Pick a number, any number...

[jedibuttercup]

Hm; haven't seen this meme before. Lifted from izhilzha:

I have 656 works archived at AO3. Pick a number from 1 (the most recent) to 656 (the first thing I posted there), and I'll tell you three things I currently like about it.

Heh. I've certainly been a busy bee over the last decade, haven't I? This could get interesting.

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[sulien.livejournal.com]

If it's not too late, I'd like to ask about #593, which should be "Eclipse" if I've counted right. This was one of your stories that made me start stalking your fic and reading it, finished or not, despite how much I hate reading dribs and drabs of WIPs.

And speaking of reading, I'm waiting to read some of your recent stuff after I get my new glasses (reading for any length of time at all is a literal pain when your glasses prescription is off) and I'm also hoping to see Iron Man 3 before I read spoilers.

Lastly, your portfolio is downright astounding. Thank you so much for sharing all of that! I hope you continue and that 656 will only be a proverbial drop in the bucket of your future works.

[jedibuttercup]

Eclipse is ... ah, goodness, the first fic longer than 5000 words I wrote outside of the Buffy/Angel fandom; the longest thing I'd written in two years; and the fic that cemented my fondness for writing the SG-1 crew. It felt like a milestone to me at the time, like finishing it meant I was a real writer. :-) So I guess you could say while Wesley Wyndham-Pryce was my first fannish-writer crush, Daniel Jackson was the one who convinced me it wasn't a flash in the pan.

Three things I like about it now, from seven years later: (1) The detail work. You would not believe how much research I did to even give the planet its six digit ID, and the environmental stuff - I loved the fact that some of the reviewers said even reading it made them feel thirsty, because that was what I was going for! (2) Daniel, with Jack's MALP on a rope, getting pulled into one of the spires - this fic gets classed as 'Sam whump' on at least one rec website I know of, but I wanted it to be tense throughout, and that's the whump scene I always remember from this; and (3) the totally team-y vibe. I didn't single out any one or couple of the SG-1 crew, I tried to give them all equal spotlight.

As long as there are (1) inspirational media out there and (2) fabulous folks reading and reviewing, I doubt I'll ever stop. :-)

Meant to reply MONTHS ago...

[sulien.livejournal.com]

Your reply to this has been sitting in my inbox for practically forever (well, since May, anyway) and I meant to comment back that it shows that you always do your research. The proverbial devil is always in the details and even though I may not always notice it because I'm not necessarily into all of the fandoms you write, I have seen the amazing attention to detail you've put into the ones that I do. The same goes for the smidges of science, history and literature with which I'm familiar that I have seen referenced in your works and I know there are a lot of things that zip past my head at warp 9 that I don't notice. How you manage to do so much research and write such in-depth characterizations and plots (all too often so very much better than the original creators managed and very nearly always as well as) while maintaining a full time job and 'normal' life, I'll never know.