#fic writing review 2024

[kiwiana-writes]

Fic Writing Review 2024

Bringing this back from 2023 even though the year isn't over yet!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Words and Fics (fics written in 2024 only)

124,619 words published to AO3. Down a bit from 2023 for sure. Turns out transing your whole gender and also writing an original novel slows your fic progress a bit. Who'd have thought.

132,218 total words written in 2024 (so far; the year isn't over yet!), 11,288 words written in 2024 that have not yet been published, 7,990 words written in 2023 that have STILL not been published (RIP).

4 published fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue (book), Red White & Royal Blue (film), The Pairing, Cendrillon | Cinderella

Most recent drop: We gonna need some brand-new jeans, my last-minute Smutsgiving contribution aka 930 words of straight-up feederism porn

Longest (published) fic: Years of dreams just can't be wrong (the Anastasia AU), still a WIP, currently at 13,330 words

Longest (published) oneshot: Like loving the stars themselves (the Doctor Who AU) at 7,219 words.

Top Fics by Kudos (fics written in 2024 only)

Warm like the glow that you feel head to toe [RWRB, Alex/Henry, rated E, 5,131 words]

All the Lonely Starbucks Lovers [RWRB, Alex/Henry, rated E, 5,895 words]

None of my love will go to waste [RWRB, Alex/Henry, rated E, 5,306 words]

I pictured you with other girls in love [RWRB, Alex/Henry, rated E, 5,187 words]

A midnight medication (just show me where it hurts) [RWRB, Alex/Henry, rated E, 2,121 words]

Miscellaneous Data From My Unhinged Spreadsheet about 2024 fics

The highest percentage of private bookmarks goes to I can't relate to desperation, the kinktober omorashi/humiliation combo prompt fic. Which is… not exactly surprising lmao.

Out of 54 fics published in 2023, 47 were explicit, 1 was mature, 4 were teen and up, and 2 were general audiences

As well as the juggernaut Alex/Henry, I also wrote: Alex/Alex/Henry (no, that's not a typo), Alex/Nora, June/Nora/Pez, Oscar/Rafael, Zahra/Shaan, Kit/Theo, and Cinderella/Cinderella's Prince

1 fic didn't have a title sourced from anywhere. 2 were sourced from the media/AU fusion source, 2 were puns, 4 were from literature/poetry, and the remaining 45 were song lyrics. Of the song lyrics, 7 were Taylor Swift; 5 were Matt Nathanson; 2 each from Sabrina Carpenter, Mýa, Hozier, Bon Jovi, and The Jane Austen Argument. Then just a shitload of artists with 1 each.

My highest kudos/hits ratio was on A midnight medication (just show me where it hurts), the paediatrician Henry AU - this one did surprise me!

Stats specifically about Kinktober

30 works, exactly 40,000 words (I was proud of that one lmao)

26 were Alex/Henry - including the one that was also Alex/Alex/Henry. 1 each for: Alex/Nora, June/Nora/Pez, Oscar/Rafael, and Zahra/Shaan.

16 Alex POV (including the Alex/Nora), 11 Henry POV, 1 Nora POV, 1 Rafael POV, 1 Shaan POV

The longest was Every version of yourself tonight, the Alex/Alex/Henry selfcest/time travelling threesome fic

Most popular by both hits and kudos was Always seeing colours 'cause you showed them to me, the artist!Henry waxplay fic

Least popular by both hits and kudos were the non-FirstPrince ones, which I wasn't surprised about - I knew that was the likely trade-off!

Highest kudos/hits ratio was One touch (but you felt enough), the one with Henry's magical healing dick

Highest percentage of guest kudos was on Like the dancing smoke that rose, the Oscar/Rafael cigar play

Podfic stats

Total recorded and posted podfic length this year was 7:03:11

Average podfic length was 47:01

Average words per minute was 146.66

The rest of 2024:

I still have a few Fandom Trumps Hate fics to post, as well as one Christmas exchange fic, and I'm hoping to have Anastasia AU finished posting by year-end as well!

Tagging @blueeyedgrlwrites @cactusdragon517 @celeritas2997 @cha-melodius @clottedcreamfudge

@cricketnationrise @dumbpeachjuice @everwitch-magiks @firenati0n @getmehighonmagic 

@hgejfmw-hgejhsf @indestructibleheart @inexplicablymine @lilythesilly 

@myheartalivewrites @nontoxic-writes @notspecialbabe @orchidscript 

@piratefalls @rmd-writes @sherryvalli @sparklepocalypse @stereopticons 

@thesleepyskipper @thighzp @tintagel-or-cockleshells @welcometololaland @whimsymanaged and, as always, anyone who wants to play! 

[thosegayoldmen]

Fic Writing Review 2024!

Thank you for the tag @kcscribbler! Mine will be stats for all time instead of just this year, since I only started writing this year 🤭

Stats:

Words Written: 21,132

Fics Posted: 3 (Plus 4 drabbles, if you wanna include those haha)

Fandoms written for: Loki Series (TV)

Hello to all 11 of you who are waiting with baited breath for my next fics! (I'll try not to keep you waiting too long 😅)

Top 5 Fics by Comment Thread

Good Things Come In Threes (12 Threads)

Elevated Tensions (12 Threads)

Liquid Courage (8 Threads)

Through My Eyes (8 Threads)

Helpless (5 Threads)

Top 5 Fics by Kudos

Elevated Tensions (179 Kudos)

Good Things Come In Threes (96 Kudos)

Through My eyes (83 Kudos)

Liquid Courage (68 Kudos)

Press (25 Kudos)

Longest/Shortest Completed Fics:

Through My Eyes (11,423 words)

Press (100 Words)

Personal Favorites That Didn't Make the List:

All Made Up (300 Words)

Ruined Work (300 Words)

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some qualitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Artists and gif makers, please also join in with any quantitative or qualitative stats or facts you want to share about your year.

LOTS of repeat fics there, since I have so few haha But ah well, I got all of them on the list in some way!

No pressure tags for yall! Apologies for any repeat tags, I just go down my tag list these days 😆

@elodiah @lokimobius @ghoulehhh @kusakichan15 @loki-is-my-kink-awakening

@devilbearingtrouble @mirilyawrites @scifikimmi @silentxsymphony @ilaytrapsfortroubadours

@boredintjqueen @stillwanderingflame @andthekitchensinkao3 @natendo-art @impulsemuppet @rin-love-is-green

[chaos-monkeyy]

Fic Writing Review 2024

I did one of these last year and decided to do it again! This was a tough year, but I'm proud of still getting some writing and posting done despite everything 🎉

Some random stats from my year:

Writing Challenge

I signed up for the Get Your Words Out challenge for the first time and enjoyed it, I've joined for 2025 again!

did Writing Stuff 177 days in the year out of my 240 days goal

wrote 50,068 words

(fanfic: 38,066)

(original: 12,002)

AO3 stats

28,951 words posted in 14 fics

Average of 2,068 words per fic

11 Explicit; 2 Teen +; 1 Mature

Fandoms

Original works (3)

Thrawn books (2)

Loki series (2)

BG3 (2)

Cosmere (2)

Murdle (1)

Star Trek SNW (1)

Stargate (1)

Currently In Progress

16 active fic WIPs

somewhere in the vicinity of 20 paused/abandoned(?) WIPs

7 original work WIPs

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That's it! Anyone else who would like to do something similar, please do and tag me 💙

"Rules," copied from last year: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show AO3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

[impulsemuppet]

Fic Writing Review 2024

Thank you for the tags @thosegayoldmen @andthekitchensinkao3 @lokimobius @kcscribbler @loki-is-my-kink-awakening Sorry if I missed someone.

I only wrote 3 fics this year, so this is gonna be bare bones.

Stats:

Words Written: 19852

Fics Posted: 3

Fandoms written for: Loki Series (TV)

You know, that's actually better than I expected. Hopefully, I'll get to write more next year.

Top 5 Fics by Comment Thread

Stay (13 Threads)

New Horizons (11 Threads)

Relative (3 Threads)

Top 5 Fics by Kudos

Relative (73 Kudos)

Stay (64 Kudos)

New Horizons (52 Kudos)

Longest/Shortest Completed Fics

New Horizons (11708 words)

Stay (2708 words)

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some qualitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Artists and gif makers, please also join in with any quantitative or qualitative stats or facts you want to share about your year.

[calaisreno]

2024: Year in Review

This year I posted 14 stories, fewer than any other year, but my word count still hovers around 300k, as it has for several years.

This was my first year writing for Fandom Trumps Hate. My story, written for the very generous and lovely @LHRinchelsea, was The Disappointed Optimist's Guide to Sharing a Flat with a Madman. It was so rewarding to participate that I plan to offer a story again this year.

My favorite story I've written this year is Déjà Vu, a closing chapter for the Off Axis series. I may write more for that series, but this one is a story that brought a lot of closure for our heroes and their friends.

My second favorite: This is Family, a fill-in story for The Final Problem (S4Ep3). I combined this into a series with People We Love, an aftermath story I wrote in 2023. "Solving" The Final Problem was a very satisfying endeavour.

I had great fun writing my first Harry-centric story in October, When Harry Met Mary.

I'm closing the year with a parallel story for When We Were Young. My Heart at Your Door will finish posting in January 2025.

