The State of the Swankivy: February 8 - 14

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The week in review:

• Spent some time editing the asexuality book. It's due really soon.
  
• I received my first advance check. So exciting to finally be paid for the thing I love doing most in the world.
  
• FINALLY got started adding reviews to Goodreads on my author account and transfering reviews to Amazon. I've been meaning to do this forever. I'm putting them up in the order I read them, but I'm still not even into the 1990s yet after days of doing this, though. Yes I'm serious.
  
• My mentee and I were joint-interviewed on Brenda Drake's blog about our Pitch Wars success.
  
• I was on The Big Reveal this week talking about critique partners and beta readers.
  
• I was mentioned on the Asexual Agenda; they signal-boosted my post about IvyQ.
  

Books Read:

Finished reading The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd. (Link goes to my review.) Currently reading: Austenland by Shannon Hale.

Songs Sung:



Madonna: "Back in Business."

Photos Taken:




Me with my advance check!




Me being silly pretending to eat said check.

Stuff Drawn:

Negative One:



#0457: adele #92: like we're friends
Negative One main comic page

Written this week:

Writing blog:

• 30-Week Blog Challenge Week 23: A Letter to Your Parents
  
• Speaking at IvyQ
  
• Advance
  
• Pitch Wars Success Interview AND The Big Reveal on Critique Partners!
  

On Tumblr:

• My first advance check for the asexuality book (original photo)
  
• Asexuality workshop at IvyQ (original post)
  
• Pitch Wars success story (original post)
  
• Query Quagmire right of first refusal (reblog comment)
  
• Dear asexual community (reblog comment)
  
  • Response 1: Asexual stereotypes (ask response)
    
  • Response 2: I fit a lot of stereotypes (ask response)
    
  • Response 3: I don't fit the stereotype (ask response)
    
  • Response 4: I'm autistic and mentally ill (ask response)
    
  • Response 5: I'm not on this earth to educate you (reblog comment)
    
  • Response 6: I hate the cake joke, but I'm not trying to take it away from you (reblog comment)
    
  • Response 7: Awareness efforts are working, dammit (reblog comment)
    
  • Response 8: But I'm unattractive, I'll embarrass you (ask response)
    
  • Response 9: Nobody's invalidating us because of cake (reblog comment)