Thank you @gryffindorhealer for the tag! Finally getting around to this, only a week into the new year and several days after the tag, lol
Post the top 5 works you’re most proud of that you released in 2022 (not necessarily your most popular)
Comfortable - I feel like this was probably my most cohesive fic and I just really love the soft, warm vibes
Everything - born out of a frustration after reading a whole slew of angsty fics where Harry and Ginny dance around each other after the Battle, this one was satisfying to write because I finally got all my feelings about two fictional characters' intimate relationship worked out.
Softer - Short 'n' Sweet, a real life conversation between myself and the hubs turned fanfic for all the other mothers out there struggling with that weird not-hating-your-body-but-it-not-feeling-comfortable-anymore feeling
Weasley Pub Nights - I laughed out loud way too much writing this one
Cat and Mouse - I know the ending fell flat, but this was the fic I was finally brave enough to start sharing my writing with the world. It will always be special.
Your top 4 current WIPs that you’re excited to release in the new year
A Rose in Winter - an Edwardian AU based on a novel of the same name. No horcruxes, Voldemort dies and the Death Eaters spend the next seventeen years licking their wounds before starting up their campaign again. The Weasleys are on the brink of total poverty after several horrible events and their ever expanding family. They decide to offer up Ginny for marriage to help ease the financial burden (I promise this isn't a Weasley-bashing fic!). Ginny's hand is awarded to Lord Potter, the recently returned to the country young Lord who hides behind a mask to cover all the scars left behind when Voldemort tried murder him. Predictably, Ginny is pissed, drama ensues.
Taken - Voldemort never created horcruxes and dies that Halloween, but that doesn't mean his Death Eaters disappeared too - they simply changed tactics and took over the Ministry through calculated political maneuvers (I'm sensing a theme, lol). The Order of the Phoenix works underground to rescue and educate Muggleborns and occasionally throw a kink in the new regime's plans. When pureblood women from notorious Blood-Traitor families start disappearing, the Order scrambles to infiltrate the Death Eaters and figure out what is happening to these young women.
Fade In/Fade Out - based on the song of the same name by Nothing More, a collection of Father/Son moments between Ron and Arthur
Their Most Closely Guarded Secret - I'm not actually sure I'll share this one. It deals with themes that are pretty controversial and frankly I felt icky writing it, BUT it pushed me out of my comfort zone and I think my writing is better for it.
Your top 3 biggest improvements in your writing over the past year
Simply sharing it. I've written stories (both original and fanfic) for nearly two decades now, but only now have felt brave enough to share my work. If that isn't the biggest improvement, I don't know what is.
More details. My early writing reads very much like a bare bones movie script, very dialogue heavy and not much in way of scene setting. No ambiance at all
Uh....actually creating an outline. Not that I use them, but hey, I made them!
Your top 2 resolutions (ways you wish to improve your writing/blog) for the new year
Run on Sentences. Apparently, I ramble a lot and it shows in my writing.
Better planning/outlining. My current outlines are pretty useless, hence why they don't get used, haha
And your number 1 favorite line you’ve written this year
The (two) lines that spurred me to actually start sharing my stuff:
For now, he fucks her in the room of nightmares where no one ever will know.
And she lets him because she isn’t in love with him, but dammit if she isn’t attracted to him.
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