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Entry tags:
- !fandom: inuyasha,
- *chapterfic: iy: nihon idol,
- *collection: iy: by request,
- *series: iy: allegiance,
- *series: iy: fleeting,
- *series: iy: fragments,
- archive: luxken27_fics,
- awards guild: iy: eikyuu kosai,
- community: iy: firsttweak,
- community: iy: inuyashaquotes,
- community: iy: iy_themes,
- community: iy: mirsan_fics,
- community: iy: mirsanficart,
- community: iy: sengoku jidai times,
- fandom,
- meta,
- recommendations
New year, same old stuff
The new year means getting the house in order once more. So what sorts of updates are there to be made around here?
First and foremost, I want to pimp out the communities here at LJ where I do some share of the work. Looking for some inpsiration? Look no further! Click on the banners for more information.
Eikyuu Kosai: The Mir/San Fandom Awards, which seek to honor artists and authors whose work focuses on the Mir/San pairing. We meet twice a year to award seventeen categories in art & fic, including a special set of 'Hidden Treasure' categories
Sengoku Jidai Times: The IY Fandom newsletter, of which I'm the fanfiction editor. I've got some nifty plans for the newsletter coming up, including but not limited to a complete reorganization, so if you don't watch it, you should!
Inuyasha Themes: A biweekly, word-limited fanfiction contest for any character/pairing from the Inuyasha universe
Inuyasha Quotes: A monthly fanfiction challenge, in which work of any length may be posted, in response to a set of weekly quotes
At First Tweak: A biweekly fanfiction contest centering on the Inu/Kag pairing, with alternating drabble (300-) or oneshot (300+) prompts; this community also offers two on-going, no-time-limit challenges
Miroku & Sango Fanfiction: A biweekly fanfiction contest centered on the Mir/San pairing, with prompts and word lengths ranging from drabbles (100 words) to oneshots (1000+)
Miroku x Sango Fiction & Art: The Mir/San Recommendation archive at LJ, which also occasionally hosts community challenges. This comm contains a screencap gallery as well as a summarized list of the peritnent manga chapters to aid those who wish to create fanworks for this pairing
The Anomaly: This is my comprehensive, fully-searchable archive of all the fanfic I've ever posted anywhere (with one or two exceptions). If you enjoy my work, you should join! You must be a member to view Y- and X-rated fics, but I don't require any extra hoop-jumping to get your name on the rolls. I always post my fic to LJ first, because this is where my most attentive audience tends to be :)
It's time to dust off the ol' recommendations list ~ and wouldn't you know it, the second I actually catch up on the WIPs I'm following, there is another deluge of updates? Not to mention all these fabulous MiroSanta fics...I will continue to update this list throughout the year, though - as per usual - if there's a particularly good set of updates, I'll also be pimping them out on my journal. You don't know fangirlism until you've gotten my attention, LOL!
What does 2010 hold for me? I don't tend to make resolutions because I'm horrible at keeping them, but I do have a few goals regarding my fic. My two-year fandom anniversary is coming up in March, so I'll save the retrospective for then. In the meanwhile, here's what I hope to accomplish by December 2010:
+ Finish two of my four WIPs (!) ~ Right now the most likely candidates are Fleeting (with 23/30 chapters completed) and/or Fragments (which is past the halfway mark).
I made good on my promise to update Fleeting before last year was over (just barely, but still :P) so now my plans are to work on the next installment of Fragments and dive back into the crossover behemouth Nihon Idol. Currently, Allegiance is an hiatus, but it has certainly not been forgotten.
+ Be a better reviewer ~ Reviews feed a writer's soul (or, at least, this writer's soul). I know how good it feels when someone acknowledges the hard work you've put into a piece, so I want to spread that happy feeling as much as I can. I try to review everything I read already, but I want to work on doling out more thoughtful commentary. Maybe I'll build up enough karma to have this reciprocated, haha!
+ Write more gift!fic ~ I already have a call for challenges, which I've sadly had very little success with, but I will continue to chip away at those requests, and try to participate more in exchanges or community challenges. Its fun to try to tailor your work to someone else's wishes, and a refreshing change of pace from working on WIPs or contest pieces all the time.
First and foremost, I want to pimp out the communities here at LJ where I do some share of the work. Looking for some inpsiration? Look no further! Click on the banners for more information.
Eikyuu Kosai: The Mir/San Fandom Awards, which seek to honor artists and authors whose work focuses on the Mir/San pairing. We meet twice a year to award seventeen categories in art & fic, including a special set of 'Hidden Treasure' categories
Sengoku Jidai Times: The IY Fandom newsletter, of which I'm the fanfiction editor. I've got some nifty plans for the newsletter coming up, including but not limited to a complete reorganization, so if you don't watch it, you should!
