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In 2022, I had three goals: sign up for getyourwordsout again, complete the Triple Crown, and clear off some more of those old request lists and WIPs.

I suppose two out of three isn't bad? RL was unexpectedly busy in the latter part of the year, and I ended up not having as much energy as I thought I would to dive into the necessary research, but I did finish up close to the same wordcount as 2021, and for the first time since 2017 more than half of my wordcount came outside of formal AO3 exchanges. Mojo recovery clearly continues.

Goals for 2023: Sign up for getyourwordsout, complete the exchange Triple Crown again, and maybe this year finally clear off one of those lingering WIPs!

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2022 Fanfiction Stats

(As a reminder, I always count Yuletide stories with the year following, in which the reveals happen; so 2022's count includes the Yule 2021 stories and not the Yule 2022 ones.)

Number of works posted: 42
Total words posted: 132,000

(For perspective: last year's numbers were 38 and 134,850. In 2011, my best year? 137 and 272,200.)

Most popular stories of 2022:
Divide By Dinosaur Error - B:tVS/Jurassic World, Slayer!Blue, 8200 words
What We Say Three Times Is True - Leverage, Hardison/Parker/Eliot, 10,700 words

Least popular stories of 2022:
Harbouring Such a Man - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Bedivere/Goosefat Bill, 900 words
Taking the Long View - Tremors, Earl/Rhonda/Val, 1,200 words

For the second year running, my FFFX story made the top two, as a romantic-focused longfic in a nostalgic genre fandom; and the other was a unique Buffy crossover story. Which I guess are among the things I'm best known for, so not a surprise. :) And the lowest two, with under a hundred hits and fewer than 20 kudos each, were shorter fic for novel pairings in fringe fandoms. Not a surprise either.

(I forgot to factor Yuletide stories into this category; but just as well, as that exchange tends to significantly distort hit count.)

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Movie Non-Crossovers

Don't Waste Another Heartbeat - Ready or Not, Grace/Daniel, 12,000 words (ficinabox)

A Seismologist's Guide to Rural Cryptid Mating Habits - Tremors, Rhonda/Val/Earl, 3,700 words (yuletide)
Taking the Long View - Tremors, Rhonda/Val/Earl, 1,200 words (trickortreatex)

as we sow (so shall we reap) - Mad Max: Fury Road, Capable/The Dag, 2000 words (charactorex)
Cannot Beat a Classic - Expendables, Barney Ross/Lee Christmas, 1800 words (chocolateboxcomm)
The Difference Between Imagining and Seeing - Jurassic Park III, Alan/Billy, 1600 words (yuletide)
Harbouring Such a Man - King Arthur: LOTS, Bedivere/Goosefat Bill, 900 words (seasonsofdrabbles)
our time will come (but not today) - Pacific Rim, Stacker Pentecost/Hercules Hansen, 8500 words (fandom5k)
this world doesn't need no opera - John Wick, John/Marcus, 2400 words (littleblackdressex)
Venus Throw - Fast & Furious, Brian O'Conner/Dominic Toretto, 13,100 words (iddyiddybangbang)

In for a Penny - Knives Out, Ransom & Harlan, 3,200 words (yuletide)
the only us that ever was - Jurassic World: Dominion, Owen/Claire & Maisie, 300 words (seasonsofdrabbles)
unbecoming (everything that isn't really you) - Safe (2012), Luke & Mei, 1,100 words (yuletide)
Your Assessment (Re)Starts Now - Dredd (2012), Anderson & Dredd, 2,400 words (yuletide)

TV Non-Crossovers

What We Say Three Times is True - Leverage post-S5, Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer, 10,700 words (fffx)

The Truth of Things - Firefly, River/Mal, 300 words (seasonsofdrabbles)

In the Darkness, Lost, I Heard Your Voice - Sleepy Hollow mid-S3, Abbie Mills/Ichabod Crane, 2700 words
No Matter What the Course of Fate - Sleepy Hollow post-S2, Abbie Mills/Ichabod Crane, 4,400 words
Reinvention Isn't Such a Bad Thing - Sleepy Hollow mid-S2, Abbie Mills/Ichabod Crane, 21,400 word (het_bigbang)
Stepping Off the Primrose Path - Sleepy Hollow late S1, Abbie Mills/Ichabod Crane, 5,500 words
To Forge My Fate With You - Sleepy Hollow, post-S2, Abbie Mills & Ichabod Crane, 300 words (seasonsofdrabbles)

Crossovers

City of a Thousand Possibilities - Jupiter Ascending/Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Jupiter/Caine, 5,100 words (crossworks)
Outside Expertise - Tremors/Jurassic Park, Rhonda-centric, 600 words (trickortreatex)
Thank You For Playing, But Your Soulmate Was In Another Genre - Guns Akimbo/Ready or Not, Miles Lee Harris/Grace Le Domas, 1,600 words (launchtheship)

Creatures of Extraordinary Grace - B:tVS/Firefly, Buffy & Firefly Crew, 2,500 words (twistedshorts)
Just a Soul Whose Intentions are Good - B:tVS/Nobody, Buffy & Hutch Mansell, 1,500 words (twistedshorts)
Just Call My Name (I'll Be There in a Hurry) - B:tVS/Guardians of the Galaxy, Buffy & Rocket, 2,800 words (intoabar)
my friends and I, we've cracked the code - B:tVS/Sleepy Hollow (TV), Buffy & Jenny Mills, 1,600 words (twistedshorts)
oh sister, I will help you out - B:tVS/Fast and the Furious, Buffy & Mia Toretto, 2,100 words (twistedshorts)
Part-Time Unretirement - B:tVS/Leverage: Redemption, Buffy/Eliot, 1,600 words (twistedshorts)
Some Weird Cleopatra Curse Convergence Thing - B:tVS/Blood & Treasure, Buffy & Bruno Fabi, 2,300 words

Divide By Dinosaur Error: Part 3 + Part 4 + Epilogue - B:tVS/Jurassic Park, Slayer!Blue (twistedshorts)
Let the Countdown Begin - Angel/Ready or Not, Lilah & Grace Le Domas, 1,200 words (twistedshorts)
nothing in this world I wouldn't do - B:tVS/Fast and the Furious, Spike-centric, 1,700 words (twistedshorts)
Seven For a Witch - B:tVS/Sleepy Hollow (TV), Willow & Pandora, 1,100 words (twistedshorts)
Sunnydale Syndrome is an Actual Thing? - Jupiter Ascending/B:tVS, Jupiter/Caine & Slayers, 2,000 words (twistedshorts)