I Disappeared, Here's Where I've Been...

Hello hello!

I wanted to stop by and say hello.

So, hello!

After the finale of my series 'Spilling The Tea', I sort of stopped of and sopped updating the website. After receiving various messages of people asking when I'd return to the blog (well, when I'd bring the 'SpillingThe Tea' series back), I figured I should make some sort of post explaining where I've been, and when I'm returning:

First, I hate to day it, but I'm not sure when I'm returning. I know it'll be soon, just, not sure on how soon.

Second, I disappeared because I'm currently working on a book.

Yes, I'm writing a book!

The novel I'm writing is fiction, and has the following synopsis:

Lane is a gay famous fashion model from Houston, whose boyfriend died under strange circumstances. Shortly after the death of his boyfriend, Lane is unexpectedly diagnosed with HIV. Lane's gay-cousin Kevin to move in with Lane to keep an eye on him while exploring city-life for the very first time. As Lane tries to figure out how he contracted the virus, Kevin investigates what really happed to Lane's boyfriend, and uncovers all of the dark secrets that Lane is hiding from everyone...

The book has heavy themes of chosen-family and loneliness -- supported by a backbone of showing the destructive nature of organized-religion, while showing many of the unspoken struggles that queer people still face in the South today. The book follows four friends, and is loosely inspired by HBO’s Girls, and is classified as a comedy-drama, that has a heavy social commentary of how much more progress we still need to make in today's society.

My goal with publishing this novel is to push boundaries of acceptance, raise money for non-profits like The Trevor Project, and ultimately -- my biggest goal with the book is to eventually get it banned in Southern states, such as Florida, Texas, Mississippi, etc.

I'm not doing this to kindly ask the goal-post to move over, I'm doing this to shove my way through the current barriers places upon queer-people. I will not move the goal-post over, I'll be tearing it down and building a new one, and will be doing it kicking-and-screaming if I have to.

We all deserve better.

I have already been working on it for four months. While I work on completing my novel, I'll proceed to searching for ways to get the story published.

I will keep everyone updated here, and on my instagram (@theoolongrunk).

I can't wait to share with everyone what I've been working on!

I'll see you all very soon.

Best wishes,

~Cody Wade

aka The Oolong Drunk

"Blissfully Tea Drunk"