Reading, Writing, Rants, Raves & Recs

Hmmm, don't think I've ever done one of these before (mostly because I tend to do my own year-end writing thing over at syncalot), but why not?

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
You know, I never even *think* about how much I'll write. I usually figure on Pen's Dragon Challenge, Pop!Tober Challenge & MTYG, plus a few scattered things, but I never *think* how many stories/words/pages or whatever. What happens happens. Seems that 8-12 stories is typical for me though...


What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2008?
NCIS, Gibbs/DiNozzo. Considering I never even watched the show until October 2009, who knew?


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


Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
I suppose leaping into writing in a new genre is a risk. I learned that Gibbs + DiNozzo = happy me!


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

Best story
Caught In The Moment


Story Most Underappreciated by the Universe
Eh, I'll go with Breaking Through & Caught In The Moment as I don't think anyone has read them, other than me of course. ;)


Most fun
Breaking Through was fun to write because it's my only story including Abby. She's always fun! And of course she's the first one to see the Gibbs/DiNozzo love & point it out to Tony.


Most disappointing
Last year (2008), I wrote so many stories that were amongst my very best (IMHO), by comparison I think this year's entire PopSlash field was a bit disappointing. In 2008 I wrote 11 stories & 5 of those are on my Author's Favorites list. In 2009, I'm now at 8 PopSlash stories & none have made that list. Specifically I think maybe Lottso Balls is the most disappointing. It was tough to write, missing the deadline for the Pop!Tober Challenge. It has some good bits, but doesn't seem to really *work* as well as I would have liked it to.


Most sexy
Probably Something About JC*, wherein, JC's singing of TIPY makes Lance's cock take notice.


Story With a Single Sexy Moment
A single sexy moment, or a single sexy scene? I'll have to go with Caught In The Moment , wherein Team Gibbs/DiNozzo have sex together for the first time (at least in my fic).


Hardest to Write
Again, Lottso Balls was tough to pull together.


"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
Hahahahaha, I did one of those last year. Not so much this year.



Most Unintentionally Telling
Umm, okay I confess. My venture into NCIS Slash must be telling. Yes, Gibbs & DiNozzo are a couple of very sexy guys who only become sexier when they're together. LOL


Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?
Once again, I say, I would love to finish up the epic Slave Fic thing I've been working on now for years & years. Hard to believe it's been about 18 months since I've written anything on that. But yeah, that's about when my computer crashed & I lost whatever I had written that hadn't yet been posted along with a couple other things. But yeah, for PopSlash, I'd like to get that wrapped up.
For NCIS SlashFic, I'd like to delve into the Gibbs/DiNozzo thing a little bit more. I'm toying with the idea of making it 26 parts, each begining with a different letter of the alphabet, which would make the next one "D".



This year's Stories (for reference):

NCIS:
1) 11/22/2009 A Thin Line
2) 11/29/2009 Breaking Through
3) 12/05/2009 Caught In The Moment

PopSlash:
110) 04/19/09 Something About JC* [fic_requests]
111) 04/19/09 Quiet Room Coming* [fic_requests]
112) 05/20/09 Kissing 101* [fic_requests]
113) 06/05/09 JC In The Sky With Diamonds [2009 Dragon Challenge]
114) 08/31/09 Dirty Denim [Awesome August]
115) 11/07/09 Lottso Balls
116) 11/15/2009 SeSa #1 (To be posted after authors are revealed)
117) 12/20/2009 SeSa #2 (To be posted after authors are revealed)