SwankiVY's Life Events Timeline!
1977
- June 25: Parents were married.
1978
- January 17: I was born, Summit, NJ.
- May: Learned to roll over at the age of about four months.
- September: Started saying my first words.
1979
- January 17: First birthday!
- April: Started walking around fifteen months of age.
- May 9: My sister Patricia was born.
- September(ish?): Started being able to read simple words.
1980
- January (?): Around age two years, started reading books I'd never seen before.
- September: Family moved to Kernersville, NC.
1982
- February: Family moved to Winston-Salem, NC.
- Sometime(?): Began attending a sort of nursery school with my sister.
- Sometime(?): Was obsessed with The Smurfs and Woody Woodpecker.
1983
- March 8: My sister Lindsay was born.
- Summer (?): Lost my first teeth.
- August: Started kindergarten at South Fork Elementary.
1984
- Sometime(?): Became obsessed with The Ewoks cartoon.
- Sometime(?): Started learning stage magic tricks and performing them.
- December: Family moved to Wilmington, NC.
1985
- January: Started first grade at Winter Park Elementary.
- Sometime(?): Finally broke my habit of sucking my thumb.
- Sometime(?): Started studying how to read Hebrew.
- Sometime(?): Began attending a gifted program at another school on some days.
- Sometime(?): Got my first best friend, Grace.
- August 3: Was a flower girl in my aunt's wedding.
1986
- February 17: I won a county-wide poster contest and received a savings bond. My picture was in the newspaper.
- Sometime(?): Became obsessed with The Popples.
- Sometime(?): Got my second best friend, Ellen.
- April: Started piano lessons.
- Sometime(?): Joined Brownie Girl Scouts.
1987
- Sometime(?): Started considering a girl named Meghan in my class one of my best friends.
- September: Joined fourth grade chorus.
- Sometime(?): Joined Girl Scouts.
1988
- Sometime(?): Stopped going to Hebrew school.
- July: Attended various day camps, including Arts Camp.
- November: Went to Disney World with my family.
1989
- July: Family moved to Sarasota, FL.
- July 4: Got my ears pierced.
- August 28: Started sixth grade at McIntosh Middle.
- Sometime(?): Got very interested in collecting pen pals.
1990
- Sometime (?): My grandparents moved to Sarasota, and I started getting closer to them.
- June 13: Got a second hole pierced in my ears.
- August: Joined strings program, playing violin.
- Sometime(?): Took tennis lessons.
1991
- Sometime(?): Got braces.
- Sometime(?): Took jazz dance lessons.
1992
- February(?): Wrote my first novel, Double Vision.
- August: Started high school at Riverview High School (ninth grade).
- August: Joined All-Girls Beginning Chorus.
- September: Got my first boyfriend, Peter.
- September/October: Passed All-State Choral auditions. Got into SATB Concert Chorus.
1993
- January: Was switched into Mixed Chorus.
- January: All-State 9th & 10th Grade Concert Chorus performance.
- January(?): Began writing my "Skyler Stories" book.
- February: Auditioned for Center Stage group and got in.
- March 12: Went to district contest with my chorus and got superior ratings.
- May 13: My first boyfriend dumped me.
- June 10: Took the course I needed to get my learner's permit.
- June 30 July 1: Attended "Florida Choral Experience" summer camp.
- July 7: Got my braces off.
- Sometime(?): Began to identify as "nonsexual."
- August: Family moved to Tampa, FL.
- August 19: Started school at Chamberlain High School (tenth grade). Joined the chorus.
- September(?) Began writing my "Bruce the Duck" series.
- October: Met Phil, who later became my last boyfriend.
- October 20: Had my first professional voice lesson.
1994
- January: Performed in All-State Women's Chorus.
- January 17: Turned 16.
- January 22: Had a Sweet Sixteen birthday party with all my friends.
- February 11: Performed a solo at district festival and received superior ratings.
- March 20: Started officially dating Phil.
