The Fic Year in Review Meme

(filched from furiosity)

Fics and Ficlets I wrote in 2005: 13 (well, 14 - one is done but not posted yet). Of those, 9 1/2 are slash, 2,5 gen and one het. 7 are NC-17, two definite crack, and two chaptered. Four gift fics, and only one a Fest entry (I suck!).

Favourites of the batch Turnabout (Harry/Ron/Draco; NC-17) because I'm still fond of how the characters turned out, and Beyond This Point Lie Monsters (Lucius/Harry/Tom; R) because it took so long to finish, and the troublesome last chapter came 'round as it should.

Best of the batch: Turnabout, I think. For Refuge (Harry/Lucius/Ron, NC-17) seemed to be more popular, though.

Most underappreciated by the universe: The Dark Side of Reason (Lucius/Harry, Lucius/Remus, NC-17)... not counting those who are underappreciated for a good reason!

Most fun to write: Adoration, or: Should've Been Slytherin (Hermione/Snape; PG) - poking fun at the Hermione/Snape shippers entertained me greatly.

Sexiest fic: Turnabout again - I'm rarely happy with how sex turns out, but I liked this. Well - you tell me :).

"Holy crap, that's wrong even for you": Sleepwalking with the Damned (Harry/Lucius, Harry/Draco, NC-17) - "look, I can write unredeemed noncon too!". I broke through most of my personal barriers with it. And I seriously sold out on every bit of my integrity with Vengeance and Pacifiers (Harry/Lucius smoop, PG-13).

Fic that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: Delicate Old Injuries (James/Lucius, James/Voldemort; NC-17) reconciled me with James Potter.

Hardest fic to do: Lots - I had nasty writer's block for months - but most of all Sleepwalking with the Damned - I hated writing that.

Biggest disappointment: Remedial Healing (Hermione/Poppy, NC-17): it just didn't... click with me emotionally at all...

Biggest surprise: Delicate Old Injuries (for sheer wtf-where-does-*that*-come-from???) and Pathway to Perdition (Percy/Lucius, PG-13) for split-second inspiration (I never had a bunny plotted through right down to chapter content in one minute...)

Most telling fic: The Right to Choose (gen, OC, PG-13)... there's a lot of me in that character...

A Happy New Year to the Flist, and thanks!

A HAPPY, CREATIVE NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO dementedsiren AND silentauror AND s8219!
As the new year lies in waiting, I realise again how grateful I am for my flist in general (*insert group hug*). But I also owe thanks to a few specific people:

First and foremost, to lazy_neutrino for all her encouragement and support and help throughout the year. She's every bit as wonderful in person as she's on LJ! And she wrote me this utterly mind-blowing birthday fic on top of everything else!

To the lovely anonymous(e) who gave me a year's paid LJ time, which was by far my loveliest Christmas present this year (and not because the rest of the haul was meagre in any way). That was so, so... yeah, you get it ;).

To annephoenix for cheering me up and for giving me confidence! Hope the coming months will be kind to you, love! And *bows house-elf style with ears brushing the floor* for writing me Ron/Lucius, and for asking nimori for a (not worksafe!) Harry/Lucius sketch for me.

And of course to nimori herself for *drawing* said gorgeous sketch and for allowing me to turn part of it into the above icon, *preens proudly*!

To seventines for all the help and for writing me that highly inspirational Percy/Lucius birthday fic :).

To manraviel for the prettiest cat icon (and a lot of lovely feedback)!

To all my lovely BETA READERS, for putting up with me!

And again and always, to hummelchen for being there and bearing with me! You're a lot more than you deserve, and I love you!

In the year 2006 I resolve to: Take over the world. Get your resolution here