We Are Rarely What We Seem, And Hardly Ever What We Dream

It's been approximately one trillion years since I last posted here, and with good reason. I never finished Blind Luck; I completely lost interest in it, and as soon as I hit the 50000 word limit, I stopped writing. I don't know why I get into plots, only to dump them as soon as possible (if not sooner), but I suppose with NaNo my ideas get burnt out.

Lately, I have been working on my 2010 project. This would be the still-untitled mermaid genderfuck story, which has taken on a life of its own and moved from being a mostly-comedic story with some touching on gender and sexuality to a multilayered political fantasy about a boy trying to figure out who he really is, prevent a war, and maybe find love. It has become very complicated, and the more I think about it, the more questions arise. Some of them are plot related, some of them are fairly mundane (What is the sky prince's name?), and some are me being myself (Would anyone ever want to actually read this?).

I really like this idea, just as I really liked the idea for Blind Luck. I don't want to get burned out with this, because it seems like it could be really interesting, to myself if to nobody else. Of course, I say this every time I want to write something, and every time I lose interest, or hate a large segment of what I'm writing, or something else that makes me stop caring about what I'm doing. Still, I'll give it a try again.

In summary, writing a comedy about trans mermaids is not as easy as you would think, and it doesn't exactly sound easy. Writing a political fantasy about trans mermaids probably isn't going to be easy either, but it'll hopefully be a lot more interesting. Here's to hoping I don't fuck it up.

A list of all the stories I'm planning on writing.
NaNo '09- Blind Luck: A Fairy Tale of Moderate Proportions
A middle son and a blind princess shamelessly use each other for political gain. They embark on a quest that will force them to duel with insane wizards, dine with spectres, and make a stop at a village that travels in time.

Summer '10- Currently Untitled Work o' Ridiculousity
On Bob's 18th birthday, he finds out that he is actually a mermaid, a princess of Atlantis, engaged to a sky prince. He has until his next birthday to figure out his gender, species, and sexual identity issues and marry the prince, or else doom both kingdoms- and Earth- to war.

Sometime- A Gender Reversed Beauty and the Beast
The beast is an older woman, once renowned for her beauty, who spurned a sorcerer and is condemned to hideousness until someone loves her. Beauty is a hot young gardener who takes care of her plants and becomes interested in his reclusive employer.

Some other time- Queerstalker
Urban fantasy. A man does detective work for his community's more fantastical beings. Told through the eyes of his secretary, a quiet and capable young man.