isn't to say that everything I wrote got an overwhelming response, but not everything I wrote deserved one either (I'm looking at you, Advent Fics!).

Maybe If You Don't Ask, You'll Never Know? Whether it's the nature of timestamps or bottom!Jared, the response wasn't quite what I was expecting, but my betas' responses were so awesome, it sort of balanced out.

Most fun story to write:

Ahahaha! I'm going to have to go with Unicorns, Dragons, and Affairs of the Heart here. It's so silly and ridic and over the top. NGL, I cracked myself up with that one.

Story with the single sexiest moment:

I hate to answer with IBWWA again, but yeah. I don't know anymore if this is coming from me or rhythmsextion, but the scene when Jared and Jensen finally get together, and Jared's on the edge of the bed and Jensen is standing between his legs wearing nothing but a towel and Jared leans forward and kisses Jensen's belly...

I had that scene in mind from pretty much the start of the story and it played out pretty much exactly how I wanted it to.

Boy Built for Trouble would be my runner up, but IDK if that's actually sexy so much as dirty enough to be hot?

Story with the sweetest moment:

The Way It's Meant To Be - the entire story is schmoop and them being HOMG so in looooooooooove. With Christmas and puppies. It's a little bit ridiculous, I'll admit.

Story that made you cry:

The Bitter Taste of Smoke made me for reals cry. As well as the Dean Swan Song coda (3). Basically anything where Dean is without Sam. Don't judge me.

Hardest to write:

The second half of my Fic Advent Calender in December. Also, Boy Built for Trouble because, y'know. Porn.

Easiest to write:

IIRC, the Live Free or Twihard coda was a pretty quick and easy. In general, the codas are the easiest to write, as I'm either super inspired or not at all (in which case, I don't write one...)

Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:

I'm not sure, as an "even for me" thing. My brand of wrong tends to be, like, turning the characters into some sort of rodent or mythical creature, so I guess that would be Forbidden Love or Tryin' to Get a Nut

Most eye roll-worthy title:

The Storm Outside and the Fire Bright, because it's taken from a DMB song. But it WORKED and I HATE TITLES. Sometimes it takes me as long or longer to think of a title as it does to write the stupid story. Sometimes I use lyrics.

Best title:

Nobody Ever Expects the Catolution. VIVA LA CATOLUTION!!

Biggest Disappointment:

Well, some of the Fic Advent stories were less than stellar, it's true. As far as stories I worked really hard on, though, I don't have any I'm disappointed with.

Biggest Surprise:

As far as responses go, I was super surprised at how many comments Mr. April got (originally posted here). It's such a silly story!! But I was incredibly tickled that people liked it.

Most Unintentionally Telling Story:

IBWWA? I don't actually know how obviously telling it is, but there are little bits and pieces of me throughout the story. As far as straight-up id-fic goes, Boy Built for Trouble? Please see: i blame *you* for my daddy kink jdm tag. Utter hopeless romantic sap and daddy kink? Yeah, I think that about covers it...

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

Yes. (Was there more to that question?)

My #1 fannish resolution is to be more faithful about responding to comments. I've been really sporadic about it this year for a variety of reasons which are really neither here nor there. I do also intend to answer some of the backlog on fics if nothing else. So if you receive a response to a comment you left eight months ago, you'll know why...

In all seriousness, I'm always completely tickled and pleased to hear that someone likes something I've written. It makes my day, and I'm going to try and be better about expressing that in the future. For right now, I want to say thank you all for reading, and for commenting, and for making my fannish experience such a positive one. ♥ I really and truly do appreciate it, even if it doesn't always appear that way.

Okay, I think that's all for now.