I know I started this blog as a means to give greater context into Thicker Than Water and my writing process, which hasn't been well received (oh well), so I thought I'd turn this more into a discussion forum instead.  The first thing I'd like to discuss is to quote a Chicago song, "Where do we go from here?"

I'm not yet done with Thicker Than Water, as I know how the story will end but not quite there yet.  I will be continuing the adventures of the characters in the story over on Nifty in a much bigger story that ties in several stories I have on that sight.  The reason I don't want to bring that tie-in here to GA is that there will be topics that violate the guidelines here, such as under age sex and sexual situations with minors (which has occurred in my other stories, already), and Nifty is the better platform for that. (I can get into all of that in a future post later if everyone wants.)

With that in mind, I do have several ideas that wouldn't work on Nifty due to the lack taboo sexual content, ironically.  There are formatting issues that Nifty also lacks that I'm so glad GA has, such as the ability to use italics for emphasis and to be able to come back in a edit posts.  With that said, I'm on the fence with what to work on next, as I have three ideas (kind of) fleshed out.

The first idea I've worked on the most is an anthology that's built around a soundtrack.  Each story would be it's own isolated story focusing on queer characters major events in their lives, with a particular song that, to me, exemplifies or enhances the reading experience.  Being into music as I am, I've already created a YouTube playlist to go along with it, along with notes on individual stories.  I've tried finding artists that are openly queer, queer adjacent or at the very least not openly anti-LGBTQAI+, and each song has had a strong emotional pull (which is saying something for me) whenever I think about the associated story.

The second idea is one I've been toying with for quite awhile.  It's a dark drama similar to what you'd find from the US shows Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy.  I don't want to get too much into the details yet, but it would explore the much darker sides of human nature within the confines of GA's guidelines.  If you've read Growing Up Charlie on Nifty, you might have an idea of how truly dark this could get.  I love writing villains and antiheros, people you just love to hate, that's what this story would be about.  This would be a series of novels that would be written like I were writing a television show (not in script form, though), with the idea that dialogue and cinematic description would be more of the focus than over all narration.

The third idea is more of a passion project that I always get nervous about writing.  If you've read far enough into Thicker Than Water, you'll notice Steve is a gamer, who is obsessed with Dungeons and Dragons (don't jump too far ahead here, people!)  I'm also a gamer who has a fondness for D&D, but my true TTRPG (table top roleplaying game) love is Vampire: the Masquerade.  It was the first game I ever played and have been in love with the setting ever since.  I've always wanted to write fan fiction for it since high school, but the company was very controlling over their copywrites and trademarks...until a few years ago.  They've opened the door for fan fiction to be written, so long as certain guidelines are met (mostly around money), and GA would be the better site to post it on, I think.  I have some ideas of how I want this to do, but have been too nervous to even try to come up with ideas; however, if I pull it off the way I want, I think it would make for a really good, engrossing story or series.

So that's what I'm looking at when it comes to future projects.  Thicker Than Water is getting closer to finishing with every entry, and I don't want to be the only story I post on this site.  I hate making decisions, and would love some feed back from those who would be reading the stories I post, so lets have discussion down in the comments below and see the possibilities.