Brian J. Rhymer

I can officially say that I #amquerying! I’ve been elbow deep in revisions, but this morning I decided things were polished enough to send off materials to agents. Fingers crossed!
          
          As such, All That and a Bag of Chips is coming off of Wattpad, at least for the time being.
          
          Now, as I wait to hear back, maybe I can finally catch up with all my Wattpad reading :D

Hi everyone,
          
          I wanted to share a quick update. After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to discontinue two of the novellas I was working on for the Open Novella Contest: Not That Girl and Almost Forgotten. 
          
          Both stories have a lot of potential, but they need some restructuring to really work the way I want them to, and right now, I just don't have the time to give them the attention they deserve. I hope to revisit them in the future once life calms down a bit. 
          
          Thank you so much for your understanding, your patience, and for continuing to support my writing — it means more than you know.
          
          ~Brian

The final chapters of Before You Knew Me have been published! I've never finished an ONC project before finding out if it made it past the second round... hopefully I didn't just jinx myself. Fingers Crossed!

@rhymeswithfry I can't wait! 

All three of my ONC stories have reached that magical 8,000 word milestone! (Now I can focus on catching up with all your stories.)
          
          Also, the latest chapter of "Before You Knew Me" has the most explicit sex scene I've ever written. Like, by far. :Blush:

QUEER REBELS IS FINISHED!!!! (Off line…) But dudes, it’s 88 chapters long and is by far the longest thing I’ve ever written. And I can’t believe I finished it! Thank you to everyone who has checked it out! <3
          
          And now that it’s done, I can turn my attention back to ONC :D

Hey, I thought I'd just let you know I started working on a new project that's a trans-guy x girl story in case you're interested at all!

A new chapter of Not That Girl! Warning: chapter comes with a heavy dose late-90s gay cultural references.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/389949839

New chapter alert! And fyi, this book is now marked mature… for reasons that will be obvious if you read this new chapter…
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/389853278?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=postToProfile&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=rhymeswithfry

I have officially submitted three novellas to round one of ONC 2025. What is wrong with me? LOL
          
          All three are solidly outlined, but there is no guarantee I'll actually get all three across the finish line. But I will try my best! (While also finishing up the last chapters of The Queer Rebels...) I guess we'll see if any of them qualify for round 2, but I'd also love any feedback on which story you think is strongest.
          
          Here is the elevator pitch:
          - Before You Knew Me: middle-aged trans guy hooks up with girl who bullied him in high school. He has mixed feelings.
          - Not That Girl: Popular cheerleader has queer awakening. Things get sexy. (set in the late 90s/early 00s)
          - Almost Forgotten: A literary exploration on why banning books is dangerous with too many high brow references to classic queer novels that should be taught in high school, but aren't. (I really sold that one, didn't I?)
          
          Thank you for reading my ramblings :)