Fandom year in review...

[zara_zee]

Saw a few people on my flist doing this and it made me want to take a look and see what I've done this year. I thought I'd been more active than usual, but...wow... I've been busy!

In total, I wrote a little over 130,000 words of (posted) fic this year...

I did a bunch of challenges:

1 x spn_j2_bigbang
2 x spn_reversebang
1 x da_reversebang
1 x spn_summergen

Also,
2 x prompt fics
2 x 9.23 episode codas
9 (so far) x season 10 episode codas.

The episode codas have been great fun. Thanks to kalliel for the suggestion. Season 10 has been super inspiring and writing a coda is a great way to really get into an ep and think about it in detail. Reading everyone else's codas has also encouraged me to think about each ep in ways I may not have considered... overall, the whole coda club thing has really enhanced my enjoyment of this (already fabulous) season! (And if you're not already following spn_x and spn_bunker, you should be!)

I've read a whole bunch of awesome fic this year...and I'm STILL behind on my reading!!!

I also signed up for H/C Bingo in 2014, but I think I've failed dismally. I got...a couple done...and I've got some wips on my harddrive and I will finish them, but not in time for this challenge...

My New Year Fandom resolutions are:

• to continue with the codas and write one for every single episode


• to keep challenging myself to branch out and write new and different (for me) things


• to finish the J2 gladiator fic that I started for H/C bingo


• to update my masterlist which is so, so behind

I'm already doing the spn_reversebang again this year and have my first fic posting soon. I've then got a second fic for this challenge posting in February. And I plan to sign up for the spn_j2_bigbang again this year too.

What about you? How was your fandom year in 2014? What are you excited about in 2015?

Comments

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there is a lot of great SPN and RPF fic hiding out there, just waiting to be found. I still stumble across old fics that I haven't managed to come across before in the past five years! It's always a happy day when that happens. :)

SPN Cinema is a challenge community. They have various challenges throughout the year where you can nominate a movie and then write and/or do art for the movie. I haven't written for them (yet!) but I've read a lot of great stories over there! See here: http://spn-cinema.livejournal.com

Some other communities I like are:
http://padacklesrps.livejournal.com (Jared/Jensen slash)
http://spn-au.livejournal.com (SPN AUs)
http://j2au.livejournal.com (RPS AUs)
http://sn-fic.livejournal.com (Pretty much any kind of SPN fic)
http://hoodie-time.livejournal.com (A Dean hurt/comfort community)

All of these comms are pretty active. Feel free to have a look on my profile page at the comms I'm watching. Some of them aren't active any more though and I should probably get rid of them, but haven't gotten around to it!

I also find http://spnstoryfinders.livejournal.com really helpful. Just going through the tags that look interesting and then seeing what others have recommended has found me some great fic!

And there are some rec communities too:
http://j2-recs.livejournal.com
http://sd-recs.livejournal.com

Oh, and http://spnnewsletter.livejournal.com is a great comm to watch because it watches a lot of the comms and does a daily round up of what's being posted where!

You may have already found a lot of the above, but those are some of the places I'd suggest looking for good fic! :)

I also keep an eye on what my friends rec because there's every chance if they've loved something, I will too! :)

Happy fic hunting! :)

[sw0rdy.livejournal.com]

Some great suggestions here. I'd definitely second http://spnstoryfinders.livejournal.com and http://spnnewsletter.livejournal.com as good resources for discovering fics. :)

[frozen_delight]

Thank you!

[frozen_delight]

Oh wow, this is amazing! Some of these I already knew, but some I didn't. And SPN Cinema sounds great too.
Thanks so much for putting all of this together! <3