Fic meme (or half of one, anyway)

You know, it sure *looks* as if I haven't been writing anything lately -- and it's true, I haven't been writing as much as I used to. But I actually have a couple of fics sitting half done or almost done on my hard drive, or things which are parts of bigger collaborations with other people. So there IS fic in the pipeline -- it just hasn't been ready yet.

Now for a meme, and a retrospective!

Self-rec challenge:
List your five favorite fics that you have written - but each must be rec'd for a different, specific reason.

Includes spoilers for each fic -- if you haven't read these fics and want to, read them first!

( Sand Cathedrals -- Completeness )

Wow, that was a lot of tl;dr. ^^; In short, I feel this fic is more solid and finished and worthy on its own terms than most other things I've written.


( Embodied -- Pairing )

( Crossing the Lethe -- Character Study )

Interestingly, of all the fics I have ever written and run through the Writing Gender Analysis, this is the only one that came up over 75% female.


( Namedropper -- Humor )

( Perfume -- Horror )

Fair's fair and fun's fun, but at the end of the day, not every story tickles your fancy. Link five fics of yours you feel could use improvement, and why.

Gah. It's 2:30 AM and I haven't eaten yet! I'll do the second half of this meme tomorrow, if I can decide on only five! For a placeholder, possible candidates --

Revenge of the Chibi Alchemists (ultimately uninteresting)
The Final Awakening to Innocence (gratuitous death)
A Moment's Hesitation (dead-end)
Picture-Perfect (pointless)
Therapy (pointless)
What If... Envy Were a Creature of Reason? (pointless)
Innovation (pointless pairing)
Basic Urges (painfully self-conscious humor)
Cold Blood (hate sex, un-sexy smut)

April Fools' Fic Challenge REDUX

Hey guys! Remember the April Fools' Fic Exchange I was talking about a few days? It's officially opened over on fma_7sins. The rules and info post is here, aaaaaaand requests have opened already over here! It will be open until March 7th, so you have until then to think about what you want to request (and to give you a look at what other people are requesting, in case you can't think of anything.)

I've already posted my request there. Go check it out!