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agenttrojie

Total wordcount for the year: 56,776. That's just for published works. There are a lot of stories there a few stories that I've written that need to be cleaned up and I haven't published them yet. I don't know what my wordcount was last year, but I'm guessing this is way down from that, since I wrote at least two stories last year that were over 30k.

Longest fic: No, You Can't Date A Sociopath at 18,871 words.
Shortest fic - Eat It Up at 1,051

Personal favourite fic of the year: No, You Can't Date A Sociopath. I was just so happy to finally complete a story for a Teen Wolf fest, since I'm always dropping out of those. It was my first story in that fandom. I also just really enjoyed the process of writing it. It started out as a story for a

mating_games bonus round, but I really liked it and wanted to expand it. I found myself one morning just inspired and I ended up writing/planning more than half of it out in one day. It's the only story I think I wrote this year that I didn't need an extension on and that was properly beta'd, which probably helped.

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Stacey

rotrude asked for L: Is there a section of canon above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?

For Merlin I don't think there's one particular section that inspires me more than any other. There are scenes and episodes that I like and can inspire me, like Merlin's goodbye speech to Arthur in "Le Morte d'Arthur", "The Last Dragonlord", simpleton!Arthur from "The Sword in the Stone" part 1.

For Teen Wolf since Scott/Isaac is my favorite pairing I definitely get inspired by the moment Scott tells Isaac he doesn't want him to get hurt in "Raving", in "Battlefield" several moments like when Deaton shows Isaac that he can absorb the dog's pain, Isaac tells Scott he trusts him, and when he shows up at the lacrosse. I'm definitely really inspired by Isaac moving in with Scott in "Unleashed."

the_redjay asked for H and W.

H: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

This was a hard one to figure out. So I'm going to cheat and choose four.

The first one is a Merlin/Arthur bit from my story "Don't Be Scared, It's Only Love." I like it because I think banter is one of my strength and this one has great banter and really establishes Merlin and Arthur's relationship.

( A Simple Request )

The next three are from my Torchwood story "Stop All the Clocks" which was a Torchwood version of Four Weddings & A Funeral. It wasn't my first story, but it was the first one I'd written in over ten years and I would think that it would make me cringe more than my other stories, but I went over it and I actually quite enjoyed it. I'm proud that it, at least for me, still holds up, and that while I used a lot of dialogue from the movie, I made up a lot on my own.

This next bit is one of my favorites. When I was looking through stories for my favorite bits of dialogue I read Owen's line about asking invasive questions and not getting punched in the face and laughed. I think it's very Owen.

( Invasive questions )

I just like the banter in this one, especially from Ianto. Also when I started I wasn't sure how to transfer the wedding dress montage in the movie to the story and make it work for suits, but I like the outfits I wrote for Jack.

( Suit Shopping )

I like the Doctor's speech in this. I think it's very him and sweet without being cloying.

( Already Married )

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Stacey

I seem to have a disease in signing up for too many fests. Last year I had so many fests I was signed up for, that seemed to overlap, for much of the year. The summer, especially, was my busiest time. But this year, some of them didn't come back (yet), or came back later, so I didn't feel so bogged down. This summer I only had

summerpornathon and

aftercamlann (and I still managed to mess that one up.)

But all of a sudden there are so many interesting fests and I feel like I've signed up for all of them. It's definitely going to be a busy time the next couple of months trying to get everything done (which I'm determined to do.)

First I've got a rough draft due for

teenwolf_bb on Sept. 17.
Then there's

aftercamlann amnesty week Sept. 23-30.
Then there's Gluttony Remix, a mini-fest for my team from summerpornathon that's due on Oct. 3.
After that I have some time before my Teen Wolf Fall Harvest fic is due on Oct. 31.
But then I have a few things due around the same time. There's

merlinmpreg which you can pick your own posting date, that's from Nov. 1-15. I have

reel_torchwood on Nov.15 and then the next day it's the final draft due for the Teen Wolf Big Bang.

There's also another Teen Wolf Big Bang I'm doing, but the rough draft for that's not due until January. And even with all that due in Nov, I'll probably sign up for

merlin_holidays which, if it holds to last year's schedule will be due around Thanksgiving.

All this, with wedding planning to do. So I say I am definitely insane. But I have a lot of story ideas I'm excited about, so it's not all bad.

Stacey

Second meme - doing this popular writing meme, which I've seen on several friends' journals. I'm going to scratch a few questions I probably can't answer. For everything else, I'll answer as best I can.

( Writing Meme Questions )

Stacey

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