This was my second year doing the May Prompts event. In 2023 there were only a few of us, but this past year, it took off in a big way. I think I was tagging over 30 people with the daily prompt! As always, it was a lot of fun. This year we had a number of people writing daily limericks, an activity that has continued for the rest of 2024, and I hope will still be going strong in 2025. Thank you @Friday411 for inspiring that!

My number one project for 2025 is The Secret of Agra, a fic that I've been writing since 2020. I've called it a White Whale, but it might be more of a Frankenstein. 😆 It is finally coming together, though, and I hope to post in 2025.

I don't have any other specific writing goals for 2025. I have quite a happy writing groove, and many WIP that I hope to complete.

I'd love to hear what you are planning for 2025, if you'd like to share! Tagging:

@keirgreeneyes @meetinginsamarra @totallysilvergirl @raina-at

@7-percent @lisbeth-kk @helloliriels @copperplatebeech

@discordantwords @chriscalledmesweetie @holmesianlove

@khorazir @jrow @thegildedbee @ghostofnuggetspast

And anyone I've forgotten!

[firenati0n]

2024 writing round up!

thank you for the tags @kiwiana-writes @cha-melodius @alasse9 :) <3

i posted 19 fics this year (whoa) ranging from 932 words to 54,284 words. wild! all were for RWRB! yay firstprince! :)

JANUARY

too scared to post shit after writing worm fic in december

FEBRUARY

An Amateur's Guide to Piping That Cream and Beating That Meat (T, 5k) henry needs to make something for alex's friendsgiving and comes across a thirst trapping headless food tiktoker. i wonder who it could be. deranged tiktok comments, friends to lovers

people ruin people, i don't wanna ruin you (M, WIP, 6.8k, 4/9 chapters) - this was posted anonymously until august) alex is a washed up singer, henry is his new pet project. and maybe something more. musician firstprince, v loose a star is born x greek mythology au, icarus!alex, collaborators to lovers

MARCH

each time we touch / i wanna take too much (M, 1.3k) alex puts his fingers in henry's mouth. mhm yep that's it.

keep me up all night / i wanna scratch your surface  (M, 1.4k) alex is so in love he could die. puts his mouth on other places. prose-y loverboy alex.

cause you're classic, and i'm reckless (T, 5.4k) alex and henry are costars, henry offers to help alex with intimacy research. actor au, kissing for practice leads to kissing for real, inspired by ryan gosling and rachel mcadams at the 2005 mtv movie awards, costars to lovers

who truly stuck the knife in first (M, 3.7k) alex and henry are spy partners. a mission goes sideways and they fight and fuck about it. sexually charged wrestling, partners to lovers

APRIL

and all i can taste is this moment, and all i can breathe is your life (T, 9999 words) angel!henry watches over lawyer!alex invisibly until one day alex sees him. now what? loose city of angels au, pining yearning longing galore, wee bit of angst with a happy ending, introspection

MAY

who would've thought that a guy like henry would double as a superstar?  (T, 6.4k) hannah montana au, crack treated seriously, henry is hannah montana and alex works at a ranch. a hot damn mess.

JUNE

busy writing and posting proposal au! :)

JULY

the full spectrum of human emotion (M, 54k) editor!henry gets assistant!alex to marry him to avoid deportation. but wait! alex hates henry! oops. the proposal (2009) au, marriage of convenience, fake dating, romantic comedy, banter and big feelings

AUGUST

you're the closest to heaven that i'll ever be (T, 7.7k) angel!henry sequel, henry learning what it means to be human, very tender and full of musings on humanity and love and the little things in life

the leaves of a silver maple (assorted, 13k) collection of short standalone prompt fics for my fic fest (some of my favorite fics ever exist in this collection and they're so buried jfalksjlf)

prompt one - wicked E | 2.6k | au, sims family, fluff laced with a little crack. as a treat. henry finds something rather...wicked on alex's laptop. prompt two - sweaters T | 1k | canon-verse, fluffy, sweet, sharing clothes alex steals henry's sweater, and henry gets back at him. prompt three -  magic T | 5.2k | kiki's delivery service (studio ghibli, 1989) au, magic au, high school au, warlock!henry, baker!alex, sweet, tender, emotional, found family a tender little exploration of love, purpose, healing, and a warlock!henry finding baker!alex.  prompt four -  comfort T | 2.6k | roommate au, sickfic, hurt/comfort, taking care of each other, mutual pining, fluff, domesticity, pride & prejudice (2005) refs, first kiss, getting together three times henry took care of alex and one time alex took care of henry. prompt five - wicked once more M | 500 words | au, sims family, cracky fluff, accidental sims mpreg alex is being a menace once again in The Sims. prompt six - apron M | 200 words | au, silly, apron shenanigans henry is wearing an apron. and nothing else.  prompt seven - goodbye T | 200 words | the good place au, bittersweet alex and henry say goodbye. prompt eight - father T | 300 words | post-canon, a tinge of grief, hope henry reflects on grief.

SEPTEMBER

i like the way you blush / i like the way you bite (M, 932) henry puts his fingers in alex's mouth

OCTOBER

flip the switch and let the cauldron bubble (T, 2.7k) kiki's delivery service au sequel, warlock!henry and baker!alex and the many potions that heal them

about to bust-elo (M, 2k) alex tries Café Bustelo Instant Espresso and has a hell of a day. inspired by my fuckass coffee habits.

feeling your heart beating, wondering what you're dreaming (M, 5.7k) five times childhood best friends alex and henry share a bed platonically, and the one time (of many) they do as something more, childhood friends to lovers, one bed, pining, fluffy and tender

from all the pain our brain has made, the game is not played alone (G, 1.4k) alex has a long day and a terrible headache, and henry comforts him

NOVEMBER

brain break

DECEMBER

london's so nice, back in your seamless rhymes (T, 7.4k) alex and henry fall in love—five days a week, four bus routes, three pseudo-dates, two holiday markets, and one red scarf of fate later. strangers to friends to lovers, meet-cute, london buses, fluffy and fun

if the city never sleeps, then that makes three (T, 1.4k) london bus meet-cute universe part 2. alex and henry have a movie night and learn some things about each other and the people they thirst over

i looked into your eyes, got such a great surprise (M, 1.6k) london bus meet-cute universe part 3. alex and henry go on a walk and do some reflecting on love and happiness. fluffy and funny and sweet.

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and that's a wrap! what a year! so grateful for everyone who read and commented and subscribed and engaged...it means so much to me. i have really leaned on this community while navigating rough waters, and deeply love all the friends and connections i have made. sending everyone a lot of love!

xoxo roop

open tag and a few under the cut :)

@ninzied @myheartalivewrites @rmd-writes @tintagel-or-cockleshells @clottedcreamfudge

@anchoredarchangel @dumbpeachjuice @smc-27 @cricketnationrise @everwitch-magiks

@orchidscript @cheesecurdsgravyandfries @run-for-chamo-miles @onward--upward @eusuntgratie

@bigassbowlingballhead @leaves-of-laurelin @porcelainmortal @getmehighonmagic @blueeyedgrlwrites

@suseagull5914 @judasofsuburbia @seths-rogens @caterpills @violetbaudelaire-quagmire

@onthewaytosomewhere @indestructibleheart @sophie1973 @fairflowered @incalamity

@smugvillanelle @anincompletelist @wordsofhoneydew @itsmaybitheway @whimsymanaged

@miss-minnelli @zwiazdziarka @sherryvalli @msmarvelouswinchester @thesleepyskipper

@thedramasummer @priincebutt @14carrotghoul @kj-bee @welcometololaland

@miharaikko @hgejfmw-hgejhsf

[do-androids-dream-ao3acc]

2024 creativity recap

I've seen a couple of people do things like this, and I'd love to join in and also tag all of my mutuals (of which I'll only name some because you know me, I love you but I forget your names): tell us of your fics, gifsets and whatnots in 2024! So, here's my recap:

I published 147,786 words in 26 works on AO3; 2,680 words on Tumblr only, and I think I deleted one or two works. 21 of the 26 are BuckTommy – the s7 kiss broke my writer's block :)

In chronological order:

3 Times Buck's Date With Tommy Went Awry – And The One Time It Didn't  // Fluff, Crack Desert Dreams // Hurt/Comfort (Tommy) Set It Off Tonight, Baby, Just Like Fire And Gasoline // Fluff, Smut And How My Heart Sang True That Day // Character Study (Buck) I'll Be Your Hero  // Fluff, Shovel Talk Watch Me Burn // Fluff, Smut In The Dark // Angst, Hurt/Comfort Lass uns n Wunder sein (Let's Be a Miracle) // First Time, Ficlet Whisper Your Desires, And I'll Teach You How To Feel // Smut Has Anybody Noticed That The Sky Is Falling? // Hurt/Comfort (Buck has Anosmia in this one) Am Tag als Conny Kramer starb (The Day Conny Kramer Died) // Crack, Murder Mystery Come and Let the Storm Bring Us to Life // Smut, Helicopter Sex I Am The Broken, I Am The Wound // Emotional Hurt/Comfort (Tommy) Wann? (When?) // Fluff All the Pain // Angst, Hurt/Comfort Simply the Best, Reprise (Simply the Beast) // Smut "We're doomed." // Season opening disaster Remember Everything // Hurt/Comfort (Tommy) It Hurts to Feel, to Think, to Know I May Be Nothing // Fix-it Starts With a Spark, Then It's a Wildfire // Angst, Hurt/Comfort Love Can Only Heal [BuckTommy Tumblr Prompts] // 15 individual fics and ficlets I also did 2 fics for 911 Lone Star: My Melancholy Angel // Addiction, Sex (TK/Buck) Scars That I'm Hiding // Carlos's Murder Mystery AU Also, I did 3 Witcher fics: Lass es Liebe sein (Let It Be Love) // Fluff, Humor (Emhyr/Geralt) At Night // Smut (Emhyr/Impera) Center of the Universe // Smut (Emhyr/Impera)

From the Tumblr-only-fics, 4 are also BuckTommy: Before The Ashes Hit The Ground // Episode speculations BuckTommy Drabbles // 100 word mini fics Blue Hoodie Lightsabers And I filled 2 whump meme prompts:

"Stop crying and listen to me" with Omega (The Bad Batch) "That's not supposed to bend like that" with Gale/Astarion (Baldur's Gate 3)

I also did this very stupid video edit:

What a year, huh? It definitely was the BuckTommy year!

