In August 2008 I started writing a queer young adult novel. I'd recently taken to reading such books and found them absolutely fascinating. They gave me a vicarious experience as I was pretty much unaware of my gender identity and affection orientation back then.
Most of these books revolved around gay youths. While I could relate in a way, they missed the mark for me. Seeing that there wasn't much about bisexual youths, I decided to try to correct that lack.
Through the self-publishing service iUniverse, I have published my first young adult novel.
I still, however, consider writing to be a hobby. Queer YA is not the most lucrative genre so it's unlikely I'll be able to quit my day job and just write. But even if I could, I would still consider myself to be an amateur in the original sense of the word. I write for the love of it. If I break even on my investment in this process, great. If I make a profit, that will be amazing.
But my goal was to get the story out there. I as an adult derived much assistance from reading works of queer YA fiction. So I hope that maybe there might be someone out there who will find the story I've written to be helpful.
That's why I write.
