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Before I go any further, I just want to say that I HAVEN'T SEEN THE DOCTOR WHO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. I love you all for being so non-spoilery still. It's much appreciated, believe me.

Moving swiftly on…

One of my new year's resolutions last year was to write less fic. While that sounds odd, it was essential for my sanity, I think. Large chunks of 2008 that should have been taken up with life were taken up with writing, and I needed a break from that. Having taken a break, I'm finding that my brain is itching to start writing again, but I'm woefully out of practice. So while this list is what I wrote in 2009, I have another one with what I want to write in 2010. It's not exhaustive, but I also don't think I will get to everything here. Some will die a natural death, others will require more skill than I can bring to bear at this moment in time. I'll need to get back in practice to do them justice. The plan right now is for one a month, which feels achievable. I'll be signing up for

tardis_bigbang, of course, and am seriously considering

au_bigbang for something completely different – maybe that epic in the Port Call universe that I never got around to writing…

Anyway, here's last year's list:

Criminal Minds

CTU
Jordan Todd; G; Set at an indeterminate point after 4x13 'Bloodline'; ~490 words
Summary: Everything is just how she left it

Tilting at Windmills
Reid, Morgan; G; Another tag to LDSK. ~1700 words
Summary: We've been using gunpowder as a propellant to kill each other for over nine centuries. I guess I'm just the latest inheritor of a long tradition.

Evaluation
Emily, Hotch; G; Tag to 4x03 Minimal Loss. ~1300 words
Summary: Bruises fade

Drabble for donutsweeper
Prompt: Garcia; sunny.

SGA

Home
Teyla; G; Set during 'The Return Part 1'; ~630 words
Summary: Coming back to her people has not been coming home

Five Things John Wishes Rodney Hadn't Touched
For

donutsweeper. No spoilers. ~260 words

Pilfarage, Pirates and Plotting
Silly comment fic in the Port Call 'verse for

with_apostrophe. ~570 words.

Five times Sheppard didn't see it coming
For

miss_zedem. ~215 words.

Drabble for perspi
Prompt: Ronon; after

Ficlet for genie
Prompt: Sheppard; lightsaber. ~325 words.

Ficlet for morgenleri
Prompt: Evan Lorne; roses. ~625 words

Doctor Who

Domestic
Martha; G; Set after 'Last of the Time Lords'; ~570 words
Summary: Martha Jones. Defender of the Earth.

Five Moments From Five Lives
For

caersmane. Classic, New and Future. ~500 words.

Five Things Donna Wishes The Doctor Had Never Told Her
For

nnwest. ~155 words.

Five planets the Doctor will never, ever visit
For

crystalshard. ~150 words.

Five things Martha Jones wonders about
For

jack_magic. 500 words.

Laughter
Doctor, Donna; G. For

bringthehappy 100 words.

Drabble for naye
Prompt: Donna; shiny

Drabble for avon_09
Prompt: Donna vs Castiel; ticked off.

Torchwood

What Ails You
Tosh, Gwen; G; Set between S1 and S2; ~815 words
Summary: Four weeks. Still no sign.

Five things Jack doesn't keep on his desk anymore
For

rustydog. ~170 words.

Five people who have put Jack Harkness to bed
For

taffimai. ~670 words

Five people who entered the Hub before the current Torchwood crew
For

caersmane. ~500 words

Nothing Else But Change

tardis_bigbang entry 2009. ~27,000 words.
Summary: Everything changed, everything moved on. Everything except Jack.

With the Right Incentive (anything is possible)
John Hart/Jack (Gen. No, really); Written following a discussion with

51stcenturyfox; honking great spoilers for Children of Earth Ep.3. ~770 words
Summary: A very long distance phone call, Torchwood-style.

Drabble for karaokegal
Prompt: Owen; pride

Drabble for dune_drd
Prompt: Jack; starlight

Drabble for aeshna_uk
Prompt: Jack; thunder

Drabble for fish_echo
Prompt: Owen; home

Drabble for taffimai
Prompt: Jack; aerobics.

Supernatural

Five Times the Boys Ran Away
For

caersmane. ~275 words.

Let there be light
Mary/John; PG; Episode tag to 4x03 "In The Beginning". ~790 words
Summary: Everything comes back to John in a rush, and not much of it is good.

Ordinary Life
Bobby; PG; Spoilers for 4x06 "Yellow Fever" (incorporates scenes from the episode). ~6,600 words
Summary:

Friday: Laundry.
Saturday: Shopping.
Sunday: Church.
Monday: Research.
Tuesday: Save Dean Winchester's life.
Wednesday: Tow car.
Thursday: Tidy kitchen.

The Hustlers
For

spn_summergen. Gen, OC; ~2185 words.
Summary: Sometimes, it's better to just not see anything.

The Book
The story in the front of the book. See the post for full details, as this is more than just a story, and was a joint endeavour with

rustydog.
Spoilers for 4x17 'It's a Terrible Life'. ~1040 words.
Summary: It was one of the few pacts that neither of them had broken, ever. Mostly.

Drabble for xwingace
Prompt: John Winchester; angels.

Discworld

Five times DEATH took a holiday
For

aeron_lanart, dialogue-only. ~275 words.

Drabble for apiphile
Prompt: Vimes; youth.

Drabble for white_hart
Prompt: Death; knitting.

Drabble for travels_in_time
Prompt: Sam Vimes; fatherhood.

Other

Rumor
The Mentalist, Jane, G. For

bringthehappy. 100 words.

Pyjamas
NCIS, Abby, G. For

bringthehappy. 100 words.

That's 42 fics, totalling about 50,680 words in 8 fandoms. Which sounds like an average of just over 1000 words per story, but over half of that word count is a Big Bang. The shiny new fandom this year was Supernatural, and I rekindled my Criminal Minds love. Still, I haven't actually written successfully since early November, and I feel further out of fandom than I ever did. Because my brain is contrary like that, I actually think that's a good thing for my writing, as I'm going through a really bad 'everyone else is better than me' phase, and being outside things stops the horrific comparison obsession that I tend to get.

One thing that's quite striking about the list is how much I wrote to prompts or for exchanges or similar. Not that I don't love you guys, but I think one thing I need to learn in 2010 is how to write for myself. Actually, doing stuff for me is definitely going to be a running theme in my New Year's Resolutions, but that's another post.

2009 seems to have been the year of the drabble. I'm kind of looking forward to finding out what this year will be.