I have been writing short stories since my mid teens, sadly all of my original stories from back then have been lost, i guess i began writing as i found it to be a way to escape from my world of worries, pain, depression and anxiety.
Now with a far different world from back then, when i use to use writing pads and pen to write my stories, then in my early adulthood moved up to using a typewriter, and now using my laptop computer, my stories have changed dramatically.
Thankfully with the world of internet, i discovered Gay Authors and after a few months of hesitation i registered to become a member in mid Janurary 2014, then did nothing on GA for a few months, but continued to write, tossing up if i should or should not pupbish them on GA, i was very uncertain if my stories were good enough for a site like this.
Although I am gay, none of my stories had any gay characters or theme to them, and i felt very uncomfortable and uncertain how to do this, eventually i was able to review my first two stories and give a hint one character in the story being gay, and in mid April 2014, the first chapter of my first story was submitted to GA and I anxiously waited to hear if it had accept, meanwhile a second story i had been working on, i also submitted the first chapter and once again waited.
when i saw that my stories had been accepted and were now published, i was so thrilled, i wanted to yell out loud "I am an online published author", but sadly i could not do that. Over a year has passed now, and at that time of writing this blog, i have completed 19 stories, 2 stories are on hold and one story is currently in progress, the shotest story being 1 chapter and 2,109 words long, while the longest stories are 11 chapters and 51,437 words plus 15 chapters and 46,444 words long.
In the past 14 months Iv'e written a total of 22 stories, totalling a massive 381,048 words. Not bad for a fairly new author. Especially considering that iv'e had learning difficulites all my life, both socially 7and educationally, with mild dyslexia diagnosed in early adulthood, hense the reason for alot of spelling and grammical errors etc.
I hope to continue to write and publish on GA, all i ask is that readers not be too harsh with my writing as im doing most of this on my own with out Beta readers or Editors, because with the many times that ive asked for assistance, no one is prepared to help me long term.
Cheers for now.
Quokka