I really don't write much about myself on here, but decided to share. I'm fairly new to TG fiction. I've loved writing fiction since I was nine or ten though. I used to make up silly little stories, about characters setting off on adventures. Most of them had fantasy and magical elements. Although, I did enjoy space travel and other themes.

Around the age of twelve, I had a super awesome best friend. She and I would make up little plays in our heads and act them out. I introduced her to some of my stories, and she really liked them. She thought we should act them out, and so we did. Eventually I ran out of stories where it was a boy and girl, or a boy vs a girl, and ran into ones where it was two girls. This didn't seem to stop us, and I began playing along as the other girl. Together we set off on adventures.

At that point, I didn't know anything about transgender issues, but it really changed my perception. I began writing more stories with girl duos, so we could act them out together. Eventually this led to me dressing the part for some of them. Which in turn led to issues with my parents at the time. They didn't really like me doing what I was doing.

So I stepped away from it. For years, in fact. I still wrote short stories. However, if there was one that I wrote that even had an inkling of my desire to be in the role of a female character, I would hide it away. Not that they would know, but because I felt guilty about it, and worried they would know somehow.

After graduating high school, I received my first computer. It gave me the ability to search for others who had an interest in "gender swapping" stories. I found Fictionmania, as well as others, but Fictionmania became my go-to site. It had a ton of stories, which I spent hours combing through. There was a common theme, however, in that the content was largely for sexual gratification. That's not to say I found it completely reprehensible; as most of my fetishes today stem from some of those stories. But a lot of it simply left me more confused, thinking what I was interested in largely circled around sex.

I didn't give up though. I began searching for more and more realistic fiction. Stuff that was truer to life, but still fiction. I didn't mind the other stories, but I wanted something closer to what I experienced in the past. Needless to say, those stories were few and far between. Then one day, after posting yet another "searching for" query, someone told me that I should maybe write my own.

So I did. The first few I wrote just weren't going anywhere. I began to realize why few people wrote true-to-life fiction. It's hard to come up with a plot that pulls people in, unless it's a thriller or mystery. Plus, there weren't a lot of checkboxes to tick when it came time for picking "TG elements." By about my fifth story, I even fell into the rabbit hole myself. It became filled with over-the-top sexualization, and quickly developed into a sex romp. Basically, I began to feel that I had to put those fetish elements in to make it "good." It caused me to step away, and pull the two stories I had already had posted. Which weren't exactly getting much attention anyway.

A year or so later, I began developing the Bailey Saga (shameless plug; new chapters available) and constantly forced myself to not get carried away with it. While it had/has some steamy elements that slip(ped) in, I continue to force myself to cut anything that I feel goes too far. I have no problem writing that kind of story, but I wanted Bailey's story to be closer to my own experiences. And I definitely didn't run out and have sex romps during my school days. To this day, I feel the restraint is what gives the story its charm.

Traded them to Echo Publications for other books.