03 January 2022 @ 07:03 pm
2021 Fan Fiction Year-in-Review  
This has been another depressing year. COVID, of course; but I've also had health problems—nothing serious, but joints can be quite uncomfortable when they decide to be. It's also not been a very productive year, fannishly speaking. Of course, compared with the flurry of ficlets in 2020, this year's output would pretty well have to be fewer in number. However, though most of the stories have been a more typical length, I've definitely not written as many as usual.

On the whole, I'd have to say the highlight of the year has been the gifts I received. Four for Trick or Treat! All of them delightful. Two for Yuletide, including a New Tricks Brian/Esther fic that I've been requesting in various exchanges for quite a while: utterly in character, everyone's voice spot on. Seriously, people have been generous and talented; and I appreciated the lot.

Add in Flo's Christmas visit, and it's fair to say the year did end well. :)

Anyway, here's what I wrote in 2021:

  • "If Well Lived" (website, AO3)
    • DC's Legends of Tomorrow X Crisis on Earth-X mini-series, 5521 words, 17 March, written for [personal profile] rivulet027 in the Worldbuilding gift exchange ([community profile] worldbuildingex)
  • "Stone Cold" (website, AO3)
    • Forever Knight, 3090 words, 15 May, written in the FK Fic Fest challenge ([community profile] fkficfest)
  • "A Day in the Life" (website, AO3)
    • Mary Renault's The Charioteer, 1754 words, 25 July, written for [personal profile] fawatson in the Everywoman gift exchange ([community profile] everywoman)
  • "Grand Old School, Second to None" (website, AO3)
    • Mary Renault's The Charioteer, 3175 words, 18 December, written for [profile] deliarium in the Yuletide gift exchange ([community profile] yuletide_admin)
  • "The Mystery of Mantlemass" (website, AO3)
    • Time Team X Barbara Willard's Chronicles of Mantlemass, 7682 words, 25 December, written for [personal profile] pikkugen in the Yuletide gift exchange ([community profile] yuletide_admin)
 
 
 
 
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pj1228[personal profile] pj1228 on January 7th, 2022 09:58 pm (UTC)
You've been very busy! I hope your joints behave and give you less trouble this year!
greerwatson[personal profile] greerwatson on January 10th, 2022 12:32 am (UTC)
Thank you. Sadly, arthritis may have its good days and bad days, but the damage to the joint will never actually go away. However, I think part of the problem recently was the amount of walking I was doing getting ready for Christmas.