Happy New Year! I wish the best in 2014 to all my friends here on LJ and abroad. May it kick 2013's ass!


Fic Roundup:

Total published words in 2013: 116,473
Total published words in 2012: 53,567

Longest story published in 2013:
White Collar: Unbreakable (13,102)
White Collar RPF: Ode to Broken Things (14,807)

Longest single chapter story published in 2013:
White Collar: The Lost Boys (10,292 – my WC Big Bang entry)
White Collar RPF: Love, In Fire and In Blood (3,861)

Most Hits on AO3: Unbreakable
Most Kudos on AO3: Out of Town
Most Comment Threads on AO3: Unbreakable
Most Bookmarks on AO3: The Minor Fall, The Major Lift

Story I was most surprised by it's reception: Out of Town – I wrote it to use as many of the Run the Con prompts as I could, and I was very surprised by all of the great comments and kudos I received on it. It featured some of my favorite friendships on the show, Neal and Peter, Neal and Diana, and Diana and Peter, and I'm so glad it was so well liked.

Story I am most proud of writing: The Bookstore AU. It started as such a simple prompt in embroiderama's WC RPS prompt meme, and it's turned into something very special. Realism is something that I strive for when writing, and I feel like this is the most real story I could possibly write. It's an AU, but there is such heart and life in the characters of Matt and Tim. Every story is an emotional adventure as they work to overcome past hurt and forge a life together. I'm so proud of the story and the comments that I've received for it.

Story I am least proud of writing: Toss up between Spent and Deliquium. While I like them, I do wish I'd spent more time on them so that there weren't loose ends. Fandom was in a lull, and I had them both mostly written, so I finished them up and got them posted, but they could have used some work, for sure.

Writing Resolution for 2014: To write more words than in 2013, for sure. And to finally finish and post the Neal Hughes story I keep talking about – it's mostly done but needs some TLC in the way of continuity.




Thank you to everyone who read, left a comment or a kudos on my fics this past year. Without you, I wouldn't be nearly as motivated to continue writing. I appreciate you all and the time you take to read/comment.

A very special thank you to the participants of the WCWU chats – you are all very dear to me, and I cannot tell you how much I love spending time with you. (Also, word wars – brilliant idea, simply brilliant!)

Many thanks to the writers of the WC fandom who entertained me, made me laugh and cry and everything in between. You are all amazing, talented, wonderful writers, and I cannot wait to see what you each have in store for 2014.

Thank you very much to the artists of WC fandom. Specifically aragarna and kanarek13, who surprised me with Bookstore AU art that I adore more than I can describe. aragarna also took on the very difficult task of creating a cover for my WC Big Bang story, which featured the characters as teenagers, and it is amazing.