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I wrote eleven fics in 2019, for a total of 20,701 words—a smaller total word count than in 2018 but a larger number of fics, which I think is probably a more relevant number unless the fics are very long or very short. I'm quite happy with this. I had a vague goal of writing one fic a month or 12 across the year, which I didn't quite manage, but only just missed! So I think I'll set the same goal again for 2020, with an additional one of increasing the total word count, and see how I go.
Those were for six different fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Raffles, plus four that I'd never written before, including one (Peccavi - E. W. Hornung) which was the first in that fandom (and will probably remain the only one for the indefinite future—I did go pretty obscure there :P). The two ballad fics I wrote for Yuletide were both joint first in the fandom: no fics until this year's Yuletide but multiple fics written for it! Writing the first fic in a fandom was another vague goal from last year, so I'm quite happy about this—always good to keep increasing the range of AO3, as well as my own as a writer.
The most popular by hits and kudos has been Iron Enough To Make a Nail, my argument on the humanity of John Uskglass. I am quite pleased with this one, so it's good to know other people agree :D
I signed up for Yuletide for the first time this year (I wrote a couple of treats last year but didn't actually sign up), and wrote three fics. This was a challenge—the actual amount written wasn't that much for the amount of time, but keeping multiple fics on the go at the same time with a deadline for all of them was a bit more pressure than I'm used to. In any case the whole thing was a great experience, and I hope to sign up again next year, and possibly do other exchanges if I see any that look fun.
To sum up, my writing goals for 2020 are:
Write at least twelve fics over the year (not necessarily one in every calendar month, but the equivalent of one a month). Write more total words than I did in 2019. Write for more new-to-me fandoms. Some possibilities for these: more Child Ballads; Flight of the Heron (I really hope so!); any Rosemary Sutcliff novel; Piranesi (if I can be that quick). Post the first fic in a new fandom on AO3. Participate in at least one fic exchange.
Those were for six different fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Raffles, plus four that I'd never written before, including one (Peccavi - E. W. Hornung) which was the first in that fandom (and will probably remain the only one for the indefinite future—I did go pretty obscure there :P). The two ballad fics I wrote for Yuletide were both joint first in the fandom: no fics until this year's Yuletide but multiple fics written for it! Writing the first fic in a fandom was another vague goal from last year, so I'm quite happy about this—always good to keep increasing the range of AO3, as well as my own as a writer.
The most popular by hits and kudos has been Iron Enough To Make a Nail, my argument on the humanity of John Uskglass. I am quite pleased with this one, so it's good to know other people agree :D
I signed up for Yuletide for the first time this year (I wrote a couple of treats last year but didn't actually sign up), and wrote three fics. This was a challenge—the actual amount written wasn't that much for the amount of time, but keeping multiple fics on the go at the same time with a deadline for all of them was a bit more pressure than I'm used to. In any case the whole thing was a great experience, and I hope to sign up again next year, and possibly do other exchanges if I see any that look fun.
To sum up, my writing goals for 2020 are:
