My fannish year 2010

[shapinglight]

Better to write this, I thought, than go on whingeing about the things I always seem to be whingeing about- ie. my mother, the weather, the Buffy comics, my writers' block. Sorry. Haven't got off to a very good start but will try to be less whingey this year from now on.

It may or may not have escaped your notice, but I wrote very little in 2010. This was mainly due to RL reasons, though there was fandom-related stuff too. Possibly, the fandom-related stuff wouldn't have affected me as much if the RL stuff had left me more time to write. Don't know.

Anyway, much of the fic I did write was for communities. The fic that wasn't tended towards the wildly kinky and unpleasant and is posted on my other LJ, which is friends only.



January and February:

Wrote buggerall. Did post one story to my other LJ, Surprise Visit, Spike/Giles NC17, but I'd written it in December 2009 for sueworld2003's Christmas present.

March 2010

I started writing a sequel to my Sense Less series from 2009. This consists of a sequence of short(ish) fics, about 15 in all, which I finally finished in October. They're posted to my other LJ, are very, very NC17 and feature all kinds of unpleasantness. That said, there are some dark places (though not everyone would see them as dark places) I never go to, and never will.

Mercy Killing, Darla/OC, NC17. There's no link to this ficlet because I've never posted it, for fear of causing offence. A shame, because I think it's quite good. However, if I did post it and there were some kind of hoohah! as a consequence, I know I couldn't handle the fallout so best not go there.

Sorry if that seems like teasing. I'm hoping to make amends with a series of short Darla ficlets this year. They're still germinating, but hopefully something will come of it.

April and May

Still writing Sense Less behind the scenes. Otherwise wrote bugger all.

June (one of my two best writing months in 2010).

Private Tuition Spike/Mystery Other NC17. A porny little ficlet posted on my other LJ.

Marriage of Convenience, Spike/Buffy, Giles, Willow PG-13, written for quinara's community plot_wout_porn, though there's not a lot of plot in it. More like plotting.

July

I wrote bugger all, except possibly more Sense Less

August

In August I did the one fic writing thing I'm really proud of in 2010, which is to co-found (in the sense of, I thought of the title and left much cleverer, more dynamic people to do the actual work) sb_fag_ends, a community for the posting of short (1000 words or under) Spike/Buffy fics. It's still going strong, and though there are some weeks with no posts, I think it's humming along nicely and am in awe of bogwitch's ability to come up with great prompts.The bizarre thing about it all is that I'm not even a proper Spuffy 'shipper.

Be that as it may, I found the community very inspiring and managed to turn out three whole ficlets in August, prequels to my plot_wout_porn story, which has spawned its own AU 'verse, the Wedding From Hellverse

Mother of the Bride, PG-13, Spike/Buffy, mention of Spike/Dru. Joyce's POV.

It Never Showers But It Pours, PG-13, Spike/Buffy, mention of Spike/Dru, Spike/Harmony. Willow's POV.

Bachelor Party, PG-13, Spike/Buffy. Xander's POV.

Conversation With a Mummy (in-Law) R, for suggestive naughtiness. Spike/Buffy, Joyce.

November

I posted my entry for seasonal_spuffy, which was yet another Wedding From Hellverse fic, this time the actual wedding.

Killer Brides From Hell, PG-13 for a bit of bad language, Spike/Buffy, mention of Spike/Dru.

I also wrote another tiny ficlet (I'd thought it was a drabble, but it's 150 words, not 100) for sb_fag_ends

Carve Her Name PG, Spike/Buffy.

December

noel_of_spike ran for two weeks at the end of the month, and I wrote another Fairy!Spike ficlet for it. Nice to see the little rascal again - or at least I thought so.

The Christmas Tree Fairy

And that's it. My list of fics written hasn't been so short since I started writing fic. It also hasn't consisted so much of Spuffy fics. Odd. Odd also that the Spuffy is all extremely fluffy, except for that last almost-drabble, and the non-Spuffy (except for the Fairy!Spike thing) quite the opposite. Make of that what you will.

Comments

[next_to_normal]

Heh, well, you're still doing better than me! I managed a whopping TWO fics this year (five if you count the three early fics I revised). I thought about doing the "what I wrote" meme, just to remind people I still exist, but it didn't even seem worth it.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Well, see, the thing is that what there is, is choice! (Choice in the sense of a choice cut of meat.) So, go you! Thanks for putting it all in one place. I'm always worried that I'll miss something.

