forestofglory

2023 was a mixed year for my writing. I posted more at

ladybusiness than ever before! But I didn’t post much fic. I struggled a lot with hand pain and was sick for a long time, both of which had a negative impact on my ability to write. Here’s an overview of what I did write!

At the start of the year I organized a group post at

ladybusiness of our favorite short fiction of 2022

In 2023 I set a goal of writing a rec list every month. And I mostly succeeded, missing one month due to illness and one month just cause. I rounded up all those rec lists here. For December instead of writing a rec list I posted a rec a day for DecRecs, which you can find at my #DecRecs tag

I also wrote a little bit of fic in 2023, posting a total of 3,238 words on ao3 over three fics, one co-written.

While it wasn’t a productive year in terms of word count, each fic was part of a new thing I tried this year: an exchange, co-writing and writing a drabble. Here are the three fics:

End Racism in the OTW | 福食; Lucky Meal (842 words, The Untamed)
My first exchange fic! This was lot fun. I hope to do another low key exchange sometime.

End Racism in the OTW | Desk Tour: Dr. Jiang Yanli (2,196 words, The Untamed)
Co written with Coero! This was such an exercise in geekery – both in terms of all the academic research we cited and the joy of sharing a deep interest with a friend.

Fire Light (200 words, The Long Ballad)
My first attempt at a drabble ( a fic exactly 100 words long) it came out as a double drabble but it was fun to try writing something so short. Also my first Long Balad fic! I think I will try drabble writing again when I'm next between long fic ideas.

I currently have a WIP that’s longer than all of these put together (and a second shorter one on the backburner) so maybe 2024 will be better for fic word count.

In 2024 I want to be better at contributing to group posts at

ladybusiness so I'm making it a goal to contribute at least once a month.

I'm also setting myself a goal of finishing and posting at least one fic over 1k.
And my stretch goal is to write something for a fandom event.

Hopefully a few small goals will help motivate me, but not be overwhelming