My fic, graded from dire to awesome

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Copied from a discussion in comments further down the page.

Farscape fandom must be very puzzled by my fic output...

2001: A River in Egypt: mediocre
2003: Rise and Shine: decent
2006: Normal: awesome.
2010: The Breakfast of Losers: decent
2012 (I think): Dead Man's Jacket: mediocre

It must look like I'm two different writers. :D

Come to think of it, my output in LoM follows a similar pattern [in terms of quality fluctuations]:

2007: Starving on the Jump Down: decent
2008: How to Love a Madman: decent
2009: The Last Lost Generation: mediocre
2012: The Mad Doctrine: awesome

And as for Highlander...:

2000: This Is Your Time: dire
2001: Sometimes We Believe: decent
2001: Epilogue: mediocre
2002: Names: decent
2003: Endure: flawed awesomeness
2010: 68 Wives: awesome

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For completeness' sake, here's the stuff from my minor fandoms, too:

2003: Together (Harry Potter): mediocre
2004ish?: Family Portrait (It's Walky!): mediocre
2004ish?: A Case For the Christmas Bunny (Zebra Girl): mediocre
2006: Atlas (BSG): decent

As for bunnies, here's how I'd rate them at the moment:

Found in Translation (Highlander): awesome
(untitled) (Farscape): decent
Terro(u)rists (Farscape): awesome
Cut Along the Dotted Line (LoM): decent
(untitled) (LoM/Sandman): awesome
The Man Who Fell to Earth (LoM): potentially awesome, but troubled (and yes, I know the title has been done. It's a working title, anyway.)
Round the Bend in 80 Days (LoM): decent
A Black-and-White Picture (HP): awesome

Next up for finishing - apart from the surprise FS fic I mentioned yesterday - will probably be Cut Along the Dotted Line (Sam/Maya). Wish I could say I'd make it awesome, but I don't think I have it in me to elevate that one beyond what it is. I've been trying for years. Anyway, decent isn't bad. If I felt like it would turn out bad I wouldn't keep working on it at all.

Comments

[bimo]

It must look like I'm two different writers. :D

Oh, how do I know that feeling... . Never really found out why, though. Sometimes I appear to have hit The Magic Zone, but more often than not my stories feel little more than basically okay to me. Both hits and misses completely regardless of fandom or subject.

But I'm curious. What's the basis for your assessment? Your own opinion after re-reading, or are you judging from feedback?