Good Morning!

Yo! Day two of trying to attract people to this. I know it's a really weird way to network my writing and beg for readers but I'm going to keep trying. So far I've just been jumping around. I still haven't found a good theme. I think so far I've been posting about things that inspire me to write and a little bit of what I've been working on, right? I think that's what this blog will be; a tracker of things that inspire me and how the projects I'm working on are getting along. I think it's safe to say that this may turn out like other writing projects, I'll just end up scrapping everything. But it could actually become something, and that's what I'm hoping for. My first goal of this blog is to develop a solid writing style, and one that people enjoy. My second goal is developing plots that people like. My third and final and most ridiculous goal is to get so well known through the blog that If I do somehow get something published there will be people who will buy it and read it and give me feedback about it, but that's literally impossible. It's been a very, very long time (about three years) since I've written fiction for my own enjoyment. Lately I've been focusing on writing for scholarship competitions and journaling, but the other day I was looking through my sketches when I  was cleaning and I saw Aerin and I remembered how the first person I told about them reacted and it inspired me. You see, this girl is a southern baptist child who carries around her bible at school and I bounced my character off of her because she's very insightful about creative stuff and instead of being accepting she said the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my entire life- "The homophobe shouldn't be the antagonist".  When I asked her why she spewed this entire thing about christians just wanting to help and it sounded so along the lines of "the white man's burden" that it made me really angry. There's nothing wrong with people who aren't straight. We don't need your help. That's harassment. That's what I thought about when I found Aerin. What if I pulled a 180 on people like that and showed them that their help was unwanted and uncalled for by writing the story of someone being harassed by someone who means well and refuses to be educated on what they're trying to 'fix'? All I want is for people who think they're doing the right thing to notice and see that they're hurting people by invalidating their identities. I may be fueled by anger but I promise all I want to do is show that acceptance and kindness is a better solution than saying "no, that's not right, that's not how you feel" and "let me help you". ~ SJ