The State of the Swankivy - May 9 - May 16
The week in review:
Social media counts:
YouTube subscribers: 4,584 for swankivy (19 new this week), 465 for JulieSondra (5 new). Twitter followers: 647 for swankivy (3 new), 945 for JulieSondra (1 new). Facebook: 278 friends (no change) and 163 followers (1 new) for swankivy, 557 likes for JulieSondra (2 new), 54 likes for Negative One (no change), 104 likes for So You Write (no change). Tumblr followers: 1,992 (11 new).
New reviews of my book:
Interviews, articles, mentions:
Books Read:
Orinoco Flow by Enya.
Videos Made:
Letters to an Asexual #27 (a video about aromanticism!)
Pictures Taken:
Me with the vanilla sprinkles donut I bought as a reward for winning the Next Generation Indie Book Award:
My new Steven Universe shirt featuring a cute star with gemstones on it (it's the design on the door of the characters' temple):
And my haircut comparisons:
Back, February 2014Back, May 2015
Front, February 2014Front, May 2015
Stuff Drawn:
Negative One comic:
#0522: ivy #167: birds and bees
Additional Ivy doodle for the contest page:
Written this week:
Writing site:
Writing blog:
On Tumblr:
- I guess there's not really an official big announcement, but the Next Generation Indie Book Awards posted this list of winners and finalists recently and I'm on it, so . . . here we go, my fourth book award. I'm the winner in the LGBT category. YAyyyyYY!
- Saturday was Spend Money Day. I had to buy a bunch of stuff for my upcoming trip and I hate waiting for the last minute so shopping happened. Got new shoes and a new purse. I also made a new video, redecorated my apartment, and made cookies and biscuits for my mom, all on the same day. It was kind of a busy scene.
- Sunday was Mother's Day and I hung out with my friend Sarah in the morning (went out to eat at Panera) and then I went to my mommy's house. Where I fed her biscuits and cookies and also brought tomato soup, oh and I gave her a skirt for her present. And Lindsay came over too! Hadn't seen her since January. She stayed all day, and Patricia called on Skype so we could "hang out" with her and baby Ash, who provided quite a show for us pushing his mommy down for fun and making all his adorable babbles for us.
- Got some edits done on a short story that is going to be published soon and sent it in to the editor. Woo-hoo! Done!
- I created a contest for my Negative One webcomic readers to enter. Since the comic hits TEN YEARS AS A WEBCOMIC on May 20, I'm accepting entries into this contest and I made a little trivia quiz to go with it (helps earn points for the contest). And I drew a little illustration to accompany it. The contest is here.
- Jeaux Day was food at IHOP and inconsequential hanging out at my house. We're such nerds!
Social media counts:
YouTube subscribers: 4,584 for swankivy (19 new this week), 465 for JulieSondra (5 new). Twitter followers: 647 for swankivy (3 new), 945 for JulieSondra (1 new). Facebook: 278 friends (no change) and 163 followers (1 new) for swankivy, 557 likes for JulieSondra (2 new), 54 likes for Negative One (no change), 104 likes for So You Write (no change). Tumblr followers: 1,992 (11 new).
New reviews of my book:
- Three-star review from Rift Vegan on Goodreads.
- Four-star review from Eli on Goodreads.
- Four-star review from BooksAndTea on Goodreads.
Interviews, articles, mentions:
- The 2015 Winners and Finalists List for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards is posted, and I'm on it.
- Someone on Tumblr is kinda gloating that they got their library to order my book. Thought that was kind of neat. :)
Books Read:
- Completed Reading: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Five-star review.
- Currently Reading: The Collected Works of Filler Bunny by Jhonen Vasquez.
Orinoco Flow by Enya.
Videos Made:
Letters to an Asexual #27 (a video about aromanticism!)
Pictures Taken:
Me with the vanilla sprinkles donut I bought as a reward for winning the Next Generation Indie Book Award:
My new Steven Universe shirt featuring a cute star with gemstones on it (it's the design on the door of the characters' temple):
And my haircut comparisons:
Back, February 2014Back, May 2015
Front, February 2014Front, May 2015
Stuff Drawn:
Negative One comic:
#0522: ivy #167: birds and bees
Additional Ivy doodle for the contest page:
Written this week:
Writing site:
Writing blog:
On Tumblr:
- Rockiest space gay (original picture post)
- This person appreciates your efforts (reblog comment)
- Heart hands (original link post)