- April 7 12: Went to Washington with the chorus.
- May: Attended and passed auditions for an elite women's chorus for senior year.
- August: Got obsessed with the Animaniacs television show.
- August: Started getting really close with Meghan.
- November: Started my friendship with Mia.
1995
- January: Performed in All-State 11th & 12th Grade Concert Chorus.
- February 5: Saw Ween in concert for the first time.
- February: Performed a solo at district festival and received excellent ratings.
- May 20: Went to my boyfriend's senior prom with him.
- Sometime(?): Took the SAT and got a 1320.
- September 15: Got my first job at Sweet Tomatoes restaurant.
- September 17: My Uncle Kenny died from complications related to AIDS, age 46.
- November 6: Got accepted to University of Florida.
1996
- January: Performed in All-State Women's Chorus.
- January 17: Turned 18.
- January 27: Auditioned for the University of Florida music program.
- January 29: Got on the Internet for the first time, through America Online.
- February: Performed a solo at district festival and received superior ratings.
- March 13: Broke up with my last boyfriend, Phil.
- Sometime(?): Passed the AP English exam with a 5.
- June 7: Graduated from high school.
- July 10: Drove a car for the last time in twenty years while flunking the driver's test.
- July 15: Moved to Gainesville, FL, for college. Moved into an apartment with John and Dena.
- July: Got my own first computer. Became active on the Internet for the first time.
- July 18: Went to my first poetry jam at the Civic Media Center.
- July 31: Began writing the first The House That Ivy Built novel.
- August 13: Finished writing the novel.
- August 26: Started college, majoring in Music Education.
- August: Auditioned for University Choir and got in.
- September 25: Began writing the second The House That Ivy Built novel.
- December 30: Met my friend Victor in person for the first time (first Internet friend meetup).
1997
- March: Spring Break at Six Flags with my Internet friends Blink and Rowan.
- June: Got a job at Baskin-Robbins.
- July: Got fired from Baskin-Robbins.
- August: Went up to Virginia on a road trip with my roommate, and visited my friends Blink and Rowan again.
- October: Created my first Web page.
- December(?): Dena graduated and moved out, and Mia moved in.
1998
- January: Switched majors to Elementary Education.
- January 17: Became a vegetarian.
- February: Met my friend Jim (Bunky) for the first time in person.
- February(?): Started the third The House That Ivy Built novel.
- February 14: Started my job as a Kids' WB! volunteer chat host on AOL.
- April 24: Got my first e-mail from Squirrel (Michael).
- May 25: Had Internet friends James and Chris visit for Memorial Day weekend.
- May(?): John graduated and moved out, and JW moved in.
- June(?): Celebrated my maternal grandparents' 50th anniversary with family.
- July 4: Met my friend Fred.
- July 16: Meghan had her first baby, Katelyn, and used my name for her middle name.
- August: Got really into the anime Tenchi Muyo! and spent a lot of time watching it.
- September 1830: David visited from Malta.
- October(?): Started the fourth The House That Ivy Built novel.
- November(?): Started studying Paganism.
- November: Visited New York City.
- November 29: My maternal grandfather, Herb, passed away at age 78.
1999
- January 17: Turned 21 in Las Vegas, NV.
- March 612: Visit with Bunky in Columbus, and got to meet Ronni.
- May 511: Fred visited, and we went to visit Jessica in Melbourne.
- May(?): JW and Mia moved out, and Ammy and Melissa moved in.
- Sometime(?): Started attending anime club meetings.
- June: Began to do my first "scripted" Pagan-oriented rituals.
- June: Got a summer job as an office assistant for a professor at UF.
- July 22: Kids' WB! closed, chat hosting job over.
- August 2: Started Hecklers Online chat host job.
- October 8: Went to Anime Weekend Atlanta.
- December 20: Visited Fred in California and celebrated the Winter Solstice with him and Christmas with his family.
