What am I working on Now?

Since I’ve finished Mr. In-The-Closet and have it with 5 literary agents, I decided to start plotting a new novel. At first I wanted to write a futuristic dystopian. I plotted the whole thing, and I really did love this plot. It had action, forbidden love, an underlying moral, etc, etc. BUT, I had no drive to write this piece. There was no spark between us. I didn’t want to commit myself to this relationship, because, well, I knew it wouldn’t last. Now, I have serious commitment issues, and I know this, so I don’t get into a long-term relationship unless I know I’m going to stick it through until the end. However, I did test the water before deciding to jump into the deep end -- My toe went in, and it was WAY too cold.

So I began to think of other ideas. What should I write next? I kept coming up with YA LGBT plots, but I’d already written one, and it was already with agents. And finally, after beating myself around the head repeatedly to find a new plot which wasn’t LGBT, some guy had a conversation with some other people within the walls of my mind.

I was sitting in my college’s computer room, doing research for a psychology project, when these pieces of dialogue recited.

MC: “Wait a minute, you’re a chick?”

Character 1 -- Girl: “Biologically, yes.”

MC: “Then why are you in here? This is a guy’s cabin.”

Character 2 -- guy: “They must’ve thought she was a guy, sweetheart.”

MC turns to Character 2 and sees him for the first time: “What the fuck are you supposed to be?”

Character 2 -- guy: “I’m a Transvestite.”

Character 3 -- guy -- raises his hand: “Gay.”

MC turns to the last character within the cabin: “And what about you? What the hell are you?”

Character 4 -- guy: “Lesbian.”

MC nods slowly: “Of course…”


And thus, Camp Queen was born. I haven’t come up with a synopsis yet, but I outlined the whole plot within one afternoon, and I can’t wait to start! It’s only going to be 50 - 55K words long, so it shouldn’t take me longer than two months to finish a first draft. But, the next step, I think, should be naming my babies.

(And just so you know: The girl has gender dysphoria and there is such a thing as a male lesbian. I studied Gender in Psychology last term, and we learned all about different sexualities.)

Until next time.

Let us begin

Okay, so this is my first blog post. I think I remember trying to create a blog a few years ago but never actually got around to posting anything. It’s probably floating around cyber space somewhere, collecting cyber dust.

But I’m not here to talk about past failed attempts. If I were here to do that, I’d be talking about trunked novels which will never see the light of day. Alas, I am here to write about my highs and lows, the damn struggles toward my ultimate dream, and everything in between. I doubt I’ll stick to posting JUST about writing/publishing/agents/etc.

But just so you know: You’re reading the blog of a future author. You see, I must be psychic, because I can say that without a doubt in my mind that it will some day happen. But then again, if I was psychic, I don’t think I’d still be in college. I’d be winning the lottery every week -- but that might get a bit suspicious, and I’d probably end up in some government lab while they run tests on me -- That doesn’t sound very fun. Plus, I’d never get time to write… hmm.

I’m not really sure how to use these sort of websites. So until I get the hang of everything, I’ll probably be screwing the whole thing up -- quite badly. But. But. But. I’ll figure this bloody thing out eventually! When I do, I’ll start posting most days.

AND, I think that’s enough of an introduction.