I’m 25!

Yep! I’m openly bisexual.

The traditional way–querying. I’d sent about 50 queries and received about 15 requests for the manuscript when I got the offer of rep from my agent. I immediately sent notice to the other agents on submission, which prompted several counteroffers. I ultimately signed with the first offering agent, and I couldn’t be happier with my decision.

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes. I’ve read it dozens of times and I still can’t get through the ending without crying. Silvera’s More Happy Than Not is a close second (I tend to like more cerebral novels).

What I’m doing alongside writing now: Chemical Engineering. My ultimate dream is to be a screenwriter, though.

I knew for a while that I wanted to write about a complex friendship/ambiguous dynamic between two guys with vastly different viewpoints. There was a lot I wanted to say about bisexuality and religion, so that was my starting point. But I also wanted a high-stakes backdrop, and I’d been toying with the idea of a legal drama in my head for a while. So in January 2016 I started about six months of legal research, and everything “clicked” in May 2016. I wrote the manuscript that summer.

In no particular order:

• Bisexuality
• Religion, Christianity, & the Catholic Church
• Family
• Friendship
• The explosive collision of all of the above

Zero.

Now we’re talking! I would adore seeing NATHAN adapted into a film (or, more likely, a miniseries).