Tagging everybody to show off their creations, naming only a few, meaning everybody who wants to! @nine-one-wanton, @sunnywithachanceofbi, @cull3nblaze, @judymarch15, @typicalopposite, @cappuccinoandglitter

[em-harlsnow]

AO3 wrapped 2024

thank you to @energievie for making this and @mybrainismelted for tagging me <3

( I only started writing in 2024, but I still wanted to do this :) )

How many words have you written this year?

solo: 295,326

group projects (with @spookygingerr ): 47787

How many works did you publish this year?

24 total

1 group project

5 WIPs

What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

It's a tough choice, but I'm proud of 'iron bars' because it's the longest thing I've written. Other than that, it's probably either 'motherhood and what comes of it' or 'lilac shirts and bart simpson'.

What work of yours has the most hits?

Iron Bars - 9,390

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

'lilac shirts and bart simpson' and 'your all talk'

Favourite title you used.

'lilac shirts and bart simpson' (it's random, idk why)

and 'cardinal sin is a vivid red' (because I got a bit into red imagery for a bit)

If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?

I don't, but one of my fics is named after a song lyric, which is 'I see you as I see yourself' from Vampire Empire by Big Thief

Pairing you wrote the most for this year?

I only wrote for one, lol, so Gallavich <3

Favourite pairing you wrote for this year?

Again, Gallavich

What work was the quickest to write?

Anything from 'Gallaghers and Group Chats' was quick to write

What work took you the longest to write?

'not everything's a struggle' and 'iron bars' are hard for me to write sometimes

How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

Three or four, but most are just new chapters to current WIPs

What’s your longest work of the year?

'Iron Bars' - 80676

What’s your shortest work of the year?

'I like taking pictures (as long as your in them) - 865

What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

'Iron Bars', 'Heard you could save me' and 's'more of you')

What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

Fluff, apparently

Your favourite character to write this year?

Mickey my beloved but Ian is a close second, I also really like writing Lip as a side character because he can have good banter with other characters

The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

Maybe Ian? I love writing him but it can be more difficult at times

What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

....gallvich?

Which work of yours have you reread the most?

'you're all talk' probably

How many kudos in total did you get this year?

8515

Which work has the most comments?

'iron bars'

Did you do any collaborative works this year?

yes, 's'more of you' with @spookygingerr <3

Did you write any gifts this year?

no I did not

Did you receive any gifts this year?

nope (I dont really know what they are or how they work tbh)

What’s your most common category?

angst mixed with fluff I guess

What do you listen to while writing?

Mitsky or any alt music really, plus a little hiphop

Favourite work you wrote this year?

'lilac shirts and bart simpson' or 'motherhood and what comes of it' or 'I see you as you see yourself' or 'you're all talk'

Favourite line/passage you wrote this year?

it's sort of long, but oh well

You’re gonna act like you were the only one who had it bad!? You don’t even fuckin know what he did to me when he came back early from a run and found me and Ian together! You don’t know a fucking thing!” Mickey looks like he might stand, but he remains seated mainly because of the pressure of Ian’s palm on his leg. “You’re acting like I’m fucking mad at you for leaving, when I’m not! You’re acting like I wish you’d stayed! You’re fucking acting like you know anything at all, and you fucking don’t. I’m fucking pissed at you because you abandoned your kids! You fucking- you fucking- you- abandoned me! I fucking- needed you and you left! Mandy needed you, and you left! And you didn’t take us with you!”

from 'motherhood and what comes of it'

Biggest surprise while writing this year?

since I started writing this year I was surprised at actually getting any hits or attention at all. I only started writing because my cousin dared me to, so I wrote 'it's dark tonight (will you stay?)' and then started to get a positive reaction and kept writing.

I'm tagging:

@blue-disco-lights, @sgtmickeyslaughter, @crossmydna , @sam-loves-seb, @suzy-queued, @runninonemptyy, @gallawitchxx , @blue-disco-lights @wehangout @callivich @ian-galagher @deathclassic @palepinkgoat @whatthebodygraspsnot @em-harlsnow @catgrassplantdad @darlingian @sgtmickeyslaughter @burninface @jrooc @mybrainismelted

Questions:

How many words have you written this year?

How many works did you publish this year?

What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

What work of yours has the most hits?

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Favorite title you used.

If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?

Pairing you wrote the most for this year?

Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

What work was the quickest to write?

What work took you the longest to write?

How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

What’s your longest work of the year?

What’s your shortest work of the year?

What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

Your favorite character to write this year?

The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

Which work of yours have you reread the most?

How many kudos in total did you get this year?

Which work has the most comments?

Did you do any collaborative works this year?

Did you write any gifts this year?

Did you receive any gifts this year?

What’s your most common category?

What do you listen to while writing?

Favorite work you wrote this year?

Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

Biggest surprise while writing this year?

[ladysarai]

2024 Fandom in Review

I have never before had any REASON to do this, but this year was... wow. Just. Get this.

My TOTAL word count since 2006 on AO3 is: 140,392

2024's word count was: 113,325

So until this year, in NEARLY TWENTY YEARS OF FANDOM, I had only posted 27,067 words in 17 stories. And until this year, the last time I posted a fic was in 2020. I posted TEN stories this year. SINCE JUNE, FRIENDS.

I have posted ten stories and 113,325 words in the last six months. I do not even recognize myself.

I should say that I don't recognize US, because @nutterzoi, my beloved bestie and amazing co-writer, wrote FIVE of these with me, for 102,203 of those words.

Fandoms written: Inception. Literally ALL OF THIS is due to Inception and the Inception fandom. Pairings written: Arthur/Eames. Number of words written: 113,325 (how??) Your personal fave: CURRENTLY it is Ice and Mirrors, because it's my newest baby and I wrote it for my @nutterzoi and kept it a secret. c: Also I tried something new and went non-linear! Which was a challenge for me! Total kudos: 769?!! Longest fic: Everything I Never Knew I Always Wanted (56,014) Highest kudos: Antebellum (237) Most hits: Everything I Never Knew I Always Wanted (1,796) Most comments: Everything I Never Knew I Always Wanted (17) Most bookmarks: Everything I Never Knew I Always Wanted (62)

Author’s Favorites: Everything I Never Knew I Always Wanted, There's More of Gravy than of Grave about You, Ice and Mirrors, Proximity and Chance, The Missing Piece

Your proudest accomplishment: Everything I Never Knew I Always Wanted, because it was written for the Inception Big Bang, and we actually finished it. It was one of the first fic ideas that came to me when I discovered the fandom and Zoe and I took it and shaped it into something really full and have an entire AU for it. It came out beautifully, and we finished it on time, and it's the longest fic we've ever managed to finish and post. So I'm very proud of this one.

List of fics completed this year (in order they were finished), including the first line of each fic:

Safe as Houses: By the time they reach the safe house just outside Oslo, Eames is well past exhausted, and he’s not sure how Arthur is even still upright.

Antebellum: He’s not watching Arthur sleep.

Homecoming: Arthur hates Gotham City.

Debriefing: It takes too long for Eames to find a chance to escape Fischer.

Everything I Never Knew I Always Wanted: Arthur is in Belarus when he gets the call about Dom. (@nutterzoi actually wrote this line. The first line I wrote in it was this monstrosity: Eames is undercover, underground and entirely off the grid when it all happens, because he was foolish enough to take a job with an extractor who was having an affair with the daughter of a fucking Columbian cartel drug lord while married to a woman with ties to the bloody Russian mafia.)

The Missing Piece: “What’s wrong with him?”

A Tremendous Thing: As a general rule, Arthur tries to keep his information brokering to certain set hours.

Proximity and Chance: Eames stumbles and the only reason he doesn’t land on the forest floor is that he falls into a tree trunk.

There's More of Gravy than of Grave about You: Eames looks up at the knock at his door, smiling and gesturing for Mal to come in when he sees her there.

Ice and Mirrors: It’s so cold that the air is sucked out of Arthur’s lungs.

....You know, I tend to think of myself as being very wordy and too prone to run-on sentences, but these are all quite short. Who knew!

