#JFC maybe step back and consider it's a skill issue with you and not a technical issue with the site

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Just saw someone say they don't want to post their fics on AO3 because 'the tag system and search function are a nightmare for most sane end users'

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[typewritersandtentacles]

2016 in Review

I was tagged by the very talented @annaofaza​ and @hartwinorlose​

Total Number of Stories Completed: On AO3 a total of 34 stories were completed, not including drabbles and such I posted strictly on tumblr.

Total Word Count: On Ao3, I wrote  285,808. JFC. And yet I can barely write 1k for any of my original stories. Lord help me.

Fandoms Written In: Kingsman and technically also Inception and Bridget Jones’s Diary due to crossovers, but really it’s just Kingsman.

Looking Back, Did You Expect To Write More Fic Than You Thought You Would This Year, Less, Or About What You’d Expected? I thought I’d write less. It was just supposed to be something I did until my drive and inspiration for my original work came back, and then it just kind of consumed my soul. *ugly crying*

What’s Your Own Favorite Story Of The Year? Probably A Court of Eggsy Unwin. I just love writing it. Every time I work on it I smile. It’s so much fun and it’s so easy for me to do. Plus it deals with TWO Harry Harts, so how can you not love it?

Did You Take Any Writing Risks This Year? Yes, I definitely pushed myself to write more adventurous and complex stories. I also stepped out of my realm of comfort and wrote general fiction, which is something I struggle with. That sounds odd, but I’m mostly a fantasy/horror writer and cultivating general fiction is hard for me, especially when it’s more than like a 2k drabble. But I was able to create multi-chapter stories that fall under that genre and I feel like it’s broadened my skill set as a writer.

I also pushed my smut writing skills, challenging myself to write different scenarios and try new kinks.

Do You Have Any Fanfic Or Profic Goals For The New Year? Fan fic goals not really. I just let it come as it wants because that’s what keeps it fun. I do have 2 fics I know for sure I want to write, but otherwise it’s all up in the air. And I guess maybe finally write that Perciwin fic I keep talking about? As for Profic... I HAVE SO MANY GOALS AND NO DRIVE TO ACHIEVE THEM LOLOL. I want to finish editing the manuscript to the sequel for my fantasy story and get it to my editor. I also want to finish this one general m/m fic I’ve been working on for like 2 years on and off. And I have something in the works with @hartwinorlose​, though I’m not doing the writing part. And I want to go back and revise/edit my YA fantasy story. AND I want to work on another story + do the illustrations for it, that’ll be a YA story... or maybe it won’t. I don’t know. I may make it a webcomic. I’m not sure yet on that one. BUT YOU SEE???? SO MANY GOALS AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS WRITE FAN FIC. SOMEONE SEND HELP!

Best Story Of The Year? According to AO3 based on hits it’s my Merwin story We Will Make It There. I’d also say on a personal view that it’s the best (at least of COMPLETED stories) because it’s the most complex and fleshed out.

Most Popular Story Of The Year? Once again, based off hits on AO3 it’s the Merwin story We Will Make It There

Story of Mine Most Under-appreciated By The Universe, IMO: I’d say either Hinterland or Say You’ll Remember Me or We Are The Night. The lack of response on the first two kind of killed my desire to work on them. We Are The Night has some loyal fan base though, but it certainly isn’t my most popular fic.

Most Fun Story To Write: Oh boy... probably The Courting of Eggsy Unwin. I just smile every time I write it. I can’t stop. And We Are The Night is pretty fun because I’m approaching it as a cheesy story and trying to frame it in the same way an 80′s romcom would be.

Story With The Single Sexiest Moment: Oooooh... fuck, that’s a hard one. I DON’T KNOW. I write so much smut, it’s hard to tell. I’m going to say probably We Will Make It There. There was definitely some hot smut in that one. My favorite scene is in Chapter 2 ;D

Most Sweet Story: Joys of Baking because it’s just Eggsy being super sweet on Harry.

“Holy Crap, That’s Wrong, Even For You!” Story: Uhhh... hmmm for this year? I guess Dead Man Walking definitely pushed the limits on things. I don’t feel like I did anything too extreme. That story touched on some gritty scenarios. Otherwise probably We Will Make it There again.

Story That Shifted My Own Perceptions Of The Characters: The Courting of Eggsy Unwin. I really had to consider a lot of character’s reactions to the scenarios and the limits they’d be pushed to. It’s made me pause more often to decide what the appropriate response is. I think also Dead Man Walking because I wasn’t writing Harry, so to see his reactions from someone else’s POV helped me consider his actions in other stories.

Most Unintentionally Telling Story: Not sure what you mean by telling. We Will Make It There definitely had a lot of my personal wants influenced into it and helped me discover kinks I didn’t know I had. Joy of Baking has a lot of my own personal feelings on weight issues and body image.

Hardest Story To Write: Dead Man Walking due to ALL THE RESEARCH I had to write for it. Also Wade Through the Fire because it was mission fic and mission fic is HARD.

Biggest Disappointment: Hinterland and Say You’ll Remember Me. I thought people would really like them, so I was sad for the poor response. I’m also disappointed in my self for all the unfinished fics I have. And also for my lack of work in original stories.

Biggest Surprise: The Courting of Eggsy Unwin. I didn’t think so many people would like it but they do and it makes me SO HAPPY.