Hey all, I’m Andrew! I’m gay + nonbinary & write characters across the GSM spectrum. My debut novel, ANA ON THE EDGE, comes out from Little, Brown BFYR in October.

This month I’ll be working on a story w/a queer, autistic & Jewish MC, set on a class trip to Spain https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️‍🌈" title="Rainbow flag" aria-label="Emoji: Rainbow flag"> #LGBTQwrimo

#LGBTQWriMo Day 2:

I kinda mentioned this yesterday, but I& #39;m working on another super queer MG book set on a school-sponsored summer trip to Spain, with an autistic MC + themes of friendship, queer & Jewish identityhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️‍⚧️" title="Transgender flag" aria-label="Emoji: Transgender flag">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💙" title="Blue heart" aria-label="Emoji: Blue heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✡️" title="Star of david" aria-label="Emoji: Star of david">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️‍🌈" title="Rainbow flag" aria-label="Emoji: Rainbow flag">

#LGBTQwrimo Day 3

My goal this month is 30,000 words across projects: PBs, my MG WIP, maybe the first chapter of a YA while I’m at it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Books" aria-label="Emoji: Books"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪" title="Flexed biceps" aria-label="Emoji: Flexed biceps"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️‍🌈" title="Rainbow flag" aria-label="Emoji: Rainbow flag">

Anyone else doing Camp? What’re your goals?

#LGBTQWriMo Day 4

Progress report: I& #39;m writing daily but have been focused on a synopsis rather than the WIP itself atm, which gives me fewer words overall. Hoping to wrap that up this weekend so I can dive into drafting again!

#LGBTQWriMo Day 5

First line of my WIP: “I’m ahead of schedule and this is a problem.”

(My autistic MC doesn’t do well when things change unexpectedly—totally unlike me who is super chill and alwayssss goes with the flow https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat">)

#LGBTQWriMo Day 6

I’m a pantser turned plotter. I’ve pantsed most of my life, but plotted my debut novel, ANA ON THE EDGE (wrote a short synopsis + chapter-by-chapter outline), & found it much easier to draft so I’m doing the same for my WIP.

I still pants short stories tho!