[cappuccinoandglitter]

2024 Creativity Recap

I was tagged by @do-androids-dream-ao3acc to do this. I think it sounds fun so here goes.

I've been writing for my entire life but 2024 was the year I came back to fanfiction (for context, the last time I wrote fanfiction was before AO3 was even a thing--or I was not aware of it in the early days--and I think it was mostly self-insert Xena or Highlander stuff, so yeah, way back then).

It was Buck and Tommy who brought me back in. I just couldn't resist them. So on AO3 I have 117,674 words about them, spread across 5 fandoms (if you count Lone Star as separate from 9-1-1).

2 series, 7 works.

Practically Everything | Part 1 of Who Wants to Live Forever, because we never truly left the Highlander fandom. There's a lot Buck doesn't know about Tommy, including that he's an immortal born in the 1800s.

Flags | A little one-shot about Buck and Tommy attending their first Pride festival together.

Lightning Strikes Twice | Sequel to Practically Everything, where we learn more about immortals, what the fuck happened between Buck and Lucy in part one, and we meet Andromache of Scythia.

It's not what you think | When Tevan fandom was dealing with the breakup by jumping on the SWAT bus, and all the Rocker fics started popping up, I contributed.

Let's Try Being In Love | My most popularest boy. Born of the idea 'what if Tommy was a dispatcher and he took the home invasion call instead of Abby in the pilot episode?' and it just spiraled from there.

Step Into The Light | Sequel to Let's Try Being In Love, because I really grew to love this Dispatcher Tommy AU and a lot of people seemed to also enjoy it.

Hero Worship | I always thought Connor and Buck had an unrequited or mutual but secret crush. Then I saw the same actor play a firefighter on SWAT and since we've all decided that SWAT and 9-1-1 share a universe, and since the latter has already established identical cousins are a thing that exists, I decided Connor joined the LAFD and started fucking Tommy's cousin Rocker. WIP.

[emmalostinwonderland]

The year is over, my last gift fic is revealed, and it's finally time for a wrap up! For those who may not know me - hi, I'm Emma, I write primarily for FirstPrince (RWRB) but I also dabble in DinLuke (Star Wars) and a couple other fandoms. I write mostly AU fic with a splash of canonverse here and there, and I have been working on my skills with manips/moodboards. 2024 was a big year for me in fandom, so fair warning that this will be a long post.

In 2024 I posted 16 new works to Ao3:

1 WIP fic 2 Ficlet Friday compilations 7 alternate universe fics 4 pairings across 2 fandoms

My updated stats include:

66,414 Words 3,573 Kudos 33,624 Hits 823 Bookmarks 304 Subscriptions

I participated in 5 events this year:

never been so weak (never felt so incomplete) for @aroyallybigbangrwrb | E, FirstPrince, Punk Rock AU Corrupted, Beloved for @thebrownstone Summer Switcheroo | E, FirstPrince, Mafia AU my favorite set of stairs (is the one up to your room) for The Curio Cabinet RWRB RarePair Challenge hosted by @cactusdragon517 | T, Liam/Spencer, established relationship fluff devastate my personal space for @stardads Secret Santa | E, DinLuke, No66/Mand'alor Din AU Last but not least, my fic for the event I started with @thesleepyskipper this year: Call It Fate for @anywhere-with-you-event | T, FirstPrince, soulmate AU meet cute

And just for kicks, here's my top 3 fics of 2024 by hits:

Butterflies and Tummy Aches (WIP) | FirstPrince, RWRB E | 24.6k WC (7/9 chapters) | sense-sharing soulmate AU 4.9k hits, 237 kudos Don't You Dare Look Away | FirstPrince, RWRB E | 3.9k WC | Dancing With The Stars AU 4.4k hits, 414 kudos Doing It the French (Fry) Way | FirstPrince, RWRB E | 2.7k WC | meet-weird, mild food kink 4k hits, 593 kudos

Thank you to @suseagull5914, @tailsbeth-writes, and @thedramasummer for your tags. I'm putting an open tag on mine since it's already 2025 lol.

[firawren]

My 2024 writing master list

This year, I wrote 17 fics on AO3, plus 3 ficlets on this Tumblr directly, and 7 stories on my sideblog @regency-monster-love. I've put ⭐stars⭐ next to the ones I'm particularly proud of.

Tumblr ficlets

⭐ The lighthouse keeper and Salty (OCs)

Newlywed ghost stories (Northanger Abbey)

No apple picking (Emma)

Pride and Prejudice fics

Six inches deep (in mud) (E, Elizabeth/Darcy, 2k words): post-canon sexy times

⭐ Tea time and titles (G, Elizabeth/Darcy, 1k words): post-canon fluff

Seize such an opportunity (G, Elizabeth/Darcy, 1k words): canon scene told from new POV

The perfect opportunity to propose (G, Elizabeth/Darcy, 730 words): missing canon scene

Regency monster OC fics

⭐ Colin and Susannah spicy romance (male werewolf x female human, 9 parts, mix of SFW and NSFW)

Orc mating ceremony (male orc x female human, NSFW)

Drawing room dubcon (male vampire x male human, NSFW)

Carriage accident rescue (male centaur x female human, SFW)

First time full moon shifted sex (male werewolf x female human, NSFW)

⭐ Arranged marriage with a gargoyle (male gargoyle x female human, SFW)

Dancing with a devilishly charming cambion (male cambion x female human, SFW)

Beauty and the Beast "Transformation" AU fics

I wrote 3 new fics that take place within the universe of my "Transformation" canon-divergent fic where Beast stays a beast.

⭐ Breeding a fresh start (E, Beast/Belle, 7.5k words): nasty yet sappy monster fucking

Swimming and soothing (T, Beast/Belle, 2.5k words): summertime fluff with some hurt/comfort

Mismatched perfection (E, Gaston/Lumiere, 3k words): when Gaston’s teasing gets a bit too rough for his much smaller partner Lumiere, Lumiere decides he’s going to be the one in charge for a change

Beauty and the Beast "Brute" AU fics

I wrote 2 new fics that take place within the universe of my "Brute" canon-divergent fic where Belle enters a marriage of convenience with Gaston and he gets redeemed.

Needing so much more than dusting (E, Belle/Gaston, 3.5k): play fighting in the mud turns into cleaning up in the river turns into sexy times

A memory pressed into its petals (G, Belle/Gaston, 560 words): Belle finds a sentimental keepsake that her husband Gaston has hidden

Canon-compliant Beauty and the Beast fics

⭐ No other way (T, Enchantress & Queen of the Fairies, 902 words): my take on why the Enchantress cursed the Prince and all his servants

⭐ Charming in its imperfection (T, Beast/Belle and Adam/Belle, 2k words): eight mostly fluffy little vignettes about hair that show the progression of Beast-Adam’s relationship with Belle

Piping hot (G, Lumiere & Mrs. Potts, 405 words): post-canon friendship fluff

Other Beauty and the Beast fics

⭐ The Rose Brides (E, Beast/Belle and Adam/Belle, 79k words): retelling with a different curse where Adam was born a beast and love doesn't break the spell

Air heavy with the sound and scent of rain (M, Beast/Belle, 1.5k): lazy morning monster fucking

Something sweet (M, Adam/Belle, 12k words): modern roommates AU, enemies to lovers, Christmas fic

⭐ Dismissed, rejected, publicly humiliated (E, Adam/Gaston, 15k words): modern AU, enemies to lovers, angst to fluff to smut

Other fics

Two words, sounds like "pets duck" (E, Anna/Kristoff, 3k words): wedding proposal silly sexy times

[dreamtigress]

2024 Writing in Review

Thanks to @onthewaytosomewhere for the tag and inspiration!

2024 Writing in Review

Published on AO3 in 2024: 401,592

Everything was within the Six of Crows/Grishaverse fandom, with a large focus on Kanej, but with some Wesper and original characters. I branched off into spin offs stories, writing short form ficlets, and challenging myself. I gained new readers, some amazing beta readers, and did some beta'ing for others. I have expanded my own post-canon world a huge amount. While my writing has slowed down a bit, I have tons of future story ideas. I commissioned art for fics from great artists, and even received the first gift art for a fic just this week! Of the 22 stories I published this year, the length ranged from 542 to 75,125 words. I posted the last chapter of my last story for this year this morning!

Stories by Month Below the Cut...

January:

Broeder Liefde (Brotherly Love)

It’s been two and a half weeks since Inej set sail. Kaz has been coping, mostly. His cravings for touch are maddening, and he misses Inej fiercely. Jesper and Wylan try their hardest. We get to see some domestic and sexy Wesper stuff, too. This is wish fulfillment post-canon personal and relationship development. There are intense, and sexual, scenes between consenting adult characters, and discussions of trauma.

February:

Jezelf Leren Kennen (Learning To Know Oneself)

This piece exists in the space directly after Crooked Kingdom, during KoS/RoW, and serves as a prequel for my series Kanej Wansen. Exploring Inej’s reunion with her parents, her discovery of who she can be as Captain Ghafa, hunting slavers and doling out justice, and her path to reclaiming her own body and sexuality. Exploring Kaz building his empire in the Barrel, and his journey through practicing touch and examining his armor; seeing him hit despair, and clawing his way back out again.