Inuyasha Themes: A biweekly, word-limited fanfiction contest for any character/pairing from the Inuyasha universe
Inuyasha Quotes: A monthly fanfiction challenge, in which work of any length may be posted, in response to a set of weekly quotes
At First Tweak: A biweekly fanfiction contest centering on the Inu/Kag pairing, with alternating drabble (300-) or oneshot (300+) prompts; this community also offers two on-going, no-time-limit challenges
Miroku & Sango Fanfiction: A biweekly fanfiction contest centered on the Mir/San pairing, with prompts and word lengths ranging from drabbles (100 words) to oneshots (1000+)
Miroku x Sango Fiction & Art: The Mir/San Recommendation archive at LJ, which also occasionally hosts community challenges. This comm contains a screencap gallery as well as a summarized list of the peritnent manga chapters to aid those who wish to create fanworks for this pairing
The Anomaly: This is my comprehensive, fully-searchable archive of all the fanfic I've ever posted anywhere (with one or two exceptions). If you enjoy my work, you should join! You must be a member to view Y- and X-rated fics, but I don't require any extra hoop-jumping to get your name on the rolls. I always post my fic to LJ first, because this is where my most attentive audience tends to be :)
It's time to dust off the ol' recommendations list ~ and wouldn't you know it, the second I actually catch up on the WIPs I'm following, there is another deluge of updates? Not to mention all these fabulous MiroSanta fics...I will continue to update this list throughout the year, though - as per usual - if there's a particularly good set of updates, I'll also be pimping them out on my journal. You don't know fangirlism until you've gotten my attention, LOL!
What does 2010 hold for me? I don't tend to make resolutions because I'm horrible at keeping them, but I do have a few goals regarding my fic. My two-year fandom anniversary is coming up in March, so I'll save the retrospective for then. In the meanwhile, here's what I hope to accomplish by December 2010:
+ Finish two of my four WIPs (!) ~ Right now the most likely candidates are Fleeting (with 23/30 chapters completed) and/or Fragments (which is past the halfway mark).
I made good on my promise to update Fleeting before last year was over (just barely, but still :P) so now my plans are to work on the next installment of Fragments and dive back into the crossover behemouth Nihon Idol. Currently, Allegiance is an hiatus, but it has certainly not been forgotten.
+ Be a better reviewer ~ Reviews feed a writer's soul (or, at least, this writer's soul). I know how good it feels when someone acknowledges the hard work you've put into a piece, so I want to spread that happy feeling as much as I can. I try to review everything I read already, but I want to work on doling out more thoughtful commentary. Maybe I'll build up enough karma to have this reciprocated, haha!
+ Write more gift!fic ~ I already have a call for challenges, which I've sadly had very little success with, but I will continue to chip away at those requests, and try to participate more in exchanges or community challenges. Its fun to try to tailor your work to someone else's wishes, and a refreshing change of pace from working on WIPs or contest pieces all the time.
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I feel so weird, but I think I'm the complete opposite. I'm more productive the busier I am - probably because fandom and writing is my way to decompress, and no decompression is necessary when I'm laid back and vacationing. :)
The last half of last year was very stressful for me and it reflected in the slowdown of my output.
Well, here's to hoping it gets less stressful this year! :D I quite like your output after all.
I've been disappointed with the lack of feedback on...pretty much everything I've posted since November
Part of this is probably due to the holiday rush, maybe? Some of us are more busy, others less so, and no one feels like reviewing. =P
But still, like you, everything is very worthwhile, and thus worth reviewing. So I guess I need to just get to it already.
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My mojo just was totally ruined at the end of '09 - I started my new job/moved out of my room/worked for almost two months solid without a break at work and at home and online and it just wrecked me. But generally the amount of thinking I do before actually composing chapters of my fic takes a lot of time, and when I only have pieces of that time, it takes longer for the thoughts to gather and coalesce.
Well, here's to hoping it gets less stressful this year! :D I quite like your output after all.
*crosses fingers* They have promised me at my job that things were going to pick up in a major way in the new year, so we'll see how everything shakes out. If nothing else, I'll have my weekends back! :P
Part of this is probably due to the holiday rush, maybe? Some of us are more busy, others less so, and no one feels like reviewing. =P
*shrug* I dunno. Part of my negative nelly reaction has been due to all the crap going on IRL. I know everyone's been busy, and I respect that, and it just makes me feel guilty that I've been bitching about it, even in private. I don't like to beg for reviews, and I try not to expect it, either, but sometimes...you just wonder, you know?
But still, like you, everything is very worthwhile, and thus worth reviewing. So I guess I need to just get to it already.
*shrug* You know your time and/or preferences better than I do.