#i didn't really how out of hand my wip list had gotten OOPS

[blutopaz15]

18 & 24 for the fanfic ask?

#18: Current Number of WIPs

Ohhhhh boy. So, uhm, a lot.

Currently published and waiting on updates, in order of most recent update...

cursed: just an epilogue left (rated M, heed the tags)

clean slate: between s3 and ttm fic, will prob be the next ongoing to get an update because it's almost definitely my favorite, self-indulgent wip <3

absolutely smitten: oops I abandoned my modern au again...

birthdays: (rated E, heed the tags) wrote callum birthday smut for rayllum month and fell off from the prompts...rayla never got her birthday smut :'(

quite daring: (rated M, heed the tags) dumping ground for rayllum spicy antics around the castle

crossroads: rayllum meets thru-hiking the "xadian divide trail", modern au, written to drag my outdoorsy fiance into my rayllum nonsense

harvest moon: rayllum reunion fic that I intended to continue...but then I decided that I wanted to make it fit/work with clean slate, so I needed to write THAT first......and yeah, again, OOPS

next time I mention a new wip, someone pls stop me, good grief

speaking of....

Random WIPS on my google drive....

working on winter drabbles from prompt list...first one is hopefully gonna get done this weekend

rayla coaching callum up the giant tree in 3x02

the planning of the earthblood elf disguise in 3x03 XD

kinda wanna flesh out a rayllum month drabble about callum drawing rayla's blades, based on stuff in Callum's Spellbook

vaguest ideas for some intense post-battle (or something, idk context) smut........

I have more smut ideas, including some drabbles that might see the light of day eventually, but I'll keep this post vague and t-rated, hehehe

"flowers" from hadestown inspired post-ttm rayla fic.........

quit job to write fanfic full time, when???? /j

#24: Favorite Fic(s) Read This Year

I REFUSE to pick just one, lol, so how about three?

everything that @numptypylon writes is amazing, but I think home free has got to be my fave. I'm not usually the biggest modern au person, but cottage cuddles hits the SPOT.

@jedidragonwarriorqueen's valentine's week amnesia fic is SUCH a treat. SO good!

(funny that both the first two were published valentine's week!!)

I also love love love love purgatory by @zuppizup (even tho I'm a sham and haven't read most recent chapter yet.)

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end of year fanfic asks

[crypticcodexcreations]

2022 Writer Year-In-Review

@inkspellangel tagged me for this, so let's see how 2022 writing went! I got rambly, so a read more!

Total number of completed works:

Um..... None? Oops. Really thought I was going to finish Hell's Casino when I started on it in August and then I didn't!

Total number of WIPs worked on this year:

Six, unless you count the vague concepts that all I've done is try to design characters. Then it's eight, but I don't count ones that I haven't done any writing on.

WIPs neglected this year:

That depends on the way you want to define 'neglected' because each WIP has kind of been left mostly untouched as soon as I started a new one. I've definitely gotten a little more on some of them, but honestly, all of them have been at least a little neglected except Reapers as it's my newest one.

Total word count:

I have a few things I haven't typed up, so those aren't counted, but with what I do have typed. 27,455 words.

Looking back, did you write more than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you expected?:

Oh, way more. I had stopped writing for a few years, and then just. It all came rushing back in August this year and I really didn't think I'd get very far.

Did you take any writing risks this year?:

The honest answer is probably no, but just getting back into writing at all felt like a huge risk in a way I don't know how to explain.

Do you have any goals for the new year?:

To just not stop, no matter how slow it feels.

Biggest disappointment?:

I think that would be the fact that Hell's Casino has kind of gotten buried under everything else. It's a pretty straight forward story and I'd like to get back to it. Every other WIP has so many more moving pieces so to speak.

Biggest surprise?:

Honestly? Just how much all of my stories have gotten attention. I know there are others here who get way more attention, but that doesn't really matter to me tbh. I have a nice handful of people who get super excited about what I do write, and honestly? The tags and such are so much more valuable than twice as many likes and nothing else, you know?

Most popular story of the year?:

This is hard to judge because each story has had about the same amount of interest, just from different people it feels like. I might have to give the title to Reapers though, as it's the one that caused me to actually make a tag list, because I got a request from someone to be added to it.

What's your own favourite story of the year?:

Oh, you're going to make me pick a favorite child? Honestly, it's hard to say because I love them all for different reasons. Reapers has given me the most moments of absolute giddiness writing it so far though, so I guess Reapers wins another award lol.

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

Cross Over could use some more love to be completely honest, but I also can't say I'm super surprised. That one is just completely self indulgent shenanigans and also didn't have as much posted about it.

Most fun story to write:

That's been Only Human. While Reapers has won out on making me absolutely giddy, Only Human has made me really think a lot about where I'm going with it, and gotten me to smile a lot while also getting me both out of my comfort zone and into it at just the right moments. Out because I usually don't write such low stakes type stories, but in because it's always there with my completely queer cast of almost no humans. It's fun because some aspects have been challenging, but also a refreshing break from some of the more heavy stuff I've been writing.

Most unintentionally telling story:

I feel like this might be Only Human, just because of how much of my personality and identity William stole from me. Although, Reapers is likely a close second, but only for the parts that haven't been shared, which hardly counts I think. To be honest though, I feel like all of my stories are very telling and I'm kind of aware of this whenever I write. I see the me going into every piece, and I know that the only way to hide it would be to write something I'd hate, which I just can't do.