March:

Zeilen (Sailing)

The Wraith has captured The Nalaika, and Inej and her crew celebrate the victory. We learn some of Mesa’s history, and see some resolution there. The Wraith may gain a new crew member. Inej goes on her “Lion Hunt”, and brings back a memento. I’ve built in layers of serious issues with more lighthearted moments, and with four Original Character POV sections.

April:

Verbanden & Geesten (Ties & Ghosts)

Kaz deals with waiting for Inej to return, gang politics with the Razorgulls, redecorating his bedroom, getting a tattoo, and a visit to his childhood home. Jesper and Wylan visit the Slat, meet Krai, and help Kaz out with some gang politics, among other things.

Drie Is Een Feestje (Three is a Party)

Meril, Mikhal, and Nico, Dregs members who work at Magpies & Makkers, are relaxing in the club after hours when Meril decides to reveal to her partner Mikhal that she wants to act on the attention they've both noticed from Nico. After some negotiation, they head upstairs for some kinky fun and power exchange that works out far better than any of them expected. (Spin off story from Kanej Wensen but in the same canon.)

May:

Vindingrijkheid (Fabrication/Invention)

This story follows Jesper’s Fabrikator training with Tij Bashnya at Toren Leder. This takes place during and after Verbanden & Geesten. (Spin off story from Kanej Wensen but in the same canon.) Jes begins learning how to better focus his powers, some leather crafting, and a good chunk about his mentor as well. We get a section from Tij’s POV, and see how she views her new found apprentice. We also get to see Jesper and Tij trading stories as they work on a custom order for Kaz.

Thuiskomst (Homecoming)

Inej returns to Ketterdam, coming ‘home’ to Kaz. It’s a rainy day, but they’re back at the Slat soon enough for a reunion dinner and reconnection time. They update each other on all sorts of news, explore some physical intimacy with a setback, recover and relax. Inej gets birthday gifts, and to see Kaz’s redecorated bedroom. Kaz brings up the ideas of going out to dinner and taking a vacation.

June:

Geheugen (Remembering)

The morning after Inej returns to Ketterdam, she pokes a little too hard at Kaz about his past, and he pokes back about hers. Their argument leads to confessions on both sides, of things they’ve kept hidden from each other. They discuss heavy parts of their past, bringing some things to light. They also explore how arguing can lead to better communication, and to make up sex. After some reconnection, they have a chat about Jesper’s random offer of spanking.

Bevrediging (Gratification/Naughty: To Cum)

Inej has another educational chat with Jes & Wy about kink. Kaz takes her out on a date in public to Pelegrini, for an amazing dinner. Upon return to the mansion, their evening gets very kinky. Inej takes control, tries out some new toys, and hilarity and hotness ensue. Kaz comes to grips with a new phrase from Inej.

Een Taal Aanleren (Language Lessons)

Omar and Ryo, Dregs members who work at Magpies & Makkers, discuss their mutual crush one evening on their way back to the Slat. Each man has a hurt from his past to contend with. Occasional language barriers make their night interesting. We get to learn more about Omar’s past crush on Nico, and why Ryo left Bhez Ju. This story turned into a tri-lingual affair, giving us more insight into both Ryo and Omar’s backgrounds and cultures.

July:

Schurken Gemaskerd (Rogues Masquerade)

This spin off story from Kanej Wensen ties together a slew of little plot lines and character arcs. We get ten different character POV’s surrounding the Rogues Gallery expansion opening gala. Zurye has a surprise meeting. Ryo gets a surprise assignment. Jesper is in a tizzy with all of his planning duties. Rook is in a tizzy because Jeter’s all dressed up. Kaz leads his Dregs in a Barrel parade to the Rogues Gallery. Mesa has a chat with Tajed while she’s trying to work. Inej finds out some intel from Rosa Ortega, leader of the Liddies. Wylan has a run-in with another member of the Merchant Council. Jeter is Kaz’s assistant for the night, and brings the news of an incident. Oxana gets to witness a private debriefing of the Crows.

August:

Canon Maintenance

Cannon Maintenance was created for @Discessio: For the Queer Pride Ficlet Friday Tumblr Challenge Prompt: Senn/Kalu and 4. "An unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort."

One early morning, Kalu decides to finally say something to Senn about the obvious crush the former Dregs member has on The Wraith's bosun. Fun times ensue.

Recruitment Pitch

Recruitment Pitch introduces a new original character who may be joining the Dregs. One of Kaz's part time spiders, Cory, notes a pick pocket working in Fifth Harbor, and intervenes before any of the bruisers see the thief.

Metamour Meeting

Metamour Meeting features The Wraith's new zowa crew member Zurye heading to Alexi's home after her chat about Oxana with Captain Inej Ghafa. (During Schurken Gemaskerd.)

Girl’s Afternoon

Seile and Meril go out for a Girl's Afternoon, eating waffles at the Kooperom and catching up.

Making New Memories

Making New Memories was created for @Tinyarmedtrex: For the Queer Pride Ficlet Friday Tumblr Challenge Prompt: 1. for any ship you want! ‘It’s my right as a bisexual to sit this way.’

Mikhal goes up to check on Nico after Ryo gave him a black eye during a sparring session. He attempts to help the blond bouncer forget his troubles.

Friends Like This

Oxana is really lucky to have Friends Like This. Alexi gives her some advice to help with her relationship with Zurye.

Dream Come True

Dream Come True was created for @Discessio: For the Queer Pride Ficlet Friday Tumblr Challenge Prompt: Senn/Kalu and Turquoise: Magic

Kalu wants to make a little magic happen for Senn, and further explore their relationship. This is a bit of a sequel to Cannon Maintenance.

October:

Grijp De Teugels (Take the Reins)

After returning to the Slat after working at their respective clubs, Anika and Pim have some kinky relaxing time together. Their power exchange runs contrary to what outside observers might assume, with Anika handing the reins to Pim. We learn a bit about their backstories, and get to see just how confident Pim is when it comes to handling his girl. They have some post sexy time snuggling, and an important conversation.

November:

Forest Green Lace

This idea has been in my notes for a while, and Smutsgiving seemed liked the right time to write it out. Jesper has a surprise for Wylan featuring forest green lace, and he's maybe a little nervous about it.

A little light on the smut, a little heavy on the soft and adorable.

Morning, Captain

One more thing for Smutsgiving! With a bit more smut. I had this idea in my Spin Off and Ficlets notes, and Lizabet and Specht totally needed some more screen time. Even if he is *supposed* to be getting up and being responsible.

December:

Vakantie (Vacation)

Kaz takes Inej on a vacation to his childhood home, the farm located not far from Lij. From reveals on the ride down, to days spent relaxing, they figure out how to enjoy a vacation. Inej gets some new insights into Kaz’s past. He relives and discusses painful memories, but also finds some solace in the process. There’s fun and connection, stargazing and sexytimes, and a few interesting surprises in the mix as well.

Open tags for anyone who wants to do a Writing Review of their year!

[hgejfmw-hgejhsf]

2023 Writing Roundup

I had to scroll back pretty far to find the tags for this, so if I missed someone who did this already and tagged me, I'm sorry if I double tag you at the end! But thanks to @kiwiana-writes and @inexplicablymine for tagging me in this roundup post!

As the post is going to reveal, I, uh, only just got back into writing a few months back, after taking almost ten years off due to, honestly, a lack of inspiration. I'd lost my voice, and I didn't suspect I'd ever love anything enough to write again, until this little pink book came barrelling into my life in June, followed swiftly by a little Amazon Prime movie in August, and both changed my life forever.

So without further ado, here's my writing roundup for 2023:

January

Nada

February

Zilch

March

Nothin'

April

Not a damn thing

May

Nope, nothing here either

June

Keep right on going, my friends

July

29th - The Lake House The night following the election, Alex has a surprise planned for Henry. A chance to make some new history.

August

8th - What If I Do? What was Henry thinking when he left Alex at the lake house? What were the days that followed like for him before Alex showed up at his door and forced him to face not only Alex, but himself?

18th - Gravity The first time that Henry enters Alex's orbit, at the Melbourne Climate Conference, and all of their subsequent meetings leading to their "violent altercation" at the royal wedding. Inspired by a post about how Henry very pointedly chose not to shake Alex's hand in the receiving line after the wedding and what that could have meant.

19th - The Rope Henry's reaction to Alex nearly telling him that he loves him at the lake house in Texas.

19th - A brief spark of a moment: A Red, White & Royal Blue drabble collection These drabbles are simply my personal challenge to contain myself to 100 words when I've always been…long-winded.

20th - Retaliation Alex and Henry, now dating, attend another state dinner, where they're unexpectedly seated directly next to each other.

21st - Every Version Alex does a magazine photoshoot, and the day that the magazine arrives, he wants Henry to look at it first.

23rd - On my heart just like a tattoo Alex and Henry are married, and on the day of the ceremony, they decide to do something special.

23rd - Ghosts After Henry leaves the lake house, Alex does not go after him. He doesn't storm Kensington in a fit of pique to call Henry an "obtuse fucking asshole." Instead, the pair spend nearly a year apart, both wrecked and miserable, until they find themselves on the list of speakers for an international conference.

27th - Darkest before the dawn The immediate aftermath of Henry discovering the email leak in the movie-verse.

