Happy new year!

[askerian]

It's already January 2 around here, but better late than never, huh?

Anyway, I only have one resolution this year -- keep track of how much I write, month by month. Then maybe I can figure out how much or how little I actually write, and find a realistic goal to aim for, and get motivated by watching the little bar fill up. I like progress bars. u.u

I also hope to complete Teamwork 3 but I'm not going to make any promises, we all know what happens when i say "oh it's only x more chapters/scenes, should be done soon".


Stolen from annwyd:

Ofic:
-NaNo story: 17 800 words (nrgh not even half! SHAME)
-Breanna & James: 5 200 words
-mermaids IN SPACE (2 500 words) (super shame)
-other random stuff i haven't posted: 16 000 words

Naruto:
-Teamwork: chapters 6&7 + a future interlude (25 300 words) (... in one year, two chapters only? srsly? auuugh self wtfffffffff)
-teamwork sidefics (16 400 words) (hrrrrm :| )
-Locker Room Therapy sidefics (5 000 words)
-random meme ficlets (12 000 words) (whoa, they pile up fast)

(... that's it? no other oneshots? what? seriously? ... D:)


final fantasy 7
-restore (15 000 words) (ooh, not bad. I guess it was in 2008 that i had such horrible writer's block with it.)
-enemy skill (5 500 words)
-as of yet unpublished ficlets: ~3600 words

gundam wing:
-newtype (7 200 words) (what? only one chapter in one year? what the HELL self DAMN IT)

Crossovers:
-GW/Firefly Duo/Mal the Stowaway (~400 words)

dragonball z:
-packmates thinger with chichi and goku's dad (7 000 words)

Seirei no Moribito:
-jin/balsa(~ 1 900 words )
-jin/shuuga (900 words)

bastard!!
- series of weird ficlets (3 200 words)

avatar the last airbender:
-unpublished iroh&toph crack i need to fix (1 100)
-really quick mermaidsinSPACE!AU katara/jet/zuko for Rin (400 words) XD


TOTAL: 151 400 words.

It would feel more impressive if it wasn't almost all spread out into tiny sidefics and random crack instead of as chapters on my multiparts. DX I mean, random crack is fun, but I'm kind of shocked at how few of my multiparts I added chapters to this year. Also, no big oneshots? Wut?

That's about 12 000 words a month. Slightly less. Which considering that I spent half my nano doing jack shit and still ended up doing twice that much (nano story + crap i wrote to avoid working on nano story) really proves that I could afford to put the bar higher. But I know myself and my need for long periods of laziness. So I think for January I'll place the bar at 20 000 and see what happens. (half of which HAS TO BE one of my multiparts, damn it. >:O That's an order, self.)


Leitmotif of the year: Apparently it was the year of random crack.

Overall Thoughts: AUGH UPDATE THE DAMN MULTIPARTS. DX DAMN IT SELF.

My best story of this year: ... Hm. I like ff7!Enemy Skill so far. It's all mostly plotting though.

My favorite story of this year: Teamwork, the current arc. *tries not to cackle evilly*

Story of mine most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: I don't know, I tend to always be very lucky in matters of appreciation. ♥♥♥

Most fun story to write: Laundry Emergency. fufufu sasuke and naruto doing naked apron~

Story with the single sexiest moment: that goddamn Teamwork 2 epilogue. Mmh.

Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story: *PONDERS* There was this story where Karin was going prrt at the thought of Sasuke's hand on her organs, but it was only a quick reference... I'm sure there's something else but right now I can't remember.

Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: The ChiChi story. I'm really making myself like her there, she went from "harpy wife I don't care about woohoo saiyajins" to "... fierce!! ♥"

Hardest story to write: Restore. Teamwork. It's a toss-up. They keep throwing me sexy, sexy plot and then I go to write it out and it's like pulling nails and hello plotholes to fix and whole blocks of story to throw away and redo from the ground up. Eeeevil.

Biggest Disappointment: ...I dunno.

Biggest Surprise: Dunno, there too. I don't tend to be very surprised by my stories. I plan them out too much. XD;;

Most Unintentionally Telling Story: No idea. *scratches chin* I guess there's that trend for polyamorous shipping, but I don't even know if I could be poly IRL, so...

Story I haven't yet written, but intend to: ...let us concentrate on the pile of stories I've started and not completed yet, yeah? >__>



Anyway, multiparts I have to add at least one chapter to before next year or else I fail forever:
-Newtype
-Enemy Skill
-the DBZ thing
-Crossed Wires

Multiparts I have to add AT LEAST TWO chapters to or else I fail forever:
-Teamwork
-Restore

Also, fix the 2009nano story and Mermaids in Space already. >:(

Comments

[questofdreams.livejournal.com]

WHAT ABOUT CROSSED WIRES?! D:

[askerian]

>_>;;;;;;

... it's on the list of fics i have to update at least once this year!

