#sorry for overindulging myself with this but i love lists. retrospects. navel-gazing.....

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end of the year fic meme 2019

I’ve done this roundup the last several years since I started writing fic regularly, so I figured I should do it again this year even though I thought I barely wrote anything... *spoilers* not actually true!

statistics:  I wrote 8 fics this year, ~32k total words, which is less than 2018 but not actually by much?? still a decent amount. huh.  I knew I had only written a couple Star Trek fics, but I guess forgot that there was that month I wrote as much The Tick fic as I could. ten questions:

1. What’s your personal favorite thing you wrote this year?

Like a Jolt of Espresso to the Skin which is Arthur/Tick smut ^_^.  This pair is in LOVE and they are TENDER and they are HORNY for each other.  Write what you want to read I guess!

2. What’s your least favorite thing you wrote this year?

I actually feel rather strongly about everything I wrote this year!  I guess something feels like it could be better in Dark Horses of the Night (Arthur hurt/comfort), but I’m not sure what because I do like each element in it...*shrug emoji*

3. Which of your fics was most different from what you usually write?

Hmm.  Maybe all the Tick fics in that it wasn’t Star Trek?  But otherwise all the types of fics were pretty standard fare for what I write in general I think.  I suppose the thing I did somewhat differently than usual was the two time lapse / snapshots over a period of years fics -- Every Time We Kiss and Closing Time.

4. Which of your fics this year was most successful?

Kiss and Run (Arthur&Dot + Arthur/Tick).  It’s funny, it’s sweet, it makes me happy, it had good timing with the brief flash fandom... I’m happy people liked it because it was another one of those write-what-you-want-to-read fics.

5. Which of your fics do you wish was more successful? Hmmmmm idk I’m pretty happy with reception to all of them?  Untangled (Michael Burnham &/ Sylvia Tilly) has the fewest comments and kudos, but it’s also the most recently posted, rather short, and tbh I wrote it really fast so don’t have as much investment in its reception (though I do think it turned out rather good). 6. What’s your favorite piece of dialogue you wrote this year? from Every Time We Kiss, I like the amount of tension I infused into this exchange:

“It feels different than with Nerys,” Odo said slowly.

“Before you ask, it was too brief for me to diagnose your problem." Quark faced the shelf again and took his time finding a place for the orange bottle. He was having trouble concentrating on what the label said. His hand wouldn’t stop shaking. “The teaser was free but you’ll have to pay for the rest. If that wasn’t clear.”

The side of Odo’s mouth quirked. “Is that so.”

also while I’m (over)indulging myself, here’s this bit (cries forever THEY’RE IN LOVE):

“You’re the most disconcerting, paradoxical, beguiling solid I’ve ever met. No one else of any kind even compares.”

“Odo,” Quark breathes. “Here I thought I’d finally be rid of you.”

ALSO ALSO I adored coming up with Tick-isms, so i’ll highlight my favorites of those because the Tick! THE TICK!:

Kiss and Run

“Because when we kiss, it’s like our mouths are connected to each other’s hearts -- and elsewhere -- careening down a log flume on a one-way river to love. Like hugging, but wetter! Hugging with our mouths, and our hearts. And to that I say one thing -- splish splash.”

Like a Jolt of Espresso to the Skin

I always want to touch you, chum. You make me into a telephone wire, a crackling lifeline of expression shouted into the ether, electrocuting birds! You make me FEEL! The Arthur connection: it’s a jolt of espresso to the skin!

Dark Horses of the Night

There’s nothing that a hug can’t do! It’s the snake oil rhino horn cure that actually works. A panacea that tastes like pancetta! The shark’s fin that’s actually made of shark. Sharks can’t hug, but the Tick can! It’s all in the arms.

7. What’s your favorite piece of description or narration? ummm trying to balance action, comedy, and dialogue was a big challenge in Forever is a Skyscraper (Let’s Leap Together) (Tick/Arthur), but I like how it turned out, so I will say the dinosaur-fighting portion in that one.

this also isn’t necessarily description or narration, rather a combo of how all the elements fit together, but Closing Time (Julian/Quark) ??? *chef’s kiss* THE ANGST 8. Which fic this year was most fun to write? Tick-isms in general were really fun to play with.  also Giving Head (quodo) because boy oh boy do I love some dumb body horror smut. :3 9. If you could go back and change something about one of the fics you wrote this year, what would it be? my secret is....... if something bothers me I just go back and change it, propriety be damned. >_<  I think the ones I did that the most with were Every Time We Kiss (especially getting the ending right) and Kiss and Run (there wasn’t an actual kiss and run in the first posting??? idk yall).

10. What, if anything, are you going to try to do differently in your writing in the new year? *SHRUG EMOJI*  there’s still a couple partial drafts that I’d like to work on, but mostly my “goal” is just not to push myself to write if I’m not feeling inspired, particularly because I’m feeling sorta removed from fandom at the moment.  we’ll see!!!  ~anything could happen~