Itās time again for the annual accounting of things I wrote this year! Iām pleased that while still a disappointingly low total for me, I still beat my total word count from 2021, so progress is being made, which Iāll always gladly take! Honestly anything is better than that 2020 total at this point lolol! I long since abandoned my goal of ever surpassing the 250k i posted in 2015, but thatās okay! I still wrote a decent bit!
For reference, past year end summaries can be found here:
2021 |Ā 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | the closest thing I have to a 2015 wrap up post is the lil bit of text at the bottom of 2016ā²s postā¦ even though my two most popular fics were from 2015 lololol
I managed a Pinefest fic, a DCRB fic, AND a DCBB fic this year, which is the first time Iāve ever managed all three, so go me I guess? And maybe I enjoy working to deadlines more than I ever assumed before? Or maybe I wouldāve written even more if I hadnāt been pushing at deadlines (and letting myself slack off, even if rest is important and beneficial to writer brain, when I was far ahead of scheduleā¦). But Iām overall pretty pleased with this yearās works.
I tied last yearās fic total, with six, but beat last yearās word count with 117,486, so go me! Not even counting the ~63k fic iām working on for pinefest this yearā¦even if itās already written itās not posting until February. Love rolling over a big fic into the new year every year like this. it feels weirdly like cheating somehow, yet I do it every year :āD
Also slightly cheating, but since I mentioned it last year, I still havenāt missed a week of my eternal rewatch podcast, @spngeorg which is still going strong! Uploading episode 91, 5.09 The Real Ghostbusters tonight! If my millions of words of written meta arenāt enough for you, you can now hear me being grumpy about this show out loud! (new episodes drop every Thursday night at or around midnight eastern time, if youāre interested you can start from the beginning on AnchorFM or wherever you enjoy podcasts!)
Letās get to the fic! Presented in the order they posted:
Mr. Fix ItĀ (54,383 words, rated M) written for the Pinefest. It started with a photo of the shopping center sign that Mel sent me several years back, and the instructionĀ āthis is a writing prompt.ā Amazingly, it was a great writing prompt! and a great art prompt, thanks to @lotrspnfangirl! Dean runs a repair shop called Mr. Fix It with Charlie, and Cas runs the bar at the other end of the strip mall, Steveās. Thereās shady real estate dealings, secret identities, and found family taking care of each other through it all.
lectio in equisĀ (13,016 words, rated T) my first ever DCRB, and I screamed delightedly when I claimed @scarlettmichkat ās artwork! Actually still kinda lowkey screaming about it. I LOVE this artwork. Like, wanna frame it and hang it in my living room love. Canon case fic, sort of, as Dean and Cas get to play cowboy for a day looking for a lost MoL chapter storage facility out in the New Mexico desert. Plus, Jesse and Cesar being the best retired hunters.
Baby X-FileĀ (2,698 words, rated T) Written for the final GISH hunt, a crossover scene between SPN and the X Files, canon-adjacent to both, to a prompt from my team captain who isnāt on tumblrā¦ thank you Sammy!
honey wine Ā (764 words, rated T) annual deancasversary fic! They go to the rennfest, and medieval hilarity and fluff ensues
Heart Shaped Box Ā (43,504 words, rated M) my DCBB this year, canon case fic wherein Dean and Cas are the case. beautifully illustrated by @marvfortytwoā and a cathartic walk through a series of memories. I mostly wanted to revisit . Set within days of Dean rescuing Cas from the Empty, because thatās exactly what happened in canon as we all know (I SAID, AS WE ALL KNOW).
The Ghost of Christmas Present(s)Ā (3,121 words, rated T) annual holiday fic, Dean and Cas attempt holiday shopping together. hilarity and shmoop ensue.
And thatās my year in fic. Like I said at the top, Iāve already got more than half this total written to post in 2023, so it looks like Iām still not slowing down. Since I posted my To Be Written fileās stats last year, I figured I should do the same againā¦
lolā¦ a year later, two pages and 1400 more words addedā¦ i swear at this rate i will never finish writing it all, which I find weirdly comforting.
Thanks to everyone whoās read, kudosāed, commented, reblogged, recāed, and enjoyed anything Iāve written in the last year. I love you all. <3 See you in 2023!
