2009 writing in review

[shimotsuki]

It was interesting doing this post, because there turned out to be more things on the list than I was expecting. Most of them are pretty short, though; the official count is eleven stories or chapters (1000+ words), eight ficlets (500-999 words), and six drabbles (100-499 words).

It's actually hard to believe that all my Chalion attempts are from 2009. It feels like I've known that world for longer than only one year. I also have to note that two of my new fandoms (Chalion and The Thief) were introduced to me by gilpin25. So much of this is her fault. ;)

2009 fic posts

"Kaleidoscope" installments (canon R/T series)

• Catching Hold (2536 words | PG | late OotP) [At metamorfic_moon]
  
• What It Takes (4750 words | PG-13 | mid HBP) [At metamorfic_moon]
  
• Porridge (2638 words | PG | late DH)

"Warp and Weft" pieces (postwar AU R/T denial-fic)

• Natural History Lessons (1345 words | PG | March 2005)
  
• Wider Horizons ( 950 words | G | September 2009)
  
• To Dream, To Wake (385 words | PG | December 2009) [At metamorfic_moon]

Other R/T pieces (birthday drabbles, etc.)

• Strategic Thinking (450 words | G | early OotP)
  
• An Evening Out (600 words | G | AU/1998)
  
• Encounter (535 words | G | AU/2009)

Harry Potter genfic

• Suspicious Activities (332 words | G | Marauder-era | Marauders, McGonagall)
  
• All Will Be In Order, Chapter 4: A Few Surprises (3516 words | PG | GoF>OotP | Remus, Sirius, Molly)
  
• Stumbling in the Dark (1450 words | PG | DH | Snape, McGonagall, Dumbledore's portrait) [For fandomfusion]

Chalion series

• Balance of Power (1350 words | PG | end of CoC | Cazaril/Betriz, dy Ferrej)
  
• Home (600 words | PG | post-CoC | Cazaril/Betriz, Ista)
  
• Illumination (541 words | PG-13 | post-CoC | Cazaril/Betriz)
  
• Clean Slate (712 words | G | right before PoS | Cazaril, the Valenda bath boy | major spoilers for important CoC plot twist)
  
• Wishes (500 words | PG | four years before PoS | Illvin, Arhys)

Vorkosigan series

• Testing the Waters (1100 words | PG | end of ACC | Cordelia/Aral, Ekaterin, Nikki | minor(?) spoilers for Komarr and A Civil Campaign) [For the summer ficathon at bujold_fic]

The Thief (with spoiler-free character listings, hee)

• Learning the Dance (1070 words | G | pre-TT | someone with his parents and grandfather on the roof of the megaron) [At queensthief_fic]
  
• Caught Out (720 words | PG | pre-KoA | a certain Eddisian with Phresine) [At queensthief_fic]
  
• Absolution ( 430 words | PG | post-KoA | a queen, a king, and a nightmare) [At queensthief_fic]

Discworld

• Expectations (350 words | G | post-Fifth Elephant | Carrot/Angua)

Crossover (HP/Chalion)

• The Thirst for Glorious Souls (1100 words | PG | post-DH, post-PoS | Cazaril, Ariana Dumbledore, Snape (yes, really) [For the summer ficathon at bujold_fic]

Something new -- original writing! (at pulped_fictions)

• Brewing (267 words | PG | realistic fiction)
  
• The House on the Hill ( ~1000 words | horror/angst/humor)

2010 resolutions? This will be the year I finish "All Will Be In Order," and it's always a goal to be working on "Kaleidoscope"; maybe I can finish the OotP part? I'd also like to write more Chalion or Vorkosigan, especially if there's a ficathon again this summer. And more original fiction, even if only a little.
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