My year in fanfic

My fanfic year starts on the last day of November, so December always sees my year of fanfic. In the last year, I have published, or continued 9 fanfics, from four fandoms- and 3 of those are still WIP’s. This is my most productive writing year ever! My word count has soared this year. I also started writing in three completely new fandoms, Piranesi, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Queen’s Gambit.

The fics are:

All About Eve:
Sable Coats and Razorblades (Addison DeWitt/Karen Richards, Addison DeWitt/Eve Harrington) This is a WIP I started in 2019.

The Mummy:
The Might of His Strength (Evy Carnahan O’Connell/Imhotep, Evy Carnahan O’Connell/Rick O’Connell, Evy Carnahan O'Connell, Ardeth Bay/Imhotep) This is a WIP I started in 2019.

Piranesi/The Chronicles of Narnia:
Susan, Once Queen of Narnia, Always Queen of Narnia (Piranesi & Susan Pevensie)

The Queen’s Gambit:
Taking the White Queen (A Lesson in Patience) (Beth Harmon/Vasily Borgov)

Make Her Yours (Beth Harmon/Vasily Borgov)

The Black King (Beth Harmon/Vasily Borgov)

Paris Redux
(Beth Harmon/Vasily Borgov)

The Number of Vices (Beth Harmon/Vasily Borgov)

Passions of Som Difference WIP (Beth Harmon/Vasily Borgov)

I didn’t sign up for any challenges, though the Piranesi fic was inspired by a Yuletide letter, and Taking the White Queen and Make Her Yours were written as treats for The Chocolate Box.

For my next year, I will definitely finish Passions of Some Difference, and I also have plans for follow-up fics. I also hope to finish at least one treat for Yuletide, though I have ideas for at least three additional treats. As for my other WIPs, which are four, though I only wrote on two of them, I will really try to finish at least one. Hopeful two. And as always I still like to re-write my two Dracula-fics as I still have an unwritten idea for a third and concluding fic.

A few more words on The Queen’s Gambit, as this is the first time in a very long time I’m actually engaged with a fandom. And not only a fandom but a ship to boot. I’m not at all used to that, and I have had a lot of fun. It prompted me to sign up to accord as bethov has a fairly active discord server. Getting to know people there has actually rendered me a beta for Passions of Some Difference, who not only check my grammar, but also actively discuss the writing process with me, and have helped me hammer out the characters of three rather important original characters. To great success as I have got some outstanding feedback on the fic as a whole and a very positive reaction on the OCs. None of which I expected as the fic is fairly dark and deals with a number of subjects that can be triggering. I really feel I have grown as a writer this year, and it’s a great feeling!

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