The February Writing Stats Update

So in the final analysis, for completed fics, I wrote about 20K in February. The goal for the month was about 38K. Not bad.

1. Recruitment (MCU, Bobbi + Clint): Not posted yet



2. MCU Ladies Ficathon Treat: AO3



3. The Truth Now (MCU, Bobbi/Lance): LJ



4. Solidarity (MCU, Bobbi + Melinda + Skye): AO3



5. Made and Meant (MCU, Clint/Natasha): LJ | AO3



6. A Valentine's Day Win (MCU, Clint +/ Natasha): LJ | AO3



7. Lost Bet (MCU, Clint/Natasha): LJ | AO3



8. A Box of Valentine's Cheer (MCU, Clint/Natasha): LJ | AO3



9. Clint's Hugs and What Natasha Finally Did With Them (MCU, Clint + Natasha): LJ | AO3



10. Third Purim Gifts Fic: AO3



11. MCU Ladies Ficathon Treat: AO3



12. Untitled (Original: Splintered, Bridhë/Yaden): LJ



13. A Light Would Pass (MCU, Clint/Natasha): AO3



14. Catch My Breath (616, Clint/Kate/Barney): AO3



15. Purim Gifts Pinch Hit: AO3



16. Hobbies (MCU, Clint/Natasha/Bucky): LJ



17. Cold Comfort (616, Clint + Barney): AO3



18. Unearthly Green (MCU, Darcy/Steve): LJ



19. MCU Ladies Ficathon Treat: AO3

Italicized pieces are commentfic and generally very short. Bolded pieces are for unrevealed challenges or collections and will be updated later. This does NOT include any WIP fic at all.

I may come back and talk about some of these in particular (okay, I probably will), but this will do for a brief summary. I'm tracking all completed fics for the year here.

Squee! MCU Ladies Ficathon Gifts

Yes, I got two and I'm so over the moon about it that I am shamelessly gloating over my two.

Ahem. So on to the recs:

Lime juice and other hazards (2913 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Thor (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jane Foster (Marvel), Sif (Marvel), Darcy Lewis
Additional Tags: Asgard, Alcohol, Danger, Friendship, Science, lime juice
Summary:

It is raining and Darcy is bored.

I asked for epic Jane and Darcy friendship with a dose of Sif and this adorable little rainy night shenanigans fic delivers. Darcy's doing shots (wrong), Jane wants alcohol for her gear not herself, and Sif has arrived with grave misgivings to haul them back to Asgard. Naturally, Darcy stalls her with poptarts. Kinda ends on a cliffhanger but it's a nice little ditty nevertheless.

A woman's world (1516 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Agent Carter (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Peggy Carter, Natasha Romanov, Jemma Simmons, Melinda May, Bobbi Morse, Maria Hill


A series of ficlets about these awesome, amazing women and hit sooo many of my asks, giving me little peeks under the covers of theses ladies. I can't even pick a favorite. It's layers and snippets of character study and just go read, okay?

Scansion

So I was just talking with hiddencait the other day about scanning poetry metrically and syllabically and now I have to do it. I forgot how painful it can be.

I was flipping between iambs and trochees with the occasional anapest or dactyl for good measure and willy nilly between tetrameter and pentameter. The only thing I'd settle on was trimeter for the last line of each stanza.

:headdesk:

I think I'm going about this all wrong. Poetry isn't the thing like prose, where I get it down and then I can make something of it. No, I have to get something good down and tweak or get it down all over again. It took seven tries to get "Name Me." Of course, that poem was also pages long.