I’m a writer. Obviously. I’m known to many as Ivy, to many more as swankivy, and to a few as names I won’t repeat here.
I mostly write novels. So far I’ve completed nine novels, writing my first at age fourteen and my most recent in June 2012. I also write short stories, poetry, rants, nonfiction, essays, webcomics, articles, and silliness. Several of my articles are published in Good Vibrations magazine. I’m pursuing publication for my other works; I have literary agency representation for one of my novels (which has begun the submission-to-publishers process), and I’m sitting on the others while I wait to see what happens with that. My nonfiction book and my short stories are still looking for representation or homes. I’m always doing something new.
I’m thirty-five years old, not interested in dating or marriage, and not planning to have children. I’m an aromantic asexual, a vegetarian, a natural blonde, an eldest daughter, a soprano, a good speller, an editor, and a creativity junkie. I’m 4’11″ tall; I type well over 100 words per minute; I live in Florida, USA; I don’t know how to drive; I have Russian, Hungarian, German, and French heritage; half of my family is from Jewish roots and the other half is from Catholic roots; I live alone in a two-bedroom apartment; and I graduated from the University of Florida in 2000 with a Bachelor’s in elementary education and a psychology minor.
My non-writing-related interests include drawing, singing, playing Dance Dance Revolution, gardening, reading, writing book reviews, playing with websites, literary criticism, asexuality awareness activism, tennis, making YouTube videos, baking, riding my bicycle, talking to friends, arts and crafts, science fiction and fantasy, manga and anime, playing with babies, fairy tales and mythology, unusual music, animal rights, musicals and stage shows, ping-pong, outer space, karaoke, journaling, feminism, dreams, candles, cartoons, fat activism, solitude, webcomics, personality analysis, imagination, queer rights, environmentalism, Halloween, humor, inspiration, long hair, copic markers, nature, nostalgia and documentation, and discussion of paganism and atheism.
Links to my other content:
- My author website
- My personal website
- My “for fun” writing website
- My other webcomic
- My singing
- My drawing
- My photos
- My recipes
- My favorite everything
Links to my accounts (as swankivy):
