2011 Posted Fic

[kate]

January
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, part of my Five Ingredient Fics, for spillingvelvet. Team Lorne.
All Hallow's Eve, John/Lorne and Cadman/Teyla sequel to Of Tarot Cards and Table Settings for scheherezhad, who made me awesome art and silverraven, just because.
The Lost Prince of Atlantis for ante_up_losers, SGA/Losers crossover.
Snow Day, for the ante_up_losers Fic Scramble

February
Monday Night Lights, for the ante_up_losers Fic Scramble
How It Ends (You Already Know), SYTYCD slash, Kent/Neil with soundtrack and art from soleta

March
International Women's Day Ficlets, Buffy&Faith, Parker, June, Jenny Calendar ficlets
Crossed Wires for katemonkey, a series of connected ficlets crossing her interests with the Losers.

April
PJG-92T, drabble series with cesare, part of the ABB drabble tree.
Four drabbles for the ABB drabble tree, Lorne/Zelenka, Teyla/Kate, angsty McShep, and McShep D&D.

May
Temptation, Priest/Black Hat ficlet
Into the Fire, sequel to Out of the Frying Pan for the queerlygen's Work and Play challenge.

June
Tag, Hide and Seek, and Other Grown-Up Games with soleta for sgareversebang, Team gen.
Cockfight for kink_bingo, Cougar/Jensen, for my danger square.
The Price of Coffee, McShep curtainfic for cesare, part of the Getting old in the Pegasus galaxy series.
Boundless, Aisha/Clay for my kink_bingo fisting square.

July
None

August
None

September
Cardiogenesis (The Heart of the Matter) for mcshep_match.
Truth, Justice, and the Lantean Way for atlantisbigbang.
Deleted scenes from Truth, Justice, and the Lantean Way, Lorne/McKay, Lorne/Zelenka, Team.
DUCKS AHOY!, a treat for one of the high commenters (hoktauri) at mcshep_match

October
None

November
None

December
Fx, Lorne/Zelenka (with Lorne/Cadman) follow up to Rx for scheherezhad and bluflamingo.
No Good Very Bad Day, McShep h/c, part of the Getting old in the Pegasus galaxy series.
What Happens in Pegasus, Stays in Pegasus, McKay/Keller and Sheppard/McKay/Keller for sga_santa.
Warmth, A Divine Intervention, Team gen for sga_santa.
Basement cat has infiltrated heaven, werecat!John/Rodney for sga_santa.


This was the year of starting and completing novella length works. My big bang (67,255 words) just edged out my mcshep match (55,271 words), and I was writing them at the same time for a lot of the summer. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun (thank you, wintercreek), but it also wore me out and I needed to take two months off writing to be able to get back in the swing of things. I think mostly it was the year of realizing that I shouldn't be signing up for too many challenges. sga_santa is still a well of inspiration, but most of the others that I did last year were like pulling teeth. I'm going to have to think long and hard about mcshep_match this year. (I find that pinch hits are really a kick in the butt too - I may just sign up as a pinch hitter for everything.)

Total of 34 stories in 8 fandoms. Over 300k written and over 200k posted (wowza, hadn't expected that, even with the two long stories), so even though it felt a bit rollercoaster-y, this was a good writing year. I've signed up at inkingitout for 300k next year; I feel confident I can make that total, and I have some things I'd like to play with in my fic, which I hope to do if I can make the writing even more consistent. I'd really love for this to be the year I finish and post Impromptu. It's a big story, but I've finished two of those now, I know how (and there are no deadlines so I can take proper time to polish up the story afterward).

Also - for those of you that like shiny things (like spreadsheets), I've jiggered the writing spreadsheet I've been using for three (four, maybe?) years now that has really been motivational in keeping my numbers up: 2012 Wordtracker. It's not for everyone, but if it's for you, have at!

Comments

[silverraven]

HOLY SHIT, that's a lot of fic/words. Congratulations, bb, this is pretty darn amazing! Go, you!

[kate]

<333 Thanks, bb!

It's mostly due to buckling down and going in to work early and writing there in the mornings. That's how I got those two huge stories done. I feel better about my writing when I'm doing it consistently - and hey, I don't know if this will be helpful for you, but I got it from marina and I'm totally going to try it. It seems like it would be helpful: an article about an author that went from writing 2000 words a day to writing 10000 words a day. I don't have the kind of time she's talking about, but I'd love to go from writing 800 words a day to writing 3000 words a day, that's for sure.

[silverraven]

What a great article, thanks! I don't write every day (tbh, I don't like it enough for that) but I desperately want to increase my words per hour output. I think this article will be a great help.

Congrats again, bb! *cheers you* :D

[kate]

Glad it was helpful, bb! I totally understand - I don't usually feel like writing every day either. I just find that if I do, the days I don't feel like writing are less and less. Not preaching, though, I certainly go for weeks without it, so. *shrug*

<3

[silverflight8]

That's a really neat article - thanks for linking!

And wow, lots of words last year. Congratulations! :)

[kate]

Glad to be of service! And thanks - it was nice to have a good year after the 2010 debacle. :)

[wintercreek]

Aww, you're welcome, sweets! I loved spending August in chat and writing with you. (And so you are to thank for my word count this year, too!)

[kate]

<333333

We need to do that again - that was really helpful and a lot of fun. <3

[scribe_of_stars]

Man, are you good at writing these things. I struggle to write even a page of the things I want to create.

[kate]

I do too. I think everyone who writes finds it difficult in one way or another. I've just been doing it for a long time now - going on twelve years, with roots all the way back to childhood. Keep plugging away at it - it gets easier. <3