Personal Digest Saturday - May 16 – May 22

Life news this week:

• Saturday I did a few digital errands (updating collections and blogging), but the majority of the day was focused entirely on editing my short story, or novella more accurately. Not sure why I have been so fixated on this one but I couldn't leave it alone. Also fine-tuned the synopsis for it.
  
  
• Sunday I did DDR early (before coffee!) and did some laundry and trash chores. Chatted on Polos and Discord. And again spent the entire day pretty much working on the novella.
  
  
• Monday was another day of not being able to climb out of the story! Dang. I did go to work and send out teaming requests and do some data entry. And I also read the ending of the book I've been reading recreationally. But damn, I couldn't let go of this thing.
  
  
• Tuesday I worked and did nothing remarkable, and AGAIN spent the day on my story but finally I got the thing finalized and submitted it somewhere. Finally I could kinda use my brain for other things and did my walking, did some Polos, and recorded some voice acting auditions.
  
  
• Wednesday I did more work with timesheets and teaming partners. Then I started working hard on the pitch materials for my novel, finally. I wrote my first query letter (but I still have more work to do; it's a draft). And I started the arduous process of looking for comparison titles, which is tough for a book like mine, but you gotta do it. Jeaux and I did errands and ate at Noble Crust, and it was rainy later so I had to get all my walking done inside. Jeaux and I shared silly stories and also I found a book finally available to buy that I've been trying to get for YEARS to complete my collection. Hooray!
  
  
• Thursday I did some research and a meeting at work. Continued work on my synopsis and query and began editing the manuscript again. My crit partner is preparing some notes for me on the part of my book he's read up to now. I sent out a short story and a query and wrote my webcomic storyboard, then played DDR and went to game night. I practiced music and then played with my novel some more.
  
  
• Friday I woke up early because my power supply was making an annoying noise and I couldn't get back to sleep after. Went to work and did my usual reports and coordination. And I did some work on my novel and practiced music and did some reading. I got my webcomic drawn and posted with no issues.

Interviews, Articles, Mentions:

• The book tour for Being Aro has been announced. I don't know the actual access details yet, but I'm part of the virtual tour on May 27.

New Reviews:

• Meg gave The Invisible Orientation a four-star review on Goodreads.
• <li>Shany Eowin Falwan gave The Invisible Orientation a four-star review on Goodreads (in French).

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week, and met my protein goals five out of seven days. I am still taking my vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do DDR or aerobics every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. Based on my phone's app, my low day was Monday at 10,072 steps, and my high day was Tuesday at 12,545 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: The Dawn of Yangchen by F.C. Yee. Three-star review.
  
  
• Currently Reading: The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Yee. I'm on page 21.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song: "Mad About You" by Belinda Carlisle

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1097: ivy #364: before i join you.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

None.

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,432 for swankivy (lost 1), 675 for JulieSondra (no change), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 215 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 67 for Tides of Time Band (no change) 6 for Vinyl Impact Band (2 new). Twitter followers: 739 for swankivy (lost 3), 3,352 for JulieSondra (lost 7). Facebook: 285 friends for swankivy (no change), 621 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 78 followers for Negative One (no change), 241 followers for So You Write (no change), 100 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,409 (no change). Instagram followers: 309 (2 new). Threads followers: 89 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 464 (6 new).