Thread by @NataniaBarron

This pride month, I'm particularly proud that I didn't give up and "straighten out" my writing on my search for an agent.

Even my very VERY first novel, an epic fantasy, had a queer main character. Even before I was out myself!

To be fair, I did not know that bisexuals existed because Evangelical religious trauma etc.

If I did, I'd have had a far less confusing life.

Also thought if you got married to a boy you, like, didn't "count" anymore?

And in terms of demisexuality... I think of myself as having two brains. Gemini! Hah.

There is my objective aesthetic brain. "Yes, this is an attractive human whose features I find appealing."

Then my emotional brain: "Yes, I like this brain and shall act on said attraction."

There is most often a long and winding road between the two.

HOWEVER this is also why I love romance novels because there is SO MUCH emotional connection.