- December: Did my first professional freelance editing job on Mike Yon's book Danger Close.
2000
- January: Began my first pre-internship, assistant-teaching first grade.
- February: Started getting annoying eye infections.
- March 2: Began my second pre-internship, assistant-teaching third grade, but got switched to fourth.
- March 22: Met my friend Jeaux.
- April 13: Finished my pre-internship.
- May 515: Took a week vacation to go to Jessica's wedding.
- June: Did another stint as a summer office assistant for a college professor. Also did Web work.
- June 21: Got my first computer virus.
- June 24: Graduated from the University of Florida with a B.A. in Elementary Education, GPA 3.56.
- June 30: Had a visit with Jessica and Ron and threw a graduation party.
- July 12: Interviewed for a retail position at Books-A-Million and got hired.
- August 5: Moved from my college apartment to a studio apartment of my own.
- October: Got promoted to Kids' Department Head at the bookstore.
- November 5: Found out my online friend Steve passed away.
- December 2431: Saw my parents and family for holidays.
2001
- February 9: Jessica visited.
- February 28: Began writing articles for Everything2.com.
- May 11 13: Anime convention JACON with Kari.
- May 25: Finished writing the fourth The House That Ivy Built book.
- June 7 16: Fred visited; fun in Gainesville and Tampa.
- June 27 July 1: Jessica and Seth visited.
- August: My sister Patricia moved to Japan.
- August 8 12: Jessica and Seth visited (again).
- September 11: World Trade Center got bombed.
- September 21 23: Anime Weekend Atlanta convention.
2002
- January 3 6: Fred visited.
- February: Hecklers Online chat closed. Quit hosting.
- May: Began writing the prequel to The House That Ivy Built.
- May 12: Started the fifth The House That Ivy Built novel.
- July 1 8: Fred visited, and we went camping at All World Acres.
- August: Passed a copyediting/proofreading test and got a position as a freelance editor.
- August 15: Played my first game of Dance Dance Revolution and got hooked.
- August 24: Went to an Everything2.com nodermeet (meeting online friends in a group).
- November 5: Began writing my children's book Joint Custody.
2003
- January 30: Went to Les Misιrables with Mike.
- June 8: Began writing my novel Bad Fairy.
- July 17 27: Fred visited, and we went canoeing and karaokeing.
- August: Completed writing my novel Bad Fairy.
- August: Wrote an article on Eragon that got very popular online.
- September 27: Met Jeremy from Mu for the first time.
- November 6 12: Visited Japan.
2004
- February 1314: Met my online friend Dieter in person.
- February 2629: Fred visited me in Gainesville.
- May 21 23: Anime convention JACON with Jeaux.
- July 1 9: Las Vegas trip with Fred.
- September 23 30: Visited Ronni in Ohio.
- October 5 13: My sister Patricia was home from Japan and visited me with Mom.
- November 2: Met my friend Mikey.
- November 2: Voted in a national election for the first time.
- November 21: My sister and mom were in a car wreck, but were fine.
2005
- April 21 26: Fred visited.
- May 13: My parents' divorce became official.
- May 20: Started my webcomic, Negative One.
- May 26: An article on asexuality that I was interviewed for was published.
- August 58: Road trip with Mikey around Florida.
- November 1: I was quoted liberally in AASECT's Contemporary Sexuality newsletter.
- November: My sister Lindsay went missing and was found.
2006
- January 28: Renaissance Faire trip with Mikey.
- April 913: Spring road trip with Mikey to find a new place to live.
- May 25 30: Fred visited.
- June 25: Last day of work at the bookstore.
- June 28: Moved to Tampa, FL. Got my own one-bedroom apartment.
- July 27: Started new job as administrative assistant at DKS Associates.
- September 10: Began writing my novel Finding Mulligan.
- December 2: My maternal grandmother, Maura, passed away at age 84.
2007
- April 18 24: Fred visited.
- June: Started regularly reading Eyeshield 21 manga.
