The State of the Swankivy - August 9 - 15
The week in review:
Books Read:
Read and reviewed (click to read the review): Captain Underpants #10 by Dav Pilkey. Three stars.
Currently reading: Fairy Tales in Electri-City by Francesca Lia Block.
Songs Sung:
Madonna: "Borderline."
Videos Made:
Here's the video I made with Brian where he's promoting my book on his channel:
Pictures Taken:
My book arrived at the warehouse--the hardbacks are done. My editor tweeted this picture:
I tweeted my Graze snack. Peach cobbler.
And here is my hair comparison, which I photograph on the 15th of every month to see how long it is getting.
Front: February 2014Front: August 2014
Back: February 2014Back: August 2014
Stuff Drawn:
Negative One comic:
#0483: dax #57: about being strong
Written this week:
Writing blog:
- Pitch Wars has opened for submissions! Aaaannnd I'm already drowning in them. (Apparently even though there are 20 mentors taking my category, I'm receiving at least half of the submissions. o_O) Here is the submission site if you're planning to enter with a completed manuscript.
- My book's hardcover copies arrived at the warehouse so my copies will be coming to me very soon!
- I posted a ton of new reviews again on Goodreads on my author account, and I became the #4 top reviewer of the week. You can add my Goodreads account if you haven't already.
- I was mentioned in Georgia Political Review, but I never spoke to anyone there. They just lifted quotes from me and others and republished them.
- We had a Pitch Wars-related "Ask the Mentors!" event to answer entrants' questions before submissions opened, and afterwards, Mentor Dan posted this overview, which mentions me and how apparently I am hilarious.
- I was mentioned in two "small" linkspams by Queenie this week: This one on demisexuality and this one on aromanticism.
- I was interviewed about my book by Brian from Everything's A-Okay video, and the cute little video is here.
- Book club this week was a lot of fun--got more time to talk to people and there were more members there. The book we'd read was Field of Blood by Denise Mina. Some people liked it and some people didn't.
- Victor officially has a girlfriend and I'm ridiculously happy for him.
- I ate at Moe's with Jeaux this week. We went to his house to watch America's Got Talent and Legend of Korra. Had fun talking about Internet drama.
- YouTube subscribers: 3,687 for swankivy (12 new this week), 371 for JulieSondra (1 new). Twitter followers: 534 for swankivy (no change), 621 for JulieSondra (61 new--yeah, it's all Pitch Wars again). Facebook: 262 friends (no change) and 129 followers (no change) for swankivy, 386 likes for JulieSondra (1 new), 48 likes for Negative One (no change), 78 likes for So You Write (1 new). Tumblr followers: 1,459 (8 new).
Books Read:
Read and reviewed (click to read the review): Captain Underpants #10 by Dav Pilkey. Three stars.
Currently reading: Fairy Tales in Electri-City by Francesca Lia Block.
Songs Sung:
Madonna: "Borderline."
Videos Made:
Here's the video I made with Brian where he's promoting my book on his channel:
Click to viewPictures Taken:
My book arrived at the warehouse--the hardbacks are done. My editor tweeted this picture:
I tweeted my Graze snack. Peach cobbler.
And here is my hair comparison, which I photograph on the 15th of every month to see how long it is getting.
Front: February 2014Front: August 2014
Back: February 2014Back: August 2014
Stuff Drawn:
Negative One comic:
#0483: dax #57: about being strong
Written this week:
Writing blog:
- 30-Week Writing Survey: Week 19: Favorite Minor Character
- No, I don't want to write your idea
- My Pitch Wars process!
- You're a huge inspiration to me (ask response)
- Hell is OKCupid (reblog comment)