Masterlist & Retrospective 2022

[lightofdaye]

My masterlist for the year 2022 and some thoughts on this year and aims for next year:


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Take The Hint, James Sirius, 0.1K, PG | LJ | DW | AO3
James asks out a girl

Muggle Ingenuity, Alicia/Katie, 0.8K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Katie puts her knowledge of muggle artefacts to good use.

Breaks and Bounds, Ron/Susan + Harry/Daphne + Hermione/Terry, 1.0K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
The trio have all found new partners for date night

Head Master, Neville/Padma, 0.1K, R/NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Neville demonstrates his skills.

Antique, Potter family, 0.1K, G | LJ | DW | AO3
The Potter kids show their respect for their elders.

The Set Up, Neville/Lavender, 0.3K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Lavender is sure Parvati is setting her up.

The Way To Her Heart..., James Sirius/Dominique, 0.4K, PG | LJ | DW | AO3
After a successful Quidditch final, James has a plan how to appeal to Dominique.

Chased By A Chaser, Charlie/Alicia, 1.1K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Every time Charlie comes to Britain, Alicia is there.

First Kisses, Harry/Astoria, 0.2K, PG-13 | LJ | DW | AO3
Harry's first kisses with Astoria

Temptation, Neville/Lily Luna, 0.7K, R | LJ | DW | AO3
Lily Luna approaches Neville in The Three Broomsticks

Working Late, Kinglsey/Hermione, 0.3K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
No one believes the rumours about the Minister Of Magic and Hermione Granger.

Working Under Her, Ron/Tonks, 1.5K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Ron always thought he'd be working with Harry when he was an Auror, instead his boss is Tonks and that's no bad thing at all.

Healers' Duty, Harry/Padma, 0.2K, R | LJ | DW | AO3
Harry always gets a lot of personal attention from his healer.

Finding Trouble, Next Gen Kids, 0.1K, G | LJ | DW | AO3
Unlike Harry, his kids do look for trouble.

Realise, Ginny/Katie, 0.5K, PG | LJ | DW | AO3
Ginny and Katie are forced to share a hotel room and come to a revelation.

Life Of The Party, Albus Severus/Lucy, PG-13, 462 | LJ | DW | AO3
It's Al's party and he has his pick of the guests.

Unexpected Connection, Roxy/Scorpius, 0.6K, G | LJ | DW | AO3
Roxanne doesn't expect much from Al's birthday party until she spots one of the other attendees

Landscapes, Dean/Luna, 0.5K, Pg-13 | LJ | DW | AO3
Dean doesn't usually paint Landscapes.

Fair Exchange, Seamus/Pansy, 0.6K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Seamus knows she has an ulterior motive, he just doesn't mind.

Marathon, Harry/Blaise, 01.K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Harry discovers why Blaise is known for his stamina.

Not Pity, Harry/Lavender, 1.1K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
At Parvati's wedding, Harry makes a special effort to seduce her maid of honour, Lavender Brown

Dawn Chorus, Harry/Daphne, 0.6K, PG-13 | LJ | DW | AO3
Harry wakes up the next morning and is surprised to find Daphne's still there.

A Spot Of Tea, Harry/Pansy, 1.5K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Every friday night Harry is invited to Pansy's flat "for tea".

The Mystery Of Flight, Harry & Arthur, 0.1K, G | LJ | DW | AO3
Harry finds the perfect gift for Arthur.

Flight & Fright, James Sirius & Dominique, 0.2K, G | LJ | DW | AO3
James has a mishap

Going To Hogwarts, Harry & Teddy, 0.1K, G | LJ | DW | AO3
It's Teddy Lupin's first trip to school but will things go as planned?

A Night All Out, Various, 2.0K, NC-17 |Original:Fest Cleaned:LJ | DW | AO3
The trio are out on the pull

D.T.F, Lily Luna/Lorcan, 1.1K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Lily's had a bad date and doesn't want to have shaved for nothing, she knows a guy who's always ready.

Diagonally, Albus Severus & Harry, 0.2K, G | LJ | DW | AO3
Harry takes Al to Diagon Ally.

Back Up, Back Down, James Sirius et al, 0.6K, PG | LJ | DW | AO3
Summer heat makes everyone cranky, James has to deal with the consequences.

Seeing Double, Harry/Parvati/Padma, 0.5K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Harry thinks he's seeing double, in fact it's twins.

Up and Down, Ron/Daphne, 0.3K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Ron never expected to be in this position, or rather Daphne to be in this position.

A Weakness For Red, Ginny/Hermione, 0.4K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Hermione has new redheaded lover.

Busted, James Sirius/OFC, 01.K, G | LJ | DW | AO3
James' parent are overinformed.

The Witching Hour, Neville/Hermione, 1.2K, NC-17 |Original:Fest Cleaned:LJ | DW | AO3
Hermione appears at Neville's, late at night.

Welcome Back, Jim, James Sirius/Dominique, 0.1K, PG-13 | LJ | DW | AO3
James returns home after a trip, Dom is happy to see him.

Bells, Neville/Ginny, 0.1K, PG | LJ | DW | AO3
Ginny's wedding day is here.