- June 17: Recorded my first YouTube video.
- July 28: Moved to a new two-bedroom apartment.
- August 29: Meghan had her second baby, Benjamin.
2008
- January 15 31: Had Victor visiting for the first time in over 10 years.
- January 17: Turned 30!
- February 2: Ren Faire in Gainesville with Mikey.
- March 1: Ren Faire in Tampa with Mikey.
- March 11: Saw a They Might Be Giants concert.
- March 31: Completed my novel Finding Mulligan.
- April 4: Saw Avenue Q live.
- April 20: Hosted a Passover celebration at my house for the first time.
- July 18 22: Fred visited.
- July 27: Participated as a bridesmaid in Ronni's wedding.
- October 12: Participated as maid of honor in Meghan and Brendon's wedding.
- October 24: Took a Greyhound trip to visit Mike in Gainesville.
- October 31: Big Halloween party at my apartment.
- November 6: Started writing my novella Stupid Questions.
- November 12: Finished my novella Stupid Questions.
- November 20: swankivy.com got its first front page layout.
- November 27: Thanksgiving at Jeaux's.
- December 13: Got the news that my sister Patricia was engaged.
- December 31: New Year's Eve at my mom's.
2009
- January 18: Got sick for the first time in five years.
- January 24: Ren Faire in Gainesville with Mikey.
- May 2: Went to an OKCupid meetup and made some important new friends.
- June 9: Found out my friend Mike from Sarasota passed away.
- July 18: Got interviewed in The Daily Beast for an article about asexuality.
- August 1: Participated as maid of honor in my sister Patricia's wedding to Yusuke.
- August 9: Made my first real music video on YouTube.
- October 22: Taped my interview for the documentary (A)sexual.
- October 25: Attended the wedding of Steve and Jessica.
- October 31: Huge party for Halloween at my place, with 20+ people.
- December 5: Went to Universal Studios and saw Rent with Mikey.
2010
- January 30: Ren Faire in Gainesville with Mikey.
- February 6: EPCOT visit with Sarah.
- May 20: Hit five years of doing my webcomic without ever missing or being late.
- June 4 8: Michigan visit with Jessie; got to meet Cara.
- August 5 12: Anna Maria Island beach trip with Meghan and friends.
- August 28: Went to a housewarming at Mandy's house and got to meet her and several other online friends.
- September 8: Was interviewed along with David Jay on Internet radio program The Authority Smashing! Hour, discussing asexuality.
- September 11: Began attending monthly Drink and Draw meetings with a group of Tampa Bay area artists.
- October 14 17: Traveled to Oakland and San Francisco for a work meeting and a visit with my sister.
- October 24: Posted my first original song to YouTube.
- October 31: Big Halloween party at my house, attended by about 20 people.
- November 9: Posted my first multitrack video to YouTube; the birth of the "Swanky Six" singing characters.
- December 1 5: Visited my sister in San Francisco with my mother.
- December 24 31: Got a visit from Richard, an online friend who'd known me for a decade or so before meeting me.
2011
- January 11 19: Got a visit from Victor.
- January 24: Entered a writing contest sponsored by Amazon.
- January 24: Got an article professionally published for the first time ("Asexuality is Not Antisexuality" in Good Vibrations magazine).
- January 26: My friend Brendon had to have heart surgery after having been in the hospital for kidney issues and other complications.
- January 29: Went to Gainesville for the Renaissance Faire with Mikey.
- February 1: My article "Sexual Attraction vs. Romantic Attraction" was published in Good Vibrations.
- February 24: Got into the second round of the Amazon writing contest.
- March 5: Went to the Tampa Renaissance Faire with Mikey and his friends.
- March 10: A video of mine was taken down through a false DMCA claim, so I revised it and posted the new version.
- March 14: My article "Are Asexuals Queer?" was published in Good Vibrations.
- March 22: Got into the quarter-finals of the Amazon writing contest.
