It Was a Very Good Year

[deelaundry]

One year ago today I posted my first Housefic:  That Time Cameron Had Mono (House/Wilson, NC-17).  Thought I'd look back and share some fun facts.

 

Let me start with the hugest of thanks to daisylily, my beta soulmate and an all-around awesome person, without whom this would have been a much more difficult year. Thanks also to Early Readers on my f-list who’ve provided valuable concrit and suggestions.

Year in Review

I wrote 72 pieces (fics, ficlets, drabbles, and drabble collections) for a total of 216,449 words.  My fic list is here.

Considering the average novel is 80,000 to 120,000 words, that's two novels' worth.  No wonder I'm tired.

 

Of these, 3 pieces totaling 7,961 words were co-written (Tension and Release with rivers_bend, Egoiste for Men with julorean, and Arureos with nightdog_barks).

In addition to the 72 above, I also wrote (solo) 16 MSTs and two CAPSLOCK fics – those were a riot to create.

Content/Genre

The vast majority of pieces were House/Wilson or House-Wilson friendship, but I also wrote other slash, femslash, het, and gen. Pairings included Foreman/Chase; Julie/OFC; Wilson with Cuddy, Tritter, Chase, Cameron, OC, McKay, and Sheppard (not all at once!); House/Snape; and a House/Cameron fic in which he and Cameron got married, had a kid, and, ignoring the epilogue, stayed happily married.

Genres covered included domestic, fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, crack, AU, humor, violence, friendship, first-time, ep-tag, PWP.

 

I married House and Wilson off to each other seven times (counting commitment and civil union ceremonies and one fake wedding) and gave them four kids (Jack, unnamed baby girl, and Jacob & Michelle).  They also divorced once.

I killed House, Wilson, Blythe, and Hugh Laurie.

Kinks covered included:  public and semi-public sex (10 fics!), voyeurism, exhibitionism, sex toys, pearl necklace, furry-love, and violence.

Fic Length
(BIG thanks to poeia, krystle_ab, pwcorgigirl, hannahrorlove, hry2007, and perspi  for helping me count)

27 drabbles/ficlets under 1000 words; 33 fics 1000-5000 words; and 12 fics over 5000 words.

Shortest:  100 words, twice:  Chase/Foreman drabble, House/Snape drabble

Longest:  25,863 words, My Fathers' Son; followed by Keeper parts 1-6 at 15,042 and Locked Up and Set Free at 13,830

Rating

House MD doesn't quite lend itself to G-rated fics, but I managed a few:

  5,576 words - G
74.028 words - PG
40,632 words - PG-13
61,043 words - R
35,170 words - NC-17

Universes

I created three "universes" with multiple fics/ficlets each:  MFS or Jack-verse (based on My Fathers' Son; 52,400 words and counting), Mono-verse (based on That Time Cameron Had Mono; 18,600 words); and Pillory-verse (based on Pillory, 4500 words with more planned).

With the authors' gracious permission, I jumped into other people's fic universes four times:  thedeadparrot's Genderswap universe; aris_writing's DirectedVerse (a fictional dom/sub universe); nightdog_barks' Welcome to Wherever You Are; and simple__man's Churchverse.

Near the end of the year, I started getting into Stargate Atlantis and wrote two crossover pieces with that universe, an untitled Clinic fic, and Out of the Blue, an NC-17 foursome fic that was intended to be a PWP but McKay and House would not shut up.

POV

Dialogue only (or mostly dialogue only) was a favorite: 10 pieces, 14,335 words.

Wilson and House had about an equal say during the year, but their son’s a talky one too:
Wilson POV only fics - 44,091 words
House POV only fics - 44,049 words

Jack POV - 40,905 in just two fics (one of which is incomplete!)

Looking back, I was surprised to find that Cameron had POV in 8 fics, including 3 fics (7,769 words) where she was the only one narrating. Where did that come from?

I've also written from the POV of: Chase, Foreman, Stacy, Cuddy (for exactly 100 words), Tritter, Julie, Dry-cleaner, Tax Accountant, Bus Stop Guy, Wilson’s mom, Steve McQueen (and his friend Tuco), John Sheppard from Stargate Atlantis, RSL, Jo Green, and OCs, as well as one fun jaunt into true omniscient.

Fests/Events/Memes

 

Participated in several fests, events, and memes that were wonderful ways to jump-start my writing:

-  the_smut_couchchallenge, Prompt One: Write a fic that evokes Grindhouse Cinema. (Theater 3)

- karaokegal’s “Come As You Aren’t” (Pillory)

-  housefic_pensSong-Title drabble challenge (I’ve Got a Song)

-  hw_fest(four fics: Just Short of a Bottle of Maker’s Mark and a Shotgun; Forever; Hello, Godot; and Arureos (Greek for Rat))

-  remix_redux(Around the World and Back Again (Grace Jones’ Polar Opposite Remix))

- Timestamp meme (Out of Clean Clothes)

- Stump the Writer meme (ten ficlets)

- “Name Something I Will Never Write” meme (four ficlets)

 

Recognition

 

Most Popular: My Fathers’ Son; Locked Up and Set Free; Hello, Godot; Arureos (Greek for Rat); Sniffles

 

Elected into Housefic Hall of Fame (housefic_meta): Locked Up and Set Free; and My Fathers’ Son.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll get a drink and put my feet up.

Comments

[eryslash.livejournal.com]

Dude. You totally rule. Congrats! <3

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

*hands you a cider*

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Boy, do I need it. Thanks!

[galaxygirl76.livejournal.com]

*yay*

You totally rock Dee!! I still can't believe you've only been writing in this fandom for a year. Great job, keep the fics coming pretty please :)

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Thanks! *yay back* Now to work on more Keeper...

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Awesome! What a great set of fics -- so much to be proud of!

Happy one-year anniversary, hon, and may there be many, many more.

:-D

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Thanks!! I was amazed when I totalled it all up - and am never, ever planning on telling my husband. Eep. XD

[asynca.livejournal.com]

What an interesting analysis! I'm especially surprised by you POV count. I had the mistaken impression that you always wrote House...

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Interesting you should say that, because I tend to think of myself more as a Wilson gal. I had more fics with Wilson POV, but House had some long ones in there (Locked Up and Set Free and Commitment) that boosted his word count up. Funny that they ended within 50 words of each other... and that if I'd finished Part Seven of Keeper when I wanted then Jack would've beat them out for most words. : )

[thinlysliced.livejournal.com]

Wow, you've managed to write so much in a year - and great stuff, too. Congrats!

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Phew, it's crazy. Couldn't believe it when I finally totalled it up. Thanks!

[savemoony.livejournal.com]

Jesus Christ.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I know, right?

[paperclipbitch.livejournal.com]

Damn you're prolific :) I'm very impressed reading through this!

And I'm surprised to see you've only been writing a year. It feels like you've always been around fandom (in a good way)

Happy Housefic Birthday for yesterday sweetie. (And here's to another year of loveliness)

xxx

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Too prolific - I need to calm the heck down and spend some time on other things, maybe.

Maybe. : )

Thank you for the bithday wishes. XOXO

[paperclipbitch.livejournal.com]

Too prolific - I need to calm the heck down and spend some time on other things, maybe.

Argh, tell me about it. Oh well. Let's neither of us do that, as the world would be very and deeply sad if you stopped writing.

xx

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks. Right back at you! XOXO