I am writing (Patreon)

I am actually writing quite madly. You see, the fanfic I’m working on (Harry Potter) is turning into something I would like to publish professionally. Once I started book two, I realized I was getting into issues of trauma, gender identity, abuse and suicidal feelings. I want to talk about those things. Now, I do think I’m in a weird space because the protagonists are going to be young (I will age them only one year and have them starting Jr. High.  But I am going to have discussions of religious freedom and respect that might make it a hard sell as a “children’s book” and I know the shifting POV with adult-centered chapters is unusual, but I think the story might be nice for gay and trans young people to watch people like them included in the story.  Book three starts getting into those gender issues with Millicent coming out as trans and Harry starting to explore sexuality, although his only official pairing is an awkward attempt to date Hermione that ends with clacking teeth, bumping noses and an agreement that it’s like kissing a sibling.

But I am almost finished with book three, and I’m starting to think about how I would “file off” the fandom.

First, the protagonist is invited to a school in North America somewhere in the ocean off the east coast of Canada or the US.  The travel by magical bubbles to a school founded by Vikings and Native Americans.  The conflict is between the feybloods who had supported a failed terrorist movement and the Council who has overreacted by banning huge parts of the feyblood culture and the wild magic they use.

Neville is going to stay the same as he is my fanfic, but he is going to become a she.  I think she may also be a lesbian.

Harry will stay the same. He has a few moments where he wonders if he‘s gay and his friends are fine with it if he is, but I’m thinking he may end up with a girl by the end.

Millicent in book two comes out as trans and even moves into the boy dorms.  However in book four he comes out as gender fluid and feels very guilty about “misleading” his friends.

I’m don’t know if other students will end up being on the LGBTI spectrum, but maybe.

I am going to have to do a much more thorough rewrite of book one (which is far too much HP canon), and when I do, I also want to develop Gregory Goyle and have him represent the disabled community.  I’m going to emphasize how inept he is with a wand, but I’m also going to develop him as someone with a gift with animals.

So I am finishing up book three right now. I will post a link here to anyone who wants to read it as fanfic. (I do put it up on AOOO, but I do it much slower.).  I then have to decide if I want to sail into Harry Potter and the Trial by Fire or whether I want to start shifting those first three books into my own universe.

So that’s me.  I’m 100K into Harry Potter and the Prisoners of Circumstance and I’m starting to get excited about it. 

When I start shifting it into an original, do you want me to publish here chapter by chapter or wait until I have the whole book shifted?