- April 23: Went on vacation to a beach house on Anna Maria Island in honor of my grandpa's 90th birthday.
- April 26: Got cut from the Amazon writing contest and did not make the semi-final round.
- May 5: Found a YouTube duet partner and performed an Avenue Q song online.
- June 18: Documentary (A)sexual, for which I was interviewed, premiered at Frameline film festival in San Francisco.
- June 13: Finished the rewrite of my novel Bad Fairy's first draft.
- June 21 23: Mike from Gainesville visited.
- July 11: My article "How to Be an Asexual Ally" was published in Good Vibrations.
- July 14 17: Disney trip with Meghan and family.
- July 23: Went to Disney with Eric and Stephanie.
- July 30: Met my friend Pedro in person after reconnecting with him after a weird coincidence.
- August 13 14: Sarah and David spoiled me rotten at their house for a weekend visit.
- August 27: First asexual meetup, in Tampa.
- August 28: Finished a large drawing of 29 fairies in a group character shot, for my book Bad Fairy.
- September 3 4: Spent the weekend writing a giant essay on the horrors of Brisingr, the third Paolini book. Got positive reviews.
- September 16: DDR party at Mandy's.
- September 21: Undertook a project to draw illustrative drawings representative of each chapter in my Bad Fairy book, posting one a day for forty chapters.
- September 29: I was mentioned on a television news program in Australia.
- October 8: Birthday party at Eric's.
- Late October/Early November: Visit with Victor.
- October 23 29: Asexuality Awareness Week; my article "Why Should the Sex-Positive Community Promote Asexuality Awareness" ran in Good Vibrations and I released a two-part video on The Unassailable Asexual.
- October 30: Completed Bad Fairy chapter drawings.
- October 30: Big Halloween party at my place.
- November 7: Began querying agents for my latest version of Bad Fairy.
2012
- First week of January: Patricia and Yusuke visited from California and stayed at my house.
- January 24: Entered the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Competition 2012.
- February 4: Attended my friend Jeaux's mom's funeral.
- February 7: Completed new short story "On the Inside."
- February 23: Became a second round competitor in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition.
- March 20: Became a quarter-finalist in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition.
- April 24: Got cut from the Amazon contest at the semi-final round.
- April 30: Visited Meg in Jacksonville and celebrated her graduation from nursing school.
- June 3: Completed novel Stupid Questions.
- June 10: Started new comic website So You Write.
- August 20: Signed with a literary agent for my novel Bad Fairy.
- September 5 14: Judged a writing contest for Cupid's Literary Connection.
- September 9: Completed new short story "In Love With Love."
- September 18: Novel Bad Fairy on submissions to publishers.
- October 1: My article "Asexual Relationships" was published in Good Vibrations.
- October 26: Threw a Halloween party.
- November 14: Had minor surgery.
- December 8: An interview with me was published in Drake Magazine.
2013
- January 14: Entered the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition 2013.
- January 15: Victor moved to Tampa and started staying at my apartment.
- January 24 - 27: Went to the Creating Change conference in Atlanta and spoke on the Asexual Voices panel.
- February 13: Advanced to the second round of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition.
- February 22: Victor moved out of my place.
- February 26: Started making writing-related videos for a separate YouTube channel.
- March 12: Got eliminated from the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition at the quarter-finals.
- March 18: An interview with me was published in 429Magazine.
- May 1: Found out I was going to be an aunt.
- May 2 6: Disney trip with Meghan's family.
- May 22: Signed with a literary agent for my nonfiction book on asexuality.
- June 6: Went on submission to publishers for my nonfiction book.
- June 17: A series of articles on asexuality that included an interview with me was published in The Huffington Post.
- June 28: Appeared on HuffPost Live on an asexuality panel discussion.
- July 27 28: Attended Metrocon anime convention.
- September 9: Was interviewed on the Colin McEnroe radio show.