[shapinglight]

:(

I daresay my tally seems very small to me because it's so much smaller than any other year since I started writing. Have you looked at sb_fag_ends? It's possible you might find some inspiration.

[shapinglight]

It's useful for me too. Which reminds me, must add to memories.

[next_to_normal]

Nah, I was following the prompts there at first, but I've pretty much called it quits on writing. All good things must come to an end, right?

[deborahw37.livejournal.com]

I missed some of these, must catch up.

[shapinglight]

:( True, but if you enjoy writing, I hope you find something else you want to write about.

[shapinglight]

Hope you enjoy them. Some are extremely silly.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

>The bizarre thing about it all is that I'm not even a proper Spuffy 'shipper.

Neither am I (though much more than you). And I'm half in two other fandoms.

[next_to_normal]

Me too! But efforts to find a new fandom thus far have been unsuccessful. I've managed to talk about a lot of TV shows, but writing fic requires a special something.

[kidcyclone.livejournal.com]

I am not a Spuffy person at all, I am Spangel/us and Fanged Four stuff (or Giles/Spike, or Wes/Spike) all the way, but I read and like your Spuffy. So feel proud, very proud! ;>

You feel you've not written much, but if you look back, you have actually written a lot, and it's all excellent, too. I don't think I wrote any fics for public consumption at all in 2010. I have been doing writing though, and hope to post a very long WIP this year. Except you will probably hate it, cos it's all about Spike getting a new and juvenile wardrobe back in 1881.

I am also off-and-on writing a really not-worthwhile fic about modern-Spike getting babysat by his Great-Uncle Rupert. It may never be posted cos it's, well, embarrassing as well as very silly.

I hope you will consider posting your Darla/OC ficlet someday! I love Darla and almost nobody writes her. More Darla-centric stuff in 2011 sounds brilliant!

[shapinglight]

I know. Twice last year, I fell in love with other shows (True Blood and Misfits) but somehow that didn't translate into wanting to fic them.

[quinara]

Does this mean I'm the most Spuffy of the sb_fag_ends crew?? Bizarre. (Although, I suppose I am quite Spuffy, so it's a fair cop.)

Well done on all the writing, Shapes!

[shapinglight]

Neither am I (though much more than you). And I'm half in two other fandoms.

Curiouser and curiouser.

[shapinglight]

Shapes? I like it.

I do seem to have written rather more than I thought I had. However, a lot of it isn't really for public consumption.

[shapinglight]

but I read and like your Spuffy.

You do? Thank you. And you're right, of course, that I've written an awful lot more than I thought. It's probably the absence of long, plotty fics that makes me feel like it's not very much.

I possibly wouldn't like your WIP, I agree, though if it's set in your AU I can probably cope.

As for Darla, I have an idea for a whole series of fics about her. I hope I can write them. Trouble is, they require research. :is lazy:

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed your work in 2010. And I'll look forward to Darla ficlets!

[shapinglight]

:) I hope I can write them. I'm trying not to be too ambitious, but there'll still be research required, and that seems a bit too much like hard work.

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

I've had a story planned for *months* that will require research. It'll be interesting research, but somehow I just haven't managed to do it yet.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

I spend a lot of time on Supernatural and I'm drifting into The Vampire Diaries. Buffy is just where my friends are.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Undoubtedly. My Spuffy interest is more in them not getting together, I like the angst and the wrongness of it all. I just liked Spike and Spike wanted Buffy.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

As long as the shape is a square. :)

[quinara]

I don't know how you handle the angst...

[quinara]

I shall use it more often, then!

The public aren't that important if still enjoy getting words out for yourself - it's all better than nothing.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

I gobble it up with a spoon!

[quinara]

But it must taste so angsty!

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Mmm. All bitter and sweet and so tasty.

[shapinglight]

I'm in a similar situation in some ways, except that the fanfic bug for other fandoms hasn't bitten yet. Also, the fandoms of the two new shows I like look a bit scary. :(

[shapinglight]

I could fudge it, I suppose. I just need an historical costume site.

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

What era? I did some research on Victorian costumes for Memento and could point you to some sites for that, if that's what you're looking for.

[shapinglight]

It's okay. I already have a site I use. Thanks, though.

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

Good luck with it! I do enjoy historical fics.