And I didn’t write as much this year due to being ill, but I do this every year and it will be interesting to see how it all compares. And since WordPress tells you the number of words in a post, I can easily tell how many words each story has.
Now that the Yuletide authors have been revealed, I can do this, and the three I wrote are under December.

January
January I spent sorting out my new flat and getting a new computer after the graphics card in my old one died.

February
February I got ill, although I had started some stuff.

March
Friend of Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane Adventures)
The Brigadier’s barely left when Sarah encounters another old friend.
Words: 1173

A Life Full of Compromises (Doctor Who)
Sarah and Harry’s long and non-disastrous marriage.
Words: 4323

April
Small Creatures (Doctor Who)
The Ninth Doctor uncovers a mystery in the Brigadier’s garden.
Words: 3756

May
May I had a birthday and a Conference

June
June was the month of tennis and melliyna visiting

July
Sirius Black, Specialising in Sexual Education (The Master Becomes the Apprentice Remix) (Harry Potter)
Sirius and his knowledge of safe sex.
Words: 2750

August
Scenes from a Government Project (The Italian Restaurant Remix) (Doctor Who)
Jack Harkness turning up at Harry’s annual dinner with Sarah brings back memories of Harry and Jack’s first meeting.
Words: 2509

September
September involved a lot of writing, but less finishing of it that month.

October
Not Just a Pretty Face (Doctor Who)
Just for a change, it’s up to the Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry to save the world from the monster.
Words: 4930

November
November involved being ill and starting Yuletide.

December
Hoops and Bumps (Press Gang)
It doesn’t matter if there’s a deadline approaching, it doesn’t stop Spike and Lynda from arguing, Sam manipulating Kenny or Colin selling something he shouldn’t have bought.
Words: 5507

Memories Are Not Made of This (Press Gang)
It’s just the usual sort of conversation between Spike and Lynda. Set before At Last a Dragon.
Words: 1024

Total number of fics written: 8
Total number of words written: 25,972

My Favourite Story This Year: This is a hard decision, but I think I’ll go for A Life Full of Compromises because it was interesting to think about how Sarah and Harry could have had a happy marriage given that I don’t think they could have.

My Best Story This Year: I’m not sure any of them stand out particularly, but I’ll say Memories Are Not Made of This as it went down well and Lynda and Spike banter is fun to write.

Most Fun Story: Scenes From a Government Project (The Italian Restaurant Remix) if only because the whole time I was writing it I was cackling to myself about what hhertzof would think of it.

Sexiest Story: There are a few contenders for this, but Sirius Black, Specialising in Sexual Education (The Master Becomes the Apprentice Remix) wins as it features a scene involving putting condoms on bananas.

Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: Small Creatures if only because I’d never written the Ninth Doctor before and never really thought about him much at all.

Hardest Story to Write: Hoops and Bumps. Partly because I had to start it while I was ill, partly because I changed the plot a lot as I went on and partly because the only way I could stop changing things was to post it and leave it be. Well, only edit it once the next morning anyway.

Biggest Disappointment: That of all those fics, I only wrote one that wasn’t for a ficathon and that I started before I was ill.

Biggest Surprise: Writing characters and fandoms I’ve never written in before (outside of Yuletide). And enjoying it and discovering that I could if I tried.

Most Underappreciated Story, In My Opinion: I can’t remember how most of these were appreciated, so I’ll say Hoops and Bumps because more people liked the other Press Gang story I wrote for Yuletide even though I took less time over it and sweated less over it.

My Overall Thoughts on this Year’s Fic: Actually more than I thought and more variety than I thought before I wrote it out. I’m very glad I didn’t sign up for TARDIS Big Bang. This year I need to write for fewer ficathons (which shouldn’t be too hard as I’ve gone off writing for anonymous ones that aren’t Remix or Yuletide and I don’t intend to run the Sarah & Harry one again this year). I also need to write Harry into SJA since I’ve done that for every series. And finish some of the things I’ve started/written out the plot for last year.

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