Fanwork roundup 2017

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Vids

I posted seven vids this year: five for Festivids and one each for spring and fall Equinox. There are two more in progress for the current Festivids; we'll see if both reach the finish line.

But stopping the summary there would underrepresent my total vidding effort, because a huge amount of time went into preparing the Fandom Trumps Hate auction vid for Sigrid Ellis, in particular recruiting a small army of volunteer guides and watching or skimming unfamiliar media sources—at last count, more than 30. The bulk of the work has now tipped over to file processing, clipping and the beginning stages of editing.

( vid list )

( Abbreviated end-of-year vidding meme! )

Fic

All I wrote this year were bits of various unposted Mary Sue stories. On the one hand, that's good because a few years ago one of my year-end resolutions was to get back to those personal writing roots. On the other hand, it doesn't make for great fannish community building when I don't post a fic for 16 months.

( story list )

Fanwork stats

Vidded: ~10m 50s (same number of vids but slightly fewer minutes than last year)
Gen: 4
M/M: 1
M/F: 2
Fandoms: 8 + the multivid

Written: 6,722 words (half of last year's total, which was itself half the previous year's)
M/F: 5
Fandoms: 4


Goals

( How did we do on last year's goals? )

2018 vidding goals:
- Finish the auction vid before WisCon
- Make other auction vid for deelaundry
- Make something for the last Vividcon?? Pressure!
- Make at least one vid that isn't for someone else—the vampire Mary Sues vid of my heart, probably
- Co-mod the multifandom vidding panel at Vividcon
- Learn at least one of these programs designed to capture streaming video

2018 writing goals:
- Keep it up with the Mary Sue tinkering
- Experiment with adjusting day-to-day habits to try to write more; maybe take time off work when the writing bug bites?
- Finish the languishing Jinni/Dustfinger crossover fic!!
- Post more media reviews, yikes


Favorite media of the year

An interesting year in that books struck me more than other media. Usually the movie list is longest. Maybe a function of following my own tastes and curiosity at the library in 2017 vs. watching a lot of media for vid purposes that wouldn't normally pique my interest. Also unusual that the TV shows I most enjoyed were on the lighter side; that's almost certainly because of the state of the nation and the world.

( Books, movies, TV series, songs )

Misc. personally meaningful fannish events, in chronological order

( list )

Books read, Jul-Dec 2017

Continued from here.

( 9 novels, 8 nonfictions, 6 trade comics or graphic novels, 6 short story collections )

*nonfiction
✓ Operation Read More Books You've Owned for Ages

I almost read a book a week this year: 51 started, 47 completed. However, if we count each comics trade volume as one book rather than listing them in pairs, then I did hit 52 on the dot. :)

Wow, I can't believe I only posted about one of these books. Happy to talk about any of them.

There are too many books on the to-read list to know where to start next year, but I do for sure want to track down Moonshot vol. 2 and get my hands on the Black Panther trades that've been on the back burner, now that the movie release is rapidly approaching. Also have a list of links to SF/F short stories floating around the internet that I need to sit down one day and soak in, starting with Darcie Little Badger's "The Whalebone Parrot" and including a browse through this Twitter list.

Movies & TV, Jul-Dec 2017

Continued from here.

( 48 movies and ~20 TV seasons )

That averages out to a movie every 3-4 days this year, which may be a little low for me? But easily explained by the much higher than normal TV viewing because of the auction vid.

As always, I have opinions despite the startling lack of review posts and am happy to talk about any of these.