12 Days of Cliche: Round-up post

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Though each work was posted on both Dreamwidth and LJ, I'm linking to the LJ posts as they automatically have links to the corresponding Dth entry in their footers :)

Art: Torchwood Pulp Covers by angstslashhope (G)
Four Torchwood pulp fiction novel covers. Various characters.

Recs: Kidfic & Mpreg Recs by cupidsbow
12 vid & fic recs.

Fic: First Aid by angstslashhope (NC-17)
First aid: the provision of initial care for an illness or injury, administered until professional medical help is available. (Set throughout Season 1; Small Worlds, Countrycide, Out of Time.)

Vid: First Aid by cupidsbow (PG-13)
Jack has a first-aid fetish... or maybe just an Ianto fetish. (Companion vid to above fic.)

Fic: Proxy by angstslashhope (PG-13)
Role reversal.

Vid: 1941: The Year That Never Was! by cupidsbow (PG-13)
What if Jack had never met the Doctor?

Fic: Kiss the Boys Goodbye by angstslashhope (PG-13)
He is a glutton, and the 1940s on Earth are his feast of choice. (Companion ficlet to above vid.)

Fic: Five Times Torchwood has a Close Encounter With a Sweet Young Thing cupidsbow (PG-13)
"I see," said Ianto, who, sadly, was beginning to see, and was rather wishing he was still too drunk for rational thought. "You don't pay me enough for this."

Fic: On the Mend by angstslashhope (PG-13)
Hurt/comfort of a different sort.

Vid: Tango by cupidsbow (PG-13)
Time to change your partners! (Companion to "Time Management".)

Fic: Time Management by cupidsbow (NC-17)
The Agency taught Jack the rules of time travel. Some of them no longer apply.

Art: Time Management by angstslashhope (G)
Cover art for the above story.

Fic: Golden Ratio by angstslashhope (R)
Some things are constants. (A canon-compliant fixit, spanning several centuries.)

Vid: Wake by cupidsbow (PG-13)
We are such stuff as dreams are made on...


This was so much fun. I think I spoke enough about the kind of stuff I wanted to play with in my initial post about the project, and can happily say that I achieved that. On reflection, though, I got a lot more out of it than I anticipated - I suppose I had thought of the project as something to showcase ideas, but what it did more than anything was develop and create new ideas and realisations for *me*, about these characters, about storytelling, about what cliche is and how it works.

Also, I totally realised that I can *do* this, I can still produce fic, I can still produce *good* fic, and I can do it to a deadline. And prolifically. Over 20,000 words in 12 days. I am feeling inspired again! I have added more to my WIPs, too!

It also shifted the focus for me on what's important about writing and publishing fic. So much of the value in that for me in 2009 was having something to be passionate about, a touchstone I could rely on for happy feelings. It was also about connecting with other people, having a community. In being blocked for months after being prolific for months, I think I lost a lot of that, and it had been dragging me down a lot. But this project has taught me a couple of things: 1) cupidsbow and I are an awesome team and can enable and cheerlead each other until the cows come home, and 2) the reward of releasing an idea out into the wild has started to outweigh the reward of other people acknowledging that I've had an idea.

So. Here's to 2010, and having many brilliant ideas, and exploring them thoroughly, and continuing the glee! I hope everyone who has been following us along for the past 12 days have enjoyed themselves as much as we have :D

Comments

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1) [personal profile] cupidsbow and I are an awesome team and can enable and cheerlead each other until the cows come home, and 2) the reward of releasing an idea out into the wild has started to outweigh the reward of other people acknowledging that I've had an idea.

these are trufax.

also, i don't even KNOW TW, and i am enjoying these. [though i haven't commented yet. but i will.]

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I am getting there! Writing fic is such a complex pleasure for me, I feel like I'm constantly sorting out just how and when it makes me feel good. I suppose that's part of the fun ;)

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