Fics on AO3

[przed]

I thought it might be interesting to go back and do the AO3 top ten meme a year later and see what's changed. So, here goes

List your ten fics at AO3 that have had the most hits.


1. Firsts
Pros. A series of vignettes of firsts in Bodie & Doyle's lives. #1 last year, and still holding that position.

2. In the Bleak Midwinter.
Pros. My Pros Big Bang story from last year, and the latest in the Comfort and Joy series. New to the list and the archive this year.

3. Happy Endings.
Pros. Bodie's just returned from Africa and trying to go legit; Doyle's a young copper trying to make his mark. Was #2 last year.

4. Down a Dark Desert Highway.
A Knight's Tale/Hotel California crossover. A Yuletide story. Slipped from #3 last year.

5. Nothing Worth Having.
Sherlock Holmes, RDJ movie-verse. A Holmes/Watson/Mary story, and it was nowhere on the list last year.

6. Exile.
Pros. My only Pros novel, with Bodie undercover in Ireland. Newly posted, so it wasn't on the list last year.

7. And the Sky to Sleep Under.
Tombstone. Wyatt Earp/Doc Holliday slash. Another Yuletide story. Was #4 last year, so it's had a big drop.

8. An Open Book.
Sherlock Holmes, RDJ movie-verse. My only other Holmes story, Holmes/Watson this time, and also new to the list. I figure this one is riding the coattails of Nothing Worth Having.

9. Vigil.
Pros. The second last story in the Comfort and Joy series. It's dropped from #7 last year.

10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
Take That RPS. Mark/Robbie, Howard/Jason. One of two TT Christmas stories I wrote last year, this one is an AU with Mark and Robbie as teenage runaways. I'm happy to see one of my TT stories has clawed its way onto the list, and I'm rather pleased it's this one.

Comments

[soundofthesurf.livejournal.com]

\o/ for TT-fic making it into the top ten! *dances around*

[przed.livejournal.com]

\o/ indeed! I've been watching this one bubbling under for the last month or so and mentally urging it on. ::dances with you::

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Interesting! It obviously takes a while for word to get round and then things take off! I'm glad the TT AU is there! I think Exile will climb so try the numbers again in twelve months!

[przed.livejournal.com]

It's interesting to see what gets the hits. The Holmes story is always steadily climbing, virtue of the fandom being big I suppose. And I'm very glad to see the TT story there too. (Have I thanked you lately for the location consult?!) Exile is doing nicely, so it'll be cool to see how it does over time.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure you thanked me! Yes, big fandoms lead to big hits. Or bigger, anyway.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I love the way your top 10 is a reasonable reflection of your interests/fandoms you've mostly written in although Yuletide is one of those things that always skews results... and Holmes is just a megafandom.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm liking the idea of taking this snapshot once a year to see first what I'm working on, and second what's finding readers.

That Holmes story amuses me, because it just keeping trucking along, getting hits and the occasional kudo. Definitely the benefit of it being a megafandom, since I'm not writing Holmes anymore and it's not like I've got any sort of profile in that community.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I am going to gave to reread these and I don't think I've read your Tombstone fic so I'll have to give that a go.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm rather fond of that Tombstone fic. I'll be interested to see what you think.

(What, you're not going to run out and read the TT fic?! *g*)

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Well I am always v fond of westerns *g*.