28th - When I taste tequila Henry’s drunk. If the growing mountain of empty shot glasses, drained and discarded lime wedges, and gritty layer of salt on the table in front of him are any indication, he’s very drunk. Only, his brain is having a difficult time catching on to the fact that he’s drunk. And when his brain is this far behind the rest of him, Henry tends to find himself in precarious situations, with no real conscious thought as to how he got there or how he might have avoided them.

September

4th - The Maldives Inspired by a conversation about the zoomed-in and transcribed article about Henry in People Magazine from the movie and how the photos look like they could have been faked.

After their conversation with the king and greeting the crowd at Buckingham Palace, Alex and Henry ride back to Kensington. Alex mentions that his offer to fly to the Maldives is still valid, and Henry admits that he's never been, which sparks a discussion about some of the lengths the crown would go to in order to convince the world that Henry was straight. Alex considers what Henry must have gone through, and the two of them discuss their past and how it might have been different.

11th - Modification to the map of you Henry comes back from a month-long trip with his ear pierced, and Alex has no idea.

14th - Et Max Laryngitis Alex gets laryngitis, and Henry decides to have a bit of fun at his expense.

23rd - How bizarro is that Alex gets food poisoning, and Henry takes care of him…sort of.

27th - Royal Assent “If the boyfriend of a prince of England fails English Legal History, you’ll be the one to blame,” Alex murmurs as Henry sucks a bruise on his neck. Henry had arrived home from the shelter to find Alex buried under a mountain of books, his glasses askew and his hair wild, wearing the same bewildered expression Henry had seen as he walked out the door earlier that morning.

As he climbs into Alex’s lap, jumping a little as a particularly sharp corner of a hardcover book pokes him in the arse, he can feel the tension in Alex’s shoulders relax, ever so slightly.

“You aren’t going to fail. In fact, I’m going to help you,” Henry says, each word separated by a kiss to Alex’s chest, neck, cheek, and finally lips.

OR

Alex is trying really hard to study for a law school exam, and Henry takes it upon himself to...assist.

28th - 5 Times Henry Hated New Year's + 1 Time He Didn't “This is my curse,” Henry mutters, and Pez laughs across from him.

“You can hardly be responsible for the weather.”

“So the glaring fact that every single New Year’s Eve on record in my life has been an utter disaster means absolutely nothing to you?”

“We’re going to make it, so no, it means nothing to me,” Pez says with cheerful optimism despite the constant fluttering of white beyond the plane windows.

OR

5 times throughout his life that Henry's New Year's countdown has been ruined, and 1 time that it isn't.

29th - Stars in the sky are the stars in my eyes The ding of a notification sounds in the otherwise silent living room. As Henry’s eyes continue to scan the page of his book, ignoring his phone, Alex can’t help but glance down at the illuminated screen between them on the couch.

“Is that…a horoscope?” Alex asks, immediately retrieving the phone to confirm his suspicions at the exact moment Henry grabs for it a beat too late. He watches the bright shade of red crawl up Henry’s neck to burn just beneath the skin of his ears.

“Perhaps,” is all he supplies, his voice muffled as he buries his face far too close to the book’s pages to realistically read anything written there.

***

Henry gets his daily horoscope, and Alex is intrigued, so Henry shows him the constellations.

30th - What started in beautiful rooms Henry’s never taken any extra care in his appearance when playing polo. Certainly, he’s given an adequate amount of time and effort to ensure that he appears composed, but the sport itself lends to a bit of chaos, between the pounding of hooves and the whipping of the wind in a frantic rush. It’s all incredibly…well, wild.

No, Henry’s never taken any extra care in his appearance when playing polo…except today.

OR

Henry's point of view during the charity polo match.

October

1st - Do we still have forever? Alex has a sudden, serious allergic reaction, and Henry can't help but think about losing him.

2nd - Dear Dad I should start from the beginning, or rather, I should start by telling you how I got here, to this moment, writing you this letter.

OR

Henry writes a letter to his father on his wedding day.

3rd - Liquor was the only love I'd known June finds them at some point and steals Henry away to gab at the bar. Alex watches them from afar, wondering what they could possibly be talking about that has June nearly falling off her barstool laughing, until the crowd overtakes him again.

3rd - Then came a baby boy with long eyelashes Following their initial spirited entrance into Alex's hotel room following the DNC, Henry asks Alex about his encounter with Miguel in the bar.

13th - Volume Control Prompt Fulfillment: I need someone to write a FirstPrince fic where Henry overhears Alex saying "Henry is so annoying I can't stand him" so Henry says "kneel then" and it short circuits Alex's brain.

20th - 5 Times Alex Made a Disney Movie Reference + 1 Time Henry Did Alex and Henry have watched a significant amount of Disney movies, and well, Alex tends to have questions.

20th - You can't escape this drying ink “There’s…a matter…that requires your attention, in the Red Room. I’d be happy to escort you there.” She glances sideways at Henry’s PPOs, who shift in place, readying themselves to follow where she leads. Henry nods again, uncertain what other options lie open to him even if he wished to take one.

OR

Henry's thoughts at the state dinner as Amy leads him to the Red Room.

31st - Save a horse Alex convinces Henry to dress up as cowboys for Halloween and quickly realizes that Henry dressed as a cowboy was not something he was entirely prepared for.

31st - I'm not a robot without emotions, I'm not what you see At the royal wedding, Alex drinks and dances and contemplates both of the princes.

November

1st - The Candy Tax Ten-year-old Alex has invited his new friend Henry, who just moved to Texas from England with his family so that his movie star dad can be based in the US to shoot more movies, over for a sleepover the night before Halloween.

1st - Through the summer and the fall, we had each other, that was all The mountains are on fire. Red, orange, and yellow leaves cover thousands of acres of land, and the peeking of the sun over the distant horizon illuminates the hovering fog, creating the illusion of a persistent fire burning brightly without causing any damage. Instead, it paints a masterful landscape for an early morning riser to gaze at as he sips at a cup of Earl Grey and marvels at the fact that this beauty is a sight he has somehow been blessed to see.

2nd - Heart enough "...there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement."

Instead of Alex flying to London, Henry is sent to D.C. to do the post Cakegate damage control just in time for Alex and June's annual Halloween party.

2nd - Life is a maze, and love is a riddle Alex, June, and Nora take Henry to his first haunted corn maze.

3rd - All at once, everything is different, now that I see you Alex throws out some possible suggestions for his and Henry's first ever couples Halloween costume, but Henry has something else in mind.

3rd - Halloween at Kensington The Fox-Mountchristen-Windsors may not be able to go out trick-or-treating like a normal family, but they can still celebrate Halloween in their own special way.

4th - No fear, no fences, nobody - no reins Henry takes Alex to a nearby farm outside Austin to teach him how to ride a horse. Eventually, they stop at a log cabin in the words for the night, and they decide to try another form of riding.

4th - I don't know why all the trees change in the fall Alex has had a terrible day. It's raining, it's cold, and he's absolutely miserable. All he wants to do is dry off and collapse in bed. But when he walks through the door, Henry is ready and waiting to take care of him. He even has a surprise that he's cooking up in the kitchen. And Alex gets to take a trip down memory lane.

5th - A-gourd-able “Oh, so that’s the reason you wanted a child so badly. Not for the opportunity to nurture and guide and love another human being that you helped to create, but for the perks of walking around to strangers’ homes asking for candy that our baby can’t even eat.”

OR

Alex and Henry take their daughter trick or treating for the first time, and it's Henry's first time as well.

5th - I want to play a game Alex and Henry agree to watch all of the Saw movies to determine if one or both of them will end up too scared to continue. Do they make it through the series? Or does one of them give in and lose the wager that they've made?

5th - Barbecue Sauce "I want to see your mouth covered in barbecue sauce. And then, I want to lick it off."

6th - With magic soakin' my spine, can you read my mind? What happened after Alex, June, and Nora played their little HRH Prince Henry Fact Sheet drinking game? Well, in this version of events, Alex finds a mysterious bottle containing what appears to be a magic spell for "Clarity of Mind." As dumb as it seems, he does the ritual and reads the incantation and moves on, flying to London for damage control. But when he shakes Henry's hand, suddenly things change, and Alex realizes that maybe magic is real after all.

6th - Don't need no butterflies when you give me the whole damn zoo (podfic included) Henry takes Alex on a trip to visit...a couple of old feathered friends.

6th - It's autumn in New York; it's good to live it again It's the first day of fall in New York, and Alex comes home from class with a special surprise for Henry.

6th - Reciting to the Waterloo Vase: Drabbles for the RWRDrabblePrompts Tumblr

13th - Wind me up, fill your cup like a river, drunk on watching me drown Henry sighs. "Is that the time you threatened to push me into the Thames?"

OR

That time Alex threatened to push Henry into the Thames.

23rd - The injury of finally knowing you (a birthday present for @ships-to-sail) Henry's thoughts just before and immediately after the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve.

23rd - Smutsgiving 2023 Alex's heart rate monitor on his Apple Watch alerts him to some strenuous activity…at the worst possible time.

December

1st - We need a little Christmas The one where I let a random Christmas word generator choose a drabble prompt for a Christmas advent. Enjoy!

20th - Four Christmases From Washington to Austin, London to New York, Alex and Henry spend Christmas with different members of their families from 2020 - 2023. Funny couples' Christmas sweaters, festive swimsuits, statement-making ties, and family pajamas all bring lots of laughs, some tears, and a bit of fun to be had by all along the way.

