2021 AO3 Stats Wrap-Up

Meme borrowed from independence1776 <3

Fic posted in 2021:
March: Strays (Star Wars, 500 words)
May: In a Mirror, Darkly (Star Wars, 1.1k words)
September: Letters from Himring (Silmarillion, 5k words)

Total posted wordcount: 6.9k

Overall Thoughts:
School kept me very busy, so I didn't post very much, but I'm happy with what I did post: Comparing my fic from 2021 with things I'd written previously, I've grown a lot as a writer.
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Looking Back on 2021

In spite of, well...*waves vaguely at the world at large,* 2021 was a pretty good year for me personally.

My biggest accomplishment this year has nothing to do with either fandom or law school: After biting my nails since kindergarten, 2021 is the year I was finally able to quit! *\o/*

I got to go to my law school classes fully in person starting in the fall – and what a difference it makes! Interning in a DA's office this summer was a great experience as well, and I was able to confirm that working in local prosecution really is what I want to do with my life.

On the fannish side of things, I finally got up the courage to join the Silmarillion Writers' Guild (and the SWG Discord server) – and I'm so grateful to everyone who's been so welcoming! I also wrote my longest (and best) fic to date: my tolkienrsb fic, Letters from Himring. I know 5k isn't long at all by most writers' standards, but it was a milestone for me, and I'm very happy with how the fic turned out! A big thank you to my artist frog-in-a-pond for giving me the go-ahead to write weird academic pastiche, because if I'd tried to do a more traditional fic format I don't think I'd have been able to finish anything I'd be satisfied with.

As for the goals I set for 2021 in last year's Snowflake Challenge, I'm batting 500: My first goal was to do all of the assigned reading in advance of each lecture, and I didn't manage that. But my second was just "Write fic! Even if it's bad!", and at least I got that done!

The community on DW and the conversations I've had here have been such a wonderful part of my life in 2021, and it's been great getting to know many folks better. Happy New Year to all, and here's hoping for a more hopeful year ahead!