My Writing Year 2018

[smallhobbit]

Slightly belated, but there it is.

Last year I wrote 171,691 words.  Which is about 13,000 words less than 2017, but I'm quite happy with that.  My goal for the year was 150,000, so I exceeded that quite comfortably, with over a month to spare.  I shall go for the same target this year - it feels happily doable but still requires a certain commitment.

I reached 109 badges for fan_flashworks , which meant only 8 new badges.  The impetus fell off for a while, but I'm now working for them again - as well as the lovely new seven year bingo badges.  I did get my four year fan_flashworks  badge (the Undauntable) which was good.

Kudos-wise, four of my five most popular are all The Hobbit, with Gandalf's Small Mistake making its way into my top five overall.  It's one of my favourite tropes: being turned into a rabbit.

I wrote three fics over 10,000 words: The Human Element being my Grantchester fic for SmallFandomBigBang and two Lewis fics, Summer Murder in the Rain, which was inspired by the previous year's Lewis Summer Challenge and The Missing Student which I wrote for story_works  Casefic challenge, and this time inspired by the year's Summer Challenge.  Both Lewis fics are in my 'Oxford Tales' series.

Looking ahead, I have my Spooks 1920s houseparty AU to complete.  I wrote the first chapter in November, but since then I've written a prequel for the story_works  Changes challenge (A Change of Fortune) so it may well need tweaking.  And I've got a couple of other Spooks AUs which I may expand - Sentinel/Guide and Werewolf!Lucas.

There will continue to be regular challenges/exchanges but nothing major has attracted me at the moment.  Time will tell.

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

A very solid year. And you've done tons of drabbles in all kinds of fandoms (a few of which I think you made up!). And I think the Undauntable badge is apt :) I enjoyed the longer works too. Especially Lewis making pasta and Monty the cat making cameos (as well as Hathaway solving a case with competent help from others). Looking very much forward to the 1920s AU I don't suppose Bertie Wooster will be making a cameo. Adam doesn't seem the time to be dared into pinching a policemen's helmet. Looking forward to Sentinel/Guide world, too. On with the words!!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - I don't make up fandoms, just choose some unusual ones and write some rather off the wall drabbles - Tigger Holmes for one ;) I'm delighted you liked Lewis and Monty the cat.

Ooh, a cameo for Bertie Wooster. I shall have to think about that!

[corvidology]

Your wordcount is amazing to me!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[rachelindeed]

Congratulations! I'm in awe of both your productivity and your variety -- what a wonderful anthology you'll have to look back on and remember each year by :)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. I get bored too easily not to have the variety.

[solosundance]

Wow, well done!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[scfrankles]

Kudos-wise, four of my five most popular are all The Hobbit, with Gandalf's Small Mistake making its way into my top five overall. It's one of my favourite tropes: being turned into a rabbit. Just what is it with you and rabbits? ^____^

That really is such an impressive word count ^^" And I'm particularly impressed that you wrote 3 fics over 10,000 words.

[margaret_r]

Well done again for such productivity! I must catch up on the Lewis and Grantchester fics.

Congratulations on another successful year:)

[smallhobbit]

I'm not sure, but for some reason the trope appeals (as it does to other people, apparently).

And thank you. For me that was impressive - not sure what will happen this year, as I'm not doing SFBB, but maybe something will inspire me later on.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. They're all three casefics; I hope you enjoy them.

[debriswoman]

Very well done with word count and variety, and there is now one more kudos on Gandalf bunny Fic...great fun:-)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much - delighted you enjoyed it :)

[vix_spes]

Woohoo! That's amazing, congrats! And I'm really looking for more of your Spooks AU's!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. There will definitely more of the Spooks AUs this year :)

[moth2fic]

I loved the rabbits! I have only recently discovered Grantchester even though I know it has been around for ever. I have d'loaded your fic, and your two long Lewis fics. Thank you!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you! I like some bits of Grantchester, but not all, but I do enjoy writing it. I hope you enjoy the fics.