Damn it. I really need to answer LJ comments.

It turns out I'll be participating in a shorter version of NaNoWriMo, aptly dubbed NaNoMini. It'll still take place over 30 days, but the limit is 25000 words. Also, it is supposed to be a complete work. Am I nut or what? It seems like a decent enough reason to take the novel idea I've been kicking around out of the stable and give her a ride ( Read more... )

And so I review yet another teen novel, this one by David Levithan. Like the last I wrote about, Boy Meets Boy is also atypical, but this time in terms of setting. It takes place in a town many gays might consider utopia, one where straights and gays walk side by side without conflict. It's perfection is thrown into relief by the fact that the ( Read more... )

Things went well today. I finally screwed up my courage and spoke directly to the therapist about my gender issues. She did not flinch, instead asking directly if I had considered transitioning and what effect I thought that would have on my family. We both reasoned that it would be very traumatic, and not very fair to them, and it would be best to ( Read more... )

I talked to friends about this tonight and I may join the local gay and lesbian center soon.

I am tired of being alone.

I find it extremely amusing that I hunted for both the perfect men's shirt and a shade of nail polish to go with it on the same day. I did chop my hair, however, and the messy bob makes me feel more myself, whatever the hell that means.

This novel, the first of series by Alex Sanchez, features three gays boys: Nelson, Kyle, and Jason. Nelson is out and proud of it. Pity he can't tell his best friend--who is also gay--that he's in love with him. As for that friend, Kyle struggles not only with coming out to his parents, but with his crush on Jason, the school jock. Jason, who ( Read more... )

I've been having bad dreams and sleeping poorly, so I went to take a nap. As I couldn't sleep, I decided to take a bath instead. While I sat there, I read part of Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez. When I got to the point where one of the boys is accidentally outed, I cried. The fact that his mother hugged him, as confused as she was, made me weep ( Read more... )

My midnight hour tasks now at an end, I climb the stairs to discover you loose-limbed against the sheets, your face turned to the growing dawn. Stirring, you sigh as I slip in beside you. I brush a kiss over your forehead and you sigh a second time. The third I swallow, pressing my mouth to yours. Your lips part as you wake, tongue darting ( Read more... )

Though I turned thirty this last December, I feel as if I am still growing into my sexuality. Perhaps that's the reason why shounen-ai and yaoi strongly appeals to me. So many of those stories are coming of age stories, tales where the characters are first testing their wings. Only the Ring Finger Knows, by Satoru Kannagi and Hotaru Odagiri is ( Read more... )