2019 Writing Wrap Up and Eligibility Post
Jan. 6th, 2020 06:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forestofgloryIt’s time to look back at what I wrote in 2019 and reflect on the year. Also to remind everyone that I’m eligible to be considered for the Hugo Award for best fanwritter for my work over the course of the year!
This year continued to write Short & Sweet my short fiction focused column at![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
ladybusiness The column featured several rec lists including Pals of Robots and Short Fiction Series. I also wrote a personal essay on my recent reading struggles and why I haven’t been reading as much short SFF as I used to: On Not Reading Short Fiction
Also atladybusiness I wrote about reading older SFF books by marginalized people and recommended some of my Personal Signposts in the Land of SFF And I also interviewed Bogi Takács which was the first time I’ve done an interview!
In 2019 I’ve been on a fandom journey. In February I wrote Fandom, History, Belonging which talked about how it can be complex to feel like a fan or part of fandom. At the time I wasn’t very involved in transformative fandom, but that has changed a lot over the year. In June I wrote about starting to read fanfic. I felt a bit strange about it because I didn’t fit the narrative, but people were very lovely, and also left me many many recs for fanfic about moms! As well as reading a ton of fanfic I also wrote some for the first time this year. And I spend a lot of time starting at food in the Chinese drama Guardian.
Also this year I hosted two challenges Stacking the Stories a short fiction reading challenge and Teeth and Bones a fanworks challenge. They were both really fun. I might do that again some time.
Another new thing I started in 2019 was writing a series of semi-regular media rounds ups and wrote a bit about almost every book I read and show that I watched. It’s been fun to talk more regularly about the media I’m consuming!
So it's been a good writing year for me! I tried many new things and wrote things that I’m proud of. I hope you enjoyed some of them too. And if you are nominating for the Hugos please consider my work! Thank you.
This year continued to write Short & Sweet my short fiction focused column at
ladybusiness The column featured several rec lists including Pals of Robots and Short Fiction Series. I also wrote a personal essay on my recent reading struggles and why I haven’t been reading as much short SFF as I used to: On Not Reading Short FictionAlso at
ladybusiness I wrote about reading older SFF books by marginalized people and recommended some of my Personal Signposts in the Land of SFF And I also interviewed Bogi Takács which was the first time I’ve done an interview!In 2019 I’ve been on a fandom journey. In February I wrote Fandom, History, Belonging which talked about how it can be complex to feel like a fan or part of fandom. At the time I wasn’t very involved in transformative fandom, but that has changed a lot over the year. In June I wrote about starting to read fanfic. I felt a bit strange about it because I didn’t fit the narrative, but people were very lovely, and also left me many many recs for fanfic about moms! As well as reading a ton of fanfic I also wrote some for the first time this year. And I spend a lot of time starting at food in the Chinese drama Guardian.
Also this year I hosted two challenges Stacking the Stories a short fiction reading challenge and Teeth and Bones a fanworks challenge. They were both really fun. I might do that again some time.
Another new thing I started in 2019 was writing a series of semi-regular media rounds ups and wrote a bit about almost every book I read and show that I watched. It’s been fun to talk more regularly about the media I’m consuming!
So it's been a good writing year for me! I tried many new things and wrote things that I’m proud of. I hope you enjoyed some of them too. And if you are nominating for the Hugos please consider my work! Thank you.
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