Story Title: Clean Bowled
Fandom: The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Link(s): A03 & Fanfiction.net
Summary: After meeting a mysterious man in the cemetery where his mother wanted her ashes to be scattered, cricket bad boy Danny Parks finds himself infatuated. Charlie Davis (said mysterious man) might just fancy him back.
Warnings: previous character death
Characters: Charlie Davis, Danny Parks, Jean Beazley, Matthew Lawson
Pairings: Charlie Davis/Danny Parks
When I Started: January, I think?
How I Lost My Shit: About halfway into this fic I sort of fell out of love with the idea.
How I Finished My Shit: I joined here and just worked through it, word by agonizing word.

Story Title: Double Jeopardy (29,293)
Fandom: Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys SuperMysteries
Link(s): https://archiveofourown.org/works/15283758/chapters/35455479
Summary: Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys solve the mystery of Nancy's mother's murder.  It also involves some important milestones in Nancy and Frank's relationship.
Warnings: None apply
Characters: Nancy Drew, Frank Hardy, Joe Hardy, Fenton Hardy, Laura Hardy, Carson Drew
Pairings: Nancy Drew/Frank Hardy
When I Started: 2009
How I Lost My Shit: So, I had previously written short and somewhat fluffier/relationship oriented plots for the other 3 stories in this series, which all deal with Nancy and Frank finally really hooking up, 3 years after the SuperMysteries timeframe. I decided to stretch and write one that was more of a mystery, but still plenty of shippiness. (The rest of the series is linked in the story entry.) At the time I started working on the series, I was newly divorced, deployed to Iraq and really needed the outlet. Then I got an insane job and didn't have as much time, and got stalled out on Chapter 11. I had a big chunk of what is now Chapter 14 written but the actiony part was giving me problems. So I kept putting it off, and putting it off... and here we are.
How I Finished My Shit: I learned something from this story (and another one) - the whole story needs to be finished before I post. I resisted the urge to pull a George Lucas and polish the story up too much (although I did make some minor changes and fixes). Otherwise, people get left hanging. I've also learned that I do better when I have a deadline and assignment, which is why I now write for a ton of exchanges. So the Big Bang deadline gave me the structure I needed AND the promise of art for my story. So I finally, finally finished it - which means I need to extend the series some.

I'm also updating it on FF.net, although I remember why I stopped uploading stuff there...the format is less convenient than AO3.