.___.;;;;

[questofdreams.livejournal.com]

Ah! Sorry, I must have missed that XD

YAY! One update a year is reasonable with the number of wips you have lol

[askerian]

I edited it in after I posted, you were probably writing your reply at the same time. XD;;

noooo. One update a year is so SLOW D: you're supposed to prod me, woman!

[questofdreams.livejournal.com]

SORRY, DISTRACTED BY YOUR ICON *LOLS*

*cough* Right. Uuuuuh... BUT YOU HAVE SO MANY WIPS D: Crossed Wires is one of the updates that I am looking forward to the most though ^^;

[askerian]

*...guiltguilt* T.T I haven't written crossed wires in SO LONG. bad asuka is super bad.

Happeh New Year

[phantomshade]

Don't worry, we still love you. <3 Or at least I do.

I prod because I love. *whips out a stick and pokes occasionally*

Re: Happeh New Year

[askerian]

*whipped with love?* *ow* T^T

Re: Happeh New Year

[phantomshade]

Bad phraseology. *poke* I'm not whipping you, I'm poking you. *poke* Whipping would be too distracting. *poke* Also painful. *poke* I'm not that mean. *poke*

[heeroluva.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year! Congratz on what you wrote and best of luck on meetings your goals.

[askerian]

Thank you hon ^__^ happy new year to you too!

[na-no-nai.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year to you, too! And dang, woman, that's a lot of fic! :O

[askerian]

but there could be so much more, you have no idea how much is lost to laziness. T__T

[midnigh-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Just a thought, maybe you should also keep track of what happens around when you get a burst of inspiration or a devastating lack thereof. Like if staying up till five AM gives you the BEST ideas, make a note, or, if you start watching a new anime or reading a manga, or you read something you DON'T like and you end up not wanting to write for three months straight, make a note. It's how I make the dry spells less dry and how I keep the bursts from derailing the existing projects....with marginal success.

Theoretically, this would be the data gathering year and next year would be when you apply what you concluded.

[askerian]

...ooh, this is a good idea. @__@ Thank you for the suggestion, hon.

[rosalui.livejournal.com]

*flails* ILU. Wishing you all the best for the new year. :P

[askerian]

aww ;.; ilu2. ♥ *wishes back!~*

[phoenix-melody.livejournal.com]

Wow, you wrote a ridiculous amount of stuff this year. I could barely scrape up 18,000 consecutive words on original fiction.

I hope 2010 is awesome for you. And I'm rooting for a Newtypes update. So much.

[askerian]

But you're always so crazily busy with work and everything. D: When are you supposed to write? (apart from instead of sleep, but then you'd die and, yeah, maaaaaaaybe that's not a good option.)

♥ haha, yes yes.
"I don't trust happy coincidences."
"Shitty ones are more believable?"
"Actually, yes. How did you just happen to be in the area when we landed?"
*shrug* "I had advance warning."
"The news wouldn't have been on the radio channels more than a hour before we were scheduled to land. That's still cutting it very close. how?"
*smiiiiirk.* "It was in my horoscope."

[phoenix-melody.livejournal.com]

It's true, I cannot work or write if I am dead. But I need to put a higher priority on writing. For how can I become a novelist if I haven't written any novels? D:

Ahahahaha, I love that, thank you. ♥

[meanne77.livejournal.com]

GW Newtypes: hell yeaah, at least one!
(Bonne année, ceci dit :p)

[book-people.livejournal.com]

*luffs yooooooou!* ♥♥♥♥

Happy New Year! Hope you had a good time on the actual day, and that the rest of the year is awesome, too!

[sister-dear.livejournal.com]

Oooohh, I like that list of WIP's to update. :D You're making me remember just how many of your stories I look forward to. Even if I never comment on them because I am very very bad. Restore! And Newtype! And Crossed Wires! And all that Ofic! <3

Giving yourself goals that have motivated you in the past is a great idea. I hope it works out for you.

Happy New Year!

[monique-27.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year, dearest! :)

[shewhoflies.livejournal.com]

If it's any consolation at all, you write much more in a week than most people *cought cought* write in years. ;-)

Breanna & James WHAT IS THIS I HAVEN'T READ IT
(Well I'm actually happy I've got more of your stuff to read ♥)

...Maybe getting a playlist would help you get in the mood? I know there are people who can't write without listening to music.

(On a not-completely-unrelated point, I seem to have accidentaly acquired a few quotes for secretaryverse... yeah, I don't know. My brain surprises me sometimes.)

[shewhoflies.livejournal.com]

Oh, and (in case I haven't wished it yet) Happy New Years!