nano

Got the prologue, first chapter and first meeting down. 5,324 words down, which is about 10% done. Here's hoping I can keep this pace up and get the word count done before I have to formulate a plot, since my actual plot only extends to a certain point. After that it's conversation snippets and so on, which isn't exactly helpful.

I need icons. :pokes at photoshop dolefully: Thanks to the Colin Farrell calendar on my wall, Jamie now definitively looks like him. Previously he'd been a vague image that had some elements of Ewan Macgregor and Jamie Bamber in him. Akane? Akane I have no bloody idea about apart from being tough as nails. I never have. Gah.

sexual identity bollocks

just been reading through the genderfuck challenge stories on ds_flashfiction (this was back in may), and came across the one where RayK is a lesbian. Almost exactly the same life, up to and including splitting from Stella and taking the undercover job at the 27th. Then finds herself fancying Fraser and going 'argh, excuse me, hormones, he's a man, practically a Tom of Finland poster in his gayness, WTF?' and someone commented on how much straight people don't realise how much you invest in your sexual identity if you're gay.

Which made me think, because sexuality was never something I thought about. Ever. It was mostly 'boys pretty. girls pretty. and?' Though I am one of those people who likes her girls to be feminine (that is, obviously a girl) and her boys to be masculine. Androgyny does nothing for me, neither does genderbending. Know several people on lj who go 'makeup on boy. guh.' and I just go 'meh'. Unless they're Ancient Egyptian. I dunno. It's more a cultural context thing, I suppose. But anyway, I was just wondering about the other bisexuals on my flist. Did you ever think much about sexual identity or was it 'what's all this having to choose just one?'

I dunno, maybe because I had an entirely trauma-free ride. As in 'oh. right. and...' and all my mates, parents etc who didn't even presume anything else. I think I once tried to casually mention it to my parents, and they went 'yes, yes, what else is new?' dismissively.

Anyway. Must get back to nano.