My Work

Here's a list of all I've worked on over the years.

• The Sun and the Moon Trilogy-The very first series I wrote back when I was in eighth grade. It's the story of a princess named Luna who decides she's done with being a princess, and she runs away and gets saved from being attacked by a runaway boy her age named Ray. They explore their utopia/dystopia world sometimes, but they end up mostly making out and fighting over petty things because WHO HAS TIME TO SAVE THE WORLD? LET'S PLAY BATTLE ROYALE WITH OUR TONGUES! In other words, it's not that good. Don't read it unless you like cheesy popcorn reads and want a good laugh. Thirteen/fourteen-year-old me thought he was subverting all the tropes, but in reality, he fell for them all, hook, line, and sinker.
• The Sense Trilogy-The second series I wrote back at the end of eighth grade, into the summer, and through most of my ninth grade year. After experiencing wacky changes in her senses, Alyce Sparrow finds herself pulled into the world of an agency that trains kids to fight using the amplified powers of their eyes, ears, fingertips, noses, and tongues. Somehow, Alyce is able to control all five because SHE'S SPECIAL AND TOTALLY NOT A SNOWFLAKE, and in order to balance everything out, she'll have to train with five hot boys, WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO? Again, Past Me thought he was subverting tropes, but he fell right into the trap. It's not as bad as my first project (although that did have its good moments), and I really like looking back at the anime influences to see which character inspired who (also, sense powers! Cool!), but in the end, this will never see the light of a published book. I'm capable of better.
• Duet-This is the first thing I wrote that made me actually consider writing as a career. It was really a hobby at first, and then I finished this, and it changed me. Suddenly: OMG, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO KEEP WRITING STUFF LIKE THIS AND HAVE IT PUBLISHED? Anyway, this contemporary standalone novel is about Cam, a prodigious musician locked into piano-playing for a career by his parents, which is not what he wants. HE WANTS TO BE A FREE LITTLE SONGBIRD AND DO HIS OWN THING! Then the guy mowing lawns next door asks if he can use Cam's bathroom to shower really quick, and things pick up from there. It's a story about the power of music, finding independence, and first love, and it's really close to my heart not just because of how it personally affected me, but because it was so different from everything I had written. I took everything seriously, and that's why I want it to be the debut that enters the world. Cam and Kyle are my beautiful precious gay babies, and I want more people to read their story and enjoy it as much as I do. Additionally, this was the turning point for me including marginalized voices in my writing, and I'm really happy about that. MORE ETHNICALLY AND SEXUALLY DIVERSE HUMANS! I'm currently revising this and hoping to query agents by the end of this year.
• The Popularity Games-The second full-fledged novel I wrote. It originally started as this twisted murder mystery a la Pretty Little Liars, and I was going to write it after The Sun and the Moon, but that didn't happen because LET'S KEEP WRITING ABOUT ROMANTIC ANGST! The murder mystery still remains (the most popular girl in school is stabbed and strangled in a school bathroom *gasp*), but it's more of a lighthearted book that's narrated by my favorite Sass Queen, Ivy (she was so much fun to write). Since she can't kill (OMG right after the girl gets killed) her curiosity, she teams up with her newspaper staff friends and school-branded bad boy, Sean, to solve the mystery, and it's a pretty fun ride. I would also love for this to get published, but fine-tuning is necessary. Still, it was fun to break out of my comfort zone and focus more on friendship and finding a murderer than romance, although it does slowly develop.
• The Power of Three-This is my current project, also lovingly referred to as TPoT. I've found my footing in realistic fiction at this point, so, naturally, this is another contemporary standalone. However, it's a little more challenging because I'm focusing on three narrators (whoa!): a trio of close friends (all boys, two white, one Native American, one straight, one gay, one questioning) as they navigate their sophomore year of high school. There's of course drama and drifting apart before coming back together again, and I'm throwing in a lot of different elements and attempting to have them gel together (cross country, art, cooking, and complicated relationships, to name a few). However, the story is mostly about exploring connections people make, how society defines masculinity, and the magic of friendship (which is always in threes in media). It's challenging to write, but it's also rewarding because the book is my passion brew. Now I actually have to drink tea while writing it.
• Short stories-All of them have guys being adorable, but I want to keep writing this one series that focused on holidays. I only have two so far, and it makes me really sad since I have a lot more ideas for it. However, like I said before, guys being adorable is a win-win (and there's also some sex thrown in there because HEY!).
• Fanfics-I have a lot of these too. The earlier Fairy Tail ones are short and a little dumb (sadly, even though I still adore NaLu to this day), but as I've gotten older, not only have they gotten gayer, but there's been a lot more...well...sexual content in them. Honestly, I like writing about that kind of stuff because it can be both cute and surprisingly rewarding, but sh....
• All the stuff I haven't written yet-Some titles I want to expand can be found in the binders, folders, and other stuff from my elementary school and junior high days, but most are kept on a page on my phone. From a gay Jekyll & Hyde retelling, a nonlinear thriller about a toxic relationship between two girls, a comedy about high school theater, or an urban fantasy novel about boys with the powers of the four elements, there's a lot I have yet to write and that I want to. We'll see what comes down the road.