Hospitality, Harry/Bill Harry/Fleur, 0.2K, Hard R/NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Harry loves visiting Shell Cottage. Bill and Fleur love having him.

Bravery, Scorpius/Rose, 0.5K, NC-17 | LJ | DW | AO3
Rose makes her move

Frosty, Neville/Hannah, 0.1K, G | LJ | DW | AO3
Neville awakens early once frosty morning

Surviving Parties with Good Love, Harry/Luna, 0.9K, NC-17 |LJ | DW | AO3
Harry doesn't like Christmas Parties but Luna's there to help him out.


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Overview
I had a good year this year! I started putting drabbles on A03 (as advise in the 2021 version of this post) and if nothing else that leads making it easy to look at stats. I wrote 21.6K words over 42 fics this year, compared to over 20.8 words over 25 fics last year. So many more, shorter fics this time.

Still I feel pretty good about it compared to this time last year.


Variety
Now, part of this was the explicit Rare pair challenge in March and April which was to do as many different pairings as possible but that seems to have been the theme this year with me doing new pairings and different pairings and only a few more than once. I did Harry/Daphne twice, Neville/Ginny twice (sort of) and my bikes James Sirius/Dominique a few times. I also did Harry with Parvati and Padma once each separately and once as a threesome.


Highlights
Of course in term of response Slash always does well. Harry/Blaise and Harry/Bill are both near to top in Kudos count this year despite the Harry/Bill one being posted in last November.

The fics in between are some Harry/Pansy pegging, Kingsley/Hermione workplace sex and Ginny/Hermione smut. I don’t know what to make of that. People do like their filth.

Just below that is a fic I think had a surprisingly good response and one I quite like which is a Harry/Lavender fic that I think was some nice smut with some heart and character behind which is a personal highlight I think.


Disappointments
Down at the bottom of the list as far as response and kudos went are many of the Neville and Next Drabbles and ficlets I wrote as well as a Dean/Luna ficlet these were also often (but not always) not smutty which is probably a real block to readership.

Future
As I know I’ve mentioned too often, I’m doing GetYourWords out in 2023 aiming for 10 days a month/120 days a month. This is a significant uptick in output though 1 day does not equal one output. I may hope do longer things over a few days.

Still a similar pattern of lots of drabbles and double drabbles seems likely.

I guarantee lots of shamless smut featuring Harry and maybe James and Al with various ladies, Harry getting and giving lots of oral sex and a general disregard for canon.

I suspect we may see more of my slow descent in writing slash for views, possibly by way of a bi-Harry

And I hope to write a bit more femdom, pegging and some threesomes along the way.

Hope you’ll join me!

Comments

[torino10154]

Congrats on upping your words! Maybe with GetYourWordsOut to help you can also increase the length of a few things too. Just keep an eye out for fests/mini-fests that suit your purposes and preferences, you know?

While I absolutely am NOT complaining about you writing slash or bi-Harry *drools*, I have to tell you that my top 10 for hits this year are all het. Every last one. That's crazy. But they are that filth you mention for the most part so I guess it makes sense.

Also, I do feel you on the disappointments. I have some very similar drabbles--either low-rated or just not a thrilling pairing, I guess. I liked how they turned out but yeah, it's a bummer.

I'm especially looking forward to more threesomes from you as well as Harry indulging his oral fixation. ;)

[lightofdaye]

Thanks! yeah, hoping to figure out some longer stuff to work on multiple day's writing sessions if possible.

Ooh, that's interesting! Were the pairings big ones? I can't remember exactly, except for there was a good amount of weasleycest? I know that Harry/any slytherin is usually a good bet regardless of gender.

Yeah, a lot of the GEN drabbles are ones were I feel like I did something really sweet or interesting or different and no response, as ever it's important to write for oneself!

As to oral and threesomes. Here's hoping.

[torino10154]

You're right about the Weasleycest. Also some non-con and/or underage. The only one that I'd truly call a "big pairing" was Snape/Hermione. And the only Top Ten thing with Harry at all was a Harry/Daphne I wrote for you. Of course if you sort by Kudos it is a little different--I clearly have a good number of subscribers who come around for certain pairings.

I do think it's important to write what we want even if it doesn't get loads of hits! I just try to get a nice mix, you know? I did something that alluded to vampires (which I am not a huge creature fic fan) and people loved it which annoyed me. ROFL Never happy. :P (In fact it's #2 in Kudos which the top one really shouldn't count as it's a chaptered thing that carries over from year to year!)

This has turned into me talking about me. :/ Sorry!

As to oral and threesomes. Here's hoping.

I'm definitely hoping. :D

[lightofdaye]

This has turned into me talking about me. :/ Sorry!

This is never a problem! Don't worry.

I hadn't though to check views and Kudos separately. I'll have to sort by views sometime. And try not to worry about the view/kudos ratio!

[torino10154]

In my personal experience, the really filthy stuff gets hits not kudos while the big pairings or *my* pairings get kudos. So, for example, when I re-sort from hits to kudos, suddenly half of them are Snarry instead. But yeah, I don't actually worry about it much. Only as you were saying, that it's a bit depressing when you've done something unique and no one seems to notice.