25th - Oh what a laugh it would have been When Alex dresses as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, their five-year-old daughter makes an extra special, last-minute Christmas wish.

AND

Alex leaves his Santa suit on for a private evening with Henry while everyone else is snug in their beds.

Unpublished but Completed

December 30th - Take Your Time A New Year's Eve AU set in New York City (and that's all I'm willing to give away...for now)

January 1st - NYE Gift Exchange Fic

Tagging all of my lovelies who may or may not have already done this (please ignore this if you have!): @adreamareads @affectionatelyrs @anincompletelist @cha-melodius @clottedcreamfudge @cricketnationrise @daisymae-12 @duchessdepolignaca03 @gayrootvegetable @getmehighonmagic @happiness-of-the-pursuit @heybuddy-drabbles @indomitable-love @indestructibleheart @leaves-of-laurelin @leojfitz @littlemisskittentoes @lizzie-bennetdarcy @magicandarchery @ninzied @priincebutt @read-and-write- @rockyroadkylers @roseharpermaxwell @ships-to-sail @songliili @ssmtskw @statueinthestonetoo @stereopticons @suseagull04 @thinkof-england @tintagel-or-cockleshells @user-anakin @vanillahigh00 @violetbaudelaire-quagmire @whimsymanaged @wordsofhoneydew

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Fic Writing Review 2024

Thanks for tagging me @tyfinn @mammameesh @a-noble-dragon and @ramonaflow !

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. This is not a contest to see who wrote the most, received the most Kudos, etc. This is just a look back at 2024 and to have a little fun with it. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

I debated about whether to do this, but finally decided why not?!?

Words and Fics for 2024

Words written in 2024: 18,815 (including my secret Santa double drabbe) which is 18,815 more than I ever thought I would or could write.

Fandoms I Write For: Schitt's Creek

Most Recent Drops: Glimpses of Black, a meet-cute drabble sequence and Tastes Like Love, a 5+1 things about cooking.

Longest Fic in 2024: Going Once, Going Twice (9,133 words)

Top Fics 2024

Kudos: Going Once, Going Twice (77)

Comment Threads: Glimpses of Black (39)

Bookmarks: Going Once, Going Twice (5)

Misc. Writing Data

Fics Gifted to Me: 3, and I am so honored and touched by each one! They are all perfect. You should read them if you haven't already! Loving You is a Piece of Cake, Rimming, and On the Beach.

Fics I Gifted: Tastes Like Love

Fics I had the most fun writing: Going Once, Going Twice because it was an AU so I wasn't so worried about characterization and Pops of Pink because thirsty pre-relationship Patrick makes me laugh.

Character I enjoyed writing the most: Patrick because I relate to him so much more than David.

Biggest Challenge in 2024: Coming up with ideas. I feel like it takes lots of ruminating to come up with an idea for a fic and I wish I had more. But I'm honestly so proud of myself for writing everything I wrote this year.

Plans for 2025: Continue making time to write, especially drabbles. Continue reading and commenting. Try not to lose my mind when we move for the third time in four years.

I think most of my mutuals have either done this or been tagged multiple times, so open tag for anyone who wants to play!

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My 2024 Fics Review

This is a round-up of the fics I published in 2024—including a list of the fics, some of my thoughts on each of them, and a customized AO3 wrapped of my own :)

Quick list of my fics this year:

Lost and Found (9,489 words, 3 chapters, T)

Meeting the In-Laws (1,280 words, oneshot, G)

but for the look in his eyes (10,057 words, 3 chapters [in-progress], M)

A Rude Awakening (1,600 words, oneshot, G)

Mondays In Imladris (1,127 words, oneshot, G)

I'm putting my thoughts on my fics and the AO3 wrapped below the cut. Names of the fics below are colored just to make it easier to distinguish where I start talking about a different fic, there's no specific reason for the colors other than I like them. All links for my fics go to AO3.

Lost and Found (9,489 words, 3 chapters, T)

Date/month published: April

One-sentence summary: In the aftermath of the second kinslaying, Maglor and Maedhros are faced with the disappearance of a pair of twins; years later, another pair of twins—this time under the Fëanorians’ care—are missing.

My thoughts: I’m going to be completely honest: I adore this fic. When browsing through the lists of AO3 wrapped questions, the question “What was your favorite work you published this year?” came up, and as I ran through the list of fics I published in 2024, this one gave me the clearest sense of warmth and fondness. I love each of my published works for different reasons and in different ways, but this one has had the most “straightforward” timeline of writing, publishing, getting interaction, and rereading—and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it. One of the reasons I wrote this fic was because I had been thinking about how Maedhros would have reacted to the news that Eluréd and Elurín had been left in the woods, and I wanted to write about that. I didn’t want to leave it there, though; I really wanted to give Maedhros some hope, and so came the idea to write a follow-up kidnap fam story where Elrond and Elros get lost in the woods and Maglor and Maedhros find them. (I had intended to draw parallels of twins being lost, which I…sort of did. Looking back, I could have tried doing that more strongly; I think the story would have come out differently, which would have been fine, but I believe I ultimately succeeded in writing the story I wanted to write—and read.) Many parts of this story came easily to me (that first scene just flowed so easily, like water down a stream), but I took my time working through the writing process and not rushing it. I had originally started writing it midway through 2023, wrote a lot of it through the fall, gave it a pause in early 2024, and returned to it in the spring (by which point, it mainly required editing). I feel like I learned a lot through writing this fic, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, even the frustrating parts, because I was writing. I could say so much more about this fic, but I’ve already said a lot, so perhaps another time. XD

Meeting the In-Laws (1,280 words, oneshot, G)

Date/month published: August

One-sentence summary: Caranthir is nervous about meeting Haleth’s father and brother for the first time; Haleth is sure everything will go well.

My thoughts: This one was so fun. I have never, ever come up with a fic idea, wrote it, and published it in the same day. Granted, it helped that this was fairly short, and I didn’t feel the need to give it a very defined setting XD As I put in my author’s notes: “So, this morning, the idea of Caranthir meeting Haleth’s father and brother and being awkward and nervous about it popped into my head. As soon as I could, I started writing it, and then bam, the fic basically wrote itself with minimal editing. It practically fell out of my brain fully formed, which virtually never happens.” I was thinking about Silm characters during my work shift, as one does, and then had the idea for the fic, kept getting ideas for what to write, finally wrote down a few snippets on my phone to keep for later, and then immediately picked it up as soon as I could after work. It quickly coagulated into a light, humorous, sweet fic with a somewhat serious yet warm undertone. (Now I feel like I’m giving a review for a drink of some kind XD) I really enjoyed writing all of Caranthir and Haleth’s interactions; some of the phrasing for the meeting was tricky to work out, but I felt like it all came together pretty well in the end. I doubt I’ll write and finish anything this quickly again—my stories very rarely form so fast, and I really do like taking my time on the writing journey—but it was a fun challenge that I think worked because I wasn’t pressuring myself.

but for the look in his eyes (10,057 words, 3 chapters [in-progress], M)

Date/month published: August (last updated in November)

One-sentence summary: Celebrimbor sneaks out to accompany Maedhros to the parley with Morgoth, and he is captured instead of Maedhros.

My thoughts: I love writing this fic and am intimidated by it in equal measure. It’s the kind of fic I never thought I’d write, largely because I didn’t think I had it in me to write a long during/post-Thangorodrim type fic. However, after I initially came up with the idea of Celebrimbor being taken instead of Maedhros (which happened because of theScrap_Witch’s fic “Despair Like Poison”), I found that I kept thinking of what might happen in that sort of story. As you can see in my comment thread on that fic, I kept coming up with more and more ideas for it. The story started to come together in my head and I was like “am I doing this now?……yeah. I think I am.” So I began writing. And I kept getting ideas. I’ve gotten SO MUCH inspiration for it over the last several months. I have tons of scattered scenes and snippets for it, and I have a basic outline that’s gotten more and more complex as I go. I’ve written multi-chapter stories before, but never published any, and never really finished them either. Lost and Found is the exception to that, but I had all of it finished (with a very few last minute edits) before I published it, and it wasn’t a very long fic. This one almost immediately started shaping up to be a (probably much) longer fic, and the fact that I started publishing this without having it all written feels a bit like diving into deep water. I really want to be able to finish it, for myself and for readers. Honestly, the readers are a fair amount of motivation right now, because I could see myself at some point going “eh, I’ve worked on this a bunch, I generally know how it ends, I can live without having written all of it.” But the thing is, nobody else knows how it ends. I’m a little terrified I won’t finish it, especially because the ending right now still feels very open-ended (ha), but I am trying not to think about that and simply focus on expanding what I have. I keep having to remind myself that the readers don’t know what happens next, and I may not know specifics, but I do know some of the long term things and the overall shape and form of the story. Every so often I’ll get what I call an “evil thought” (usually a flash of an idea for something ultra-angsty to add to the story, whether it’s a scene or an action or a line), and I’ll throw my head back and give a villainous cackle…no, not really. But I’ll grin and generally get excited, because oh boy, this is going to cause the characters so much painnnnnn and give the readers SO many feels. So far, out of all the chapters, the first chapter is my favorite. I certainly like the other two. But it’s the first fruit of the initial idea that sprang into my head, and I’m really proud of it. There’s a lot of feeling in it, a lot of hopefulness and shock and angst. I worked really hard to flesh it all out, and I am quite happy with the result. As for 2025, I truly have no idea how far I’ll get with this fic this year. It would be awesome if I managed to finish it, yet I could see it taking longer than a year (I mean, I spent roughly 8 months on Lost and Found, which is just three chapters long). I haven’t had a lot of inspiration for it lately, though I think that’s partially due to current life circumstances and stresses. It’s also a pretty dark fic (which I waxed eloquent about in my author’s note for the first chapter, and could wax eloquent on more tbh XD), and so I can only take writing so much at a time. All that being said…it would be pretty cool if I could get it done this year. Or at least through a certain chapter that’s a bit of a turning point ;)

A Rude Awakening (1,600 words, oneshot, G)

Date/month published: October

One-sentence summary: In which Maitimo is the latest victim of Makalaurë’s early morning bagpipe playing.

