End of Year Fandom Recap: 2014 edition

My year in numbers

4 Drabbles, all HPfic from Last Drabble Writer Standing:

• The Basilisk Slayer (Gen)


• As Etiquette Demands (H/D)


• Warming Up Waffles (H/D)


• Circle of Life (H/D)

3 Stories, all HPfic:

• Crystal Clear from Remix fest(H/D)


• Wish Upon a Star (As Dreamers Do) from Career fair (H/D)


• Fata Morgana from Erised fest (H/D)

Other:

• 51,091 Words Written


• 228 HP fics and drabbles read (and add to that ~40 Avengers/MCU and Merlin fic)


• 8 Betas/Prereads


• 3 Fests/0 Dropouts


• 69 New LJ friends


• 1 crazy fun voice meme :)

The writing/betaing/reading numbers are way, way down from last year and down again from the year before that. Part of this was intentional. For about six months I didn't write, beta, or read much of anything because I was moving and changing jobs and dealing with life garbage and burnout. In 2015 I'd like to take a more moderate approach and limit myself to maybe one fest and try to write one other story just for fun. I think I need to get back to writing without the fest pressure. That said, I'll read fest prompts because I generally like the stort that results when a prompt steals my heart. Wish Upon a Star was prompt-based, and it's my favorite from 2014. Also, interestingly, I didn't write a lot of hard angst in 2014 (compared to 2013 when I wrote Kiss the Joy and And So Death Took), but I'm in the mood to write it again, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's what appears first from me in 2015. I also wouldn't mind doing some additional betaing in 2015, perhaps picking up another regular writer or two.

And with that, Happy New Year, everyone. Wishing you all a joyous holiday and a spectacular 2015.