Jan Hits The Fan

March

Blood On Your Shirt, Shadowhunters, Jace/Maia, Violence and sex in the aftermath of the massacre, written before it was canon

April

In All Of Time And Space, This Is Where We Meet, Shadowhunters, Alec/Magnus, meet-cute IN SPACE

always keep your heart locked tight, Kate Daniels series, Barabas/Christopher, they don’t really talk at the wedding, written for Smut Swap (smutswap)

May

Say Yes And I’ll Follow, Shadowhunters, Alec/Magnus, magical bondage and a whole lot of consent

June

lie with foxes (catch their fleas), songfic written for Jukebox (jukebox_fest), fantasy politics, threesomes and a bunch of animal puns

The Glitch, Original Work written for Soul exchange (soulexchange), Spaceship pilot and the AI that’s her soulmate

July

Depression hit me and I didn’t get any writing done

August

Suspended in Motion, Shadowhunters, Alec/Magnus, Alec is really into Magnus’ everything, inspired by Magnus’ whimsical suspenders (and the Banehawk)

September

The Hunter’s Moon Hustle, Shadowhunters, Alec/Magnus, Alternate Meet-Cute, involving a whole lot of pool, written for Unconventional Courtship (unconventionalcourtship) 

trying hard now, flying high now, Shadowhunters, Alec/Magnus, they both have insecurities, but nothing that a lot of training and honest conversations can’t cure, id-fic written for Iddy Iddy Bang Bang (iddyiddybangbang), second part of Vidit, Vicit, Venit.

October

Walk A Little Closer, Shadowhunters, Alec/Magnus, three very different slice of life walks, 

All Coins Lead To Rome, John Wick movies, Gianna D’Antonio character study, written for Trick Or Treat (trickortreatex)

November & December

Didn’t post anything because Doom at work and Depression made for really bad writing mojo. Did manage to write enough to make my yearly goal.

Other Things I Wrote

Wrote one fic not listed here for a kinkmeme. Wrote Rune Battle fillets together with RedOrchid (best writing pal out there). Stuff for Dungeon’s and Dragons (I am really bad at short character summaries, hot damn), Dear Author letters for fic exchanges. 

Still Stuck In The WIP Folder

SO MUCH I AM ASHAMED. The Space AU, although I started posting that on Jan 1^st 2018 (still need to work on the final chapters though). The Unicorn Fic, Third part of Vidit, Vicit, Venit, The Rom Com (going to try and start posting that after Space AU wraps up), The Alec & Izzy Parabatai fic. I’ve also got a loooooot of concept notes lying around. At some point I need a three-month vacation so I can write the Idris=Troy AU.

Overall Thoughts:

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

Overall I wrote less than I set out at the start of the year. While I saw certain months of Doom coming, I’d still underestimated how terribly DOOM those were. I did make my minimum goal of 75k words written, and I’m really glad I decided to join GYWO. Without their sexiest spreadsheet to ever track word counts, I wouldn’t have kept writing all year through. It’s the first year I was employed all year long, with a very high intensity job, and I’m thrilled I kept writing.

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

I didn’t expect to like the John Wick movies as much as I thought, and definitely didn’t think they’d be the kind of movie I’d want to write fic for. Yet, here I am :D

Did you take any writing risks this year?

I did step out of my comfort zone to write about Artificial Intelligence, otherwise this felt more like a year of fine-tuning strengths. 

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the new year? 

Post and complete a chaptered longfic

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

My favorite story of the year:

Suspended in Motion, because of Magnus’ suspenders, but also because I think I really got them right here, and struck the right balance between slice of life, intimacy and the world outside of Alec and Magnus.

My best story of this year: 

Walk A Little Closer, I think this is the best story I wrote characterisation wise, and I really like the flow and the themes. 

My most popular story of this year: 

Kudos and Subscriptions: Fire In My Bones Quakes, Bookmarks, Comments and Hits Say Yes And I’ll Follow. I like the concept of the first and love the intimacy of the second, so I can live with the popular vote :D

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

lie with foxes (catch their fleas), it’s one of my favourite stories, because I struggled so hard while writing it, and am still really happy with the characterisation and fantasy politics and the flow of the whole thing. Still sad the person I wrote it for never bothered to show up.

Most fun story to write: 

The Hunter’s Moon Hustle, it’s a meet-cute, and I love the category romance it’s based on.

Story with the single sexiest moment: 

Suspended in Motion, I have a weakness for Magnus’ suspenders, which were the whole reason I wrote this fic, because hot damn, Alec reeling Magnus in by his suspenders is so sexy, I’m still not over it.

Story with single sweetest moment:

Walk A Little Closer, Alec comforting Magnus

Hardest story to write:

lie with foxes (catch their fleas), songfic is often pretty much origfic, and the requester had some really difficult requests that threw me for a loop for a long time.
 

Easiest story to write:
Blood On Your Shirt, Maia roughing Jace up and then having rough hatesex with him just flew out of my hands, sex alley included. I’m tickled that I predicted that happening before canon.

Favorite Title: All Coins Lead To Rome because I laugh at my own puns

Favourite Opening Line: 
Now that things are back to normal, or well, to a resemblance to normal--Valentine is still loose, but Jace is back, the Institute is back under Lightwood control and no one is getting married-- Alec realizes that things aren’t normal at all. (x)

Favourite Closing Line: Shaida smiles into her tea. She’ll survive them all. The city is burning, so what’s another little fire? (x)

Favorite Line from Anywhere:
He liked this side of Magnus. Dressed to the nines still from their date, talking about goblin spit and sheep guts, while sipping expensive wine. He was a galaxy of contradictions, spreading stardust and light wherever he went. (x)

Fic-writing goals for 2018: 
Write a minimum of 75k
Post a story every month
Finish at least one WIP of over 10k

Other thoughts:

I’m happier when I’m writing, so sometimes I think I should try and use it as a way to treat myself. On the other hand, I should really remind myself that I write to make myself happy, but that it’s totally okay to not feel like writing too. 

GYWO (getyourwordsout) was a blessing, I love tracking things and setting goals, and it really helped me with writing more habitually, which improved my writing and general mood. 

Writing pals are awesome! I want more! Long live Discord to hash out plots and do word wars! 

Had to default on Yuletide, which was the biggest bummer of the year. Writing my recip a treat is on the to-do list, and it's good I defaulted well in advance of the deadline, both for the exchange as for my mental health. Don't dwell on it!

Shadowhunters remains the fandom of my heart. No idea when the inspiration will run out, but honestly I still love everything about it so much.