This month I featured Dianjin's Frozen Heart. This story features two boys who have a lot to overcome in their lives... and it's just possible they might be able to help each do that. Did you find the time to enjoy their journey this month? What did you think? We won't be doing any chat time, since unfortunately Dianjin is sans internet for today, but please remember to share your thoughts about Max and Aaron's story.

Single people often have more time to write. Are you single?
As I wrote Frozen Heart I actually had a boyfriend, but since we weren’t living together I still had lots of time to write

What are you wearing (and no fibbing!)?
Shorts and a t-shirt! Though I have to admit I was topless a few minutes ago

Have you ever gone out in public, realized your shirt is on backwards, and just don’t care?
Yes and no, Once I noticed in the metro so it was out of the question to fix it on the spot, another day I was just too lazy to do it.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
Video games, reading, watching a few TV shows (Doctor Who first and foremost)

What brought you to GA?
I was looking for erotic gay stories one boring afternoon.

Where do you get your ideas?
All around me, books I read, games I play, even a few moments from my day to day life are in there.

Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
Let me be honest, I’m not a native English speaker, and sometimes I get carried away with my sentences, you see in French we tend to have very looooooooooooooooooooooooong sentences. I really have to force myself to not make run-ons.

Is your writing process a daily word count goal or more of a burst of inspiration writing flurry?
Depends, for Frozen Heart I set myself a goal of a chapter per day, and to achieve that I start thinking about the chapter early in the day, outline and stuff, but can get to writing it at noon, or very late at night. For my new story A Companion for all Time it’s more of a come and go thing, two days ago I wrote at least 3000 words, though I had not touched it for two weeks.

If you could give advice to yourself when you first started writing, what would it be?
Make an outline, plan, setting page or something. When I started writing I just thought of things and wrote them down, and soon I was overwhelmed, my very first story went too far too fast, with big ugly holes in the middle, reason why I put it on hold for now (I have some ideas for it actually, but I’m thinking of scrapping all of it for now). Now I have a sepearte document that is always open when I write with character description, things that I did and have to do, ideas, setting, stuff like that. I’m always updating it.

Did something specific inspire you to write Frozen Heart?
My boyfriend, Maximilian is heavily inspired by some of his struggles, of course I really magnified it (don’t worry in real life he’s not like that at all). I wanted to do something deeper than just a simple gay story, I don’t know if that came through well or not

I noticed you have several AHA moments. Do you have a favorite readers picked up on?
I don’t really know ^^’ I just enjoying writing the story, all of it, though if I had to pick a favorite moment it would be the end of chapter 9, I had been planning that one for a while

Do you identify with Max or Aaron, and how so?
A little of both, as said before Max is inspired after my boyfriend (a bit), but he has somethings that are me, and Aaron would be the sort of person I would like to have as a best friend!

How long did it take you to write Frozen Heart?
I didn’t count I’d say about a month or so, maybe more, probably more.

If your story were made into a movie, who do you picture playing each character’s part?
I have no idea on that one I’d say someone that fit their physical description as best as possible, and for Max a really, really shy person

What are your future projects?

Finishing A companion for all Time, and continuing Max and Aaron’s journey in Golden Heart, then taking another look at French Touch.