My thoughts: Writing this one filled me with absolute glee. As I mentioned, I had a lot of fun writing Meeting the In-Laws, but this one was fun in a slightly different way—I think because I’ve had real-life experiences that helped me to write it well. (I’ve never been woken up by bagpipes like Maedhros was, but I know people who do play pipes and knew enough about the instrument itself to describe things in the fic.) There were some parts to write that were more difficult than I expected: It took a little while for me to figure out exactly what Maedhros had done to annoy Maglor, and the explanations or backstory for certain things (like why the family didn’t often go to Maglor’s bagpipe competitions) felt like they dragged a little. Those were the weakest points of the fic, but I think they were rather necessary to fill it out. However, I really enjoyed writing the rude awakening itself, as well as Maglor and Maedhros’ interactions; those parts flowed quite easily. I’m quite happy with how I established Maglor and Maedhros’ dynamic. Also, I knew right from the start that it was a fic largely for myself; I definitely wrote it with Alantie (dreamingthroughthenoise here on Tumblr) in mind because it was our conversation that inspired this, and I planned on sharing/publishing it, but it’s also one of the fics I wrote simply because I loved the idea. (I think it’s also why some of that exposition stuff felt forced, at least to me: I didn’t need to write it down for myself, but the readers needed it.) In any case, even with a bit of clunkiness, it’s still fun to read and fun to recall the memories of writing it.

Mondays In Imladris (1,127 words, oneshot, G)

Date/month published: September (for Imladris Week)

One-sentence summary: Imladris is filled with magic that allows it to move rooms, hallways, and any part of its structure, causing both whimsy and mayhem for the residents.

My thoughts: I really hope I can do more with this AU, because I love the concept so much! I reread this fic for my review, and I genuinely enjoyed it. It feels polished, like I had hoped it would when I published it, and I’m still very happy with my lively writing tone. To be honest, I was kind of hoping for a little more interaction than this fic got (don’t get me wrong, I was delighted with the couple of comments it got!), but I know it’s an AU of a niche book series, so I can’t be surprised. I wrote this not only out of love for Imladris but also out of love for the Castle Glower series, and I can feel that fondness seeping through the words. Once I had the idea for this fic, I wrote a whole lot of stuff and then did SO MUCH editing and sanding down. I worked really hard to get the phrasing and tone right, and I think I managed to smooth out any roughness and keep the voicing pretty consistent throughout! And since I wrote a lot that I didn’t use in this fic, I have some snippets that I might form into fully-fledged oneshots…we shall see :)

AO3 Wrapped Questions

(From the AO3 wrapped list I used last year and the one I found this year. I like statistics when it comes to Spotify Wrapped, but I don't really care for stats much on AO3—I'd rather focus on things I can write about instead of kudos and hits, so that's what I'm doing!)

How many fics did you post this past year + biggest surprise while writing this year? I published 5 fics, and the surprise is that I published more than 1, lol! 4 out of those 5 were unplanned as of the start of 2024, which very much surprised me. (Lost and Found was the only fic I published that I had planned/hoped to publish when I started the year.) I’ve historically taken a long time to write fics, even oneshots, so the fact that I wrote several (I’m including individual chapters of “but for the look in his eyes”) in less than a year was exciting. Of my 5 fics, 3 were oneshots and 2 were multi-chapter fics.

How many published works are you leaving unfinished going into the new year? 1 (“but for the look in his eyes”).

What are you most proud of accomplishing in your writing goals / published works this past year? I didn’t specifically set any writing goals for 2024, but I really hoped I would be able to get Lost and Found done and published, and I did!

Do you have playlists for any of your fics/wips? Yes! I have a playlist for Lost and Found. I also am slowly building a playlist for “but for the look in his eyes,” but I haven't revealed it yet.

Favorite title you used? I answered this one in an ask, but I wanted to include that in my fic round-up/review, so here’s what I put: I'd say it's tied between A Rude Awakening and Mondays In Imladris. "A Rude Awakening" was just SO perfect for the fic, and it leapt into my mind as soon as I thought "what should the title for this fic be?". "Mondays In Imladris" fit the naming convention for the Castle Glower book series (the titles are all "[day]" at/in [place]"), and the point of the fic was that it was a Castle Glower AU, so I was delighted to name it the same way.

What work was the quickest to write? Meeting the In-Laws, by far; I wrote it in a single day. XD

What work took you the longest to write? Lost and Found—it took roughly 8 months.

How many WIPs do you have in your docs for next year? By “in my docs” I’m counting that as “I’ve actually started writing these/have a really detailed outline,” lol! I have two Tolkien ones and two Inkheart ones, so four in total. No clue if I’ll finish any of them in 2025, but I hope so! Whether or not I finish them, I definitely want to work on them.

What WIP are you taking into next year with you? “but for the look in his eyes” :)

What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag? I came up with this one and it always makes me laugh: “No beta we die like…uh…never mind,” which I initially came up with to use on Lost and Found. It was because I was originally going to say “No beta we die like Eluréd and Elurín,” but I was like “oooh, that is so blunt and it’s sad, I don’t know if I really want to say that!”, so I essentially wrote down what I was thinking XD and just kept using it because I liked it.

Which published work of yours have you reread the most? Ooooo, this one’s hard, but I think either Lost and Found or “but for the look in his eyes”. I do tend to reread fics or parts of fics multiple times in the few days after I publish, so I think because they both have multiple chapters, they’ve gotten more rereads from me overall.

What do you listen to while writing? 95% instrumental folk music with adventure vibes (from composers I found on YouTube), 5% other stuff that goes along with what I’m writing in the fic XD Adrian Von Ziegler gets a lot of listening time from me (he actually ended up being my top artist on Spotify this year!!! That’s definitely thanks to listening to songs on loop while writing fic), and so do Peter Crowley and Brunuhville.

Share a line/paragraph/snippet that you were especially proud of (or one of your favorites) from a work this year! There are so many parts from each of my fics that I enjoy, but this was one bit of dialogue I particularly loved from Meeting the In-Laws:

He let out a deep sigh. “Okay. But…what do I say to them?” His voice had become a whine.

“Just be yourself.”

Caranthir’s expression conveyed skepticism about this idea. “Love, I don’t think my ‘self’ is the most pleasant person to be around. As you should know.”

“Alright, then, be yourself on your best behavior.”

Give us a sneak peek of one of your upcoming works! This is one of my favorite snippets from an Inkheart fic I’m writing. Context: Mo is teaching Dustfinger about things in our world today.

[Mo is speaking here] "Virtually nobody living in society would go to bathe in a river or outdoor water source. In fact, if you spend a while in water outside—for example, in a lake—it’s common to come in and wash off in the shower.”

Dustfinger stared at him like he had two heads. “You get under a stream of water…to clean yourself from just having been in water.”

When one put it that way, it did sound kind of funny.

AO3 wrapped questions that I came up with and wanted to answer :)

Describe each of your published fics from this year in one word. Lost and Found - classic Meeting the In-laws - spontaneous but for the look in his eyes - in-progress A Rude Awakening - bagpipes Mondays In Imladris - whimsical

What did you learn from your writing this year? First, that I tend to write VERY long intro author’s notes XD I also learned how to let a scene breathe a little more, that I don’t have to narrate everything in a scene, that I can take my time (and taking my time often leads to better writing), that writing ending author’s notes is harder to do than I thought, that writing in present tense takes some getting used to and influences my word choice, how to explore a character’s emotions more, how to use punctuation more stylistically to convey a feeling or thought even when it’s not entirely grammatically correct, that it helps to relax and write characters based on my own understanding of them instead of fanon interpretation/what I’ve seen, that my own interpretation and understanding of a character will grow as I write them, that getting the tags and formatting and stuff ready for publishing fics always takes longer than I think it will, and that some fics will come easier than others—and that’s okay.

What fandoms have you not written for that you would like to in 2025/the future? I’ve had a few ideas for Longmire fics after watching the TV show this year, so it would be cool to actually get into writing those!

Also, thank you so, so, SO much to anyone who's commented on my fics this past year. As I wrote in my Thanksgiving post, I always get excited when I see a comment in my inbox, and they really do mean a lot. ❤️

Finally: if you got all the way to the end of reading this, thank you! Hope you enjoyed :)