Happy 2010!
In 2009, I wrote 24 stories for a total of 77,035 words.
How the Writers' Strike Stole Christmas (and Jared Gave it Back) [Jared/Jensen, R] 6,270 01.09.09
Ad Astra Per Aspera [Sam/Dean, PG-13] 1,067 01.16.09
Past the Only Future [Unrequited Sam/Dean, PG-13] 1,033 1.23.09
With Human Hands [Gen, PG-13] 650 01.27.09
On the Street Where You Live [Jared/Jensen, PG-13] 1,661 02.10.09
The Best Part of Waking Up [Jared/Jensen, PG] 1,158 02.21.09
Swam Upon the Devil's Lake [Gen, PG] 100 03.02.09
Down Off Your Throne [Gen, PG] 100 03.05.09
After the Flood, All the Colors Came Out [Gen, PG] 100 03.08.09
Don't Look Back [Gen, PG] 100 03.10.09
It's a Small World After All [Gen, G] 100 03.12.09
Resurrection in Black and White [Gen, PG] 531 03.29.09
We Sang Dirges in the Dark [Sam/Dean, PG-13] 1,093 05.06.09
To Teach the Human Heart the Knowledge of Itself [Jensen/Jared, R] 45,078 07.03.09
These Things, They Go Away [Gen, PG] 1,150 07.07.09
World Turning [Sam/Dean, NC-17] 1,882 07.16.09
Freight Train Running [Sam/Dean, unrequited John/Dean, R] 504 07.21.09
Lost and Found [Jared/Jensen, PG-13] 6,484 09.04.09
It Goes On [Gen, R] 1,028 09.07.09
My Aim Is True [Gen, PG13] 1,260 09.13.09
Once Upon A Time [Gen, PG] 510 09.14.09
20/20 [Jared/Jensen, PG] 3,004 10.15.09
The Dead Praise Not the Lord [Gen, PG] 268 11.21.09
Low Rising [Jensen/Jared, PG-13] 1,904 12.30.09
I am still so far from the kind of writer I want to be, though, and that's why I'm looking to the future instead of the past.
. I want to see things through. I don't want fifty plus files cluttering up my writing folder, five words here, twelve thousand there. I want to finish what I start. And I'm starting at the beginning, with a story that's been eating away at me for years. In 2010, I will finish it.
. I want to be more social. Sharing the process is fun. I somehow managed to lose sight of that along the way, to the point where I used a beta on less than half of my stories last year and beta'd only a handful. And I don't comment nearly enough. Reading should be a joy and not a reminder of my own failures. In 2010, I will open Adium more than once every six months, I will make myself available as a reader, and I will comment on the stories I read.
. I want to be proud of what I write. Over the past two years or so, I've fallen into the habit of using my flist as a focus group: if the flist doesn't comment, I take that to mean the story's crap, and I don't cross-post. And then, obviously, the story doesn't get read, which reinforces my earlier discovery that the story is crap. Clearly, this is not a healthy cycle. In 2010, I will write stories that I'm proud of and cross-post them no matter what.
Obviously this isn't everything I want to improve, but it's all (and maybe more than) I can handle. I'm going to do my best. And sometimes, I'm going to forget to do my best, because I am cynical, moody, and prone to fits of inspiration that flicker out as soon as they're lit. My intentions are good, though, and that's got to count for something.
P.S. Also, I will finish my last outstanding Sweet Charity fic with as much haste as I can while still making it worth reading.
How the Writers' Strike Stole Christmas (and Jared Gave it Back) [Jared/Jensen, R] 6,270 01.09.09
Ad Astra Per Aspera [Sam/Dean, PG-13] 1,067 01.16.09
Past the Only Future [Unrequited Sam/Dean, PG-13] 1,033 1.23.09
With Human Hands [Gen, PG-13] 650 01.27.09
On the Street Where You Live [Jared/Jensen, PG-13] 1,661 02.10.09
The Best Part of Waking Up [Jared/Jensen, PG] 1,158 02.21.09
Swam Upon the Devil's Lake [Gen, PG] 100 03.02.09
Down Off Your Throne [Gen, PG] 100 03.05.09
After the Flood, All the Colors Came Out [Gen, PG] 100 03.08.09
Don't Look Back [Gen, PG] 100 03.10.09
It's a Small World After All [Gen, G] 100 03.12.09
Resurrection in Black and White [Gen, PG] 531 03.29.09
We Sang Dirges in the Dark [Sam/Dean, PG-13] 1,093 05.06.09
To Teach the Human Heart the Knowledge of Itself [Jensen/Jared, R] 45,078 07.03.09
These Things, They Go Away [Gen, PG] 1,150 07.07.09
World Turning [Sam/Dean, NC-17] 1,882 07.16.09
Freight Train Running [Sam/Dean, unrequited John/Dean, R] 504 07.21.09
Lost and Found [Jared/Jensen, PG-13] 6,484 09.04.09
It Goes On [Gen, R] 1,028 09.07.09
My Aim Is True [Gen, PG13] 1,260 09.13.09
Once Upon A Time [Gen, PG] 510 09.14.09
20/20 [Jared/Jensen, PG] 3,004 10.15.09
The Dead Praise Not the Lord [Gen, PG] 268 11.21.09
Low Rising [Jensen/Jared, PG-13] 1,904 12.30.09
I am still so far from the kind of writer I want to be, though, and that's why I'm looking to the future instead of the past.
. I want to see things through. I don't want fifty plus files cluttering up my writing folder, five words here, twelve thousand there. I want to finish what I start. And I'm starting at the beginning, with a story that's been eating away at me for years. In 2010, I will finish it.
. I want to be more social. Sharing the process is fun. I somehow managed to lose sight of that along the way, to the point where I used a beta on less than half of my stories last year and beta'd only a handful. And I don't comment nearly enough. Reading should be a joy and not a reminder of my own failures. In 2010, I will open Adium more than once every six months, I will make myself available as a reader, and I will comment on the stories I read.
. I want to be proud of what I write. Over the past two years or so, I've fallen into the habit of using my flist as a focus group: if the flist doesn't comment, I take that to mean the story's crap, and I don't cross-post. And then, obviously, the story doesn't get read, which reinforces my earlier discovery that the story is crap. Clearly, this is not a healthy cycle. In 2010, I will write stories that I'm proud of and cross-post them no matter what.
Obviously this isn't everything I want to improve, but it's all (and maybe more than) I can handle. I'm going to do my best. And sometimes, I'm going to forget to do my best, because I am cynical, moody, and prone to fits of inspiration that flicker out as soon as they're lit. My intentions are good, though, and that's got to count for something.
P.S. Also, I will finish my last outstanding Sweet Charity fic with as much haste as I can while still making it worth reading.