- September 30: Found out my sister Lindsay is engaged.
- October 1 6: Fred visited me.
- October 7: Was interviewed in South Florida Gay News.
- October 9: Completed a new short story, "Her Mother's Child."
- October 19: Had a big Halloween party.
- October 21: A video I contributed to for Everything's A-Okay in was on The Huffington Post.
- October 22: My article "Asexuality and Sexual Fluidity" was published in Good Vibrations.
- October 22: My video "Asexuality: An Overview" and information about me was featured on The Huffington Post for Asexual Awareness Week.
- October 23: The Daily Mail and Digital Journal published articles focusing on me for Asexual Awareness Week.
- October 24: The Daily Mail article was recycled in Nigeria News, 7sur7, ΏQuι Mαs?, and Elu24.
- October 25: The Daily Mail article was recycled in The Hollywood Gossip and Joint Arena.
- November 18: Interviewed on the DiversifYA blog.
- November 20: My nonfiction book about asexuality sold to Skyhorse Publishing/Carrel Books.
- December 2: I began participating as a mentor in the Pitch Wars writing contest.
- December 20: My nephew Ash was born.
- December 31: Flew to San Francisco to visit Patricia, Yusuke, and Ash.
2014
- January 1 - 6: Continued San Francisco visit.
- January 10: My asexuality book's title was finalized as THE INVISIBLE ORIENTATION: An Introduction to Asexuality.
- January 17 - 23: Road trip up the Carolina Coast with Meghan.
- February 1: An inaccurate article about me was published in Best.
- February 3: My mentee in Pitch Wars got signed to an agent because of the contest.
- February 7: Gave a speech about asexuality for IvyQ Conference at Princeton University.
- February 10: Got my first advance check.
- February 15: Got a significant haircut.
- February 27: Turned my nonfiction manuscript in to my publisher.
- March 29: Completed a new short story, "Hope Came Out."
- April 10: Gave a presentation about asexuality at the University of Virginia.
- April 24: Completed publisher's edits on my nonfiction manuscript.
- May 5: Started writing the second book in the Bad Fairy series.
- May 19: Accepted an offer of publication for my first published short story, "Your Terms."
- May 24: Accepted an offer of publication for my short story "Her Mother's Child."
- May 24 June 6: Patricia, Yusuke, and Ash came to visit.
- May 30: My sister Lindsay got married to Mike.
- June 14: My short story "Your Terms" was published in Timeless Tales.
- June 24: The audio rights for my asexuality book sold to Audible.
- June 27 29: Traveled to and from Toronto and attended the WorldPride-affiliated Asexuality Conference.
- June 28: Appeared on CTV, a Canadian news show, to discuss asexuality.
- July 1: My article "Enjoy Your Houseful of Cats" was published in The Toast.
- July 7: Featured in The Varsity as an ace conference participant. Also got excerpted in The Daily Dish.
- July 12 15: Mike visited from Gainesville.
- August 2: Finalized my short story "That Story about Fortune Cookie Girl."
- August 21: Interviewed in YA Interrobang: Dragons Raging.
- August 24: Interviewed in Left to Write: Awesomesauce Authors.
- September 2: Interviewed on Why/Why Not series on SL Huang's blog.
- September 2: My book The Invisible Orientation was published by Skyhorse/Carrel.
- September 3: I selected my mentee and alternate mentee for the upcoming Pitch Wars contest.
- September 7: Finished a new short story: "After She Comes Along."
- September 9: A guest post by me appeared on DiversifYA.
- September 16: Interviewed in Salon.
- September 20: Interviewed on Weekend Sunrise (Australian TV).
- September 24: My book and other materials were highlighted in the New York Times.
- September 24: I was interviewed on the BBC World Service podcast.
- October 6: I was interviewed on BBC Radio Berkshire.
- October 17: My interview with Chris from Pleasure Mechanics was posted.
- October 24: I was interviewed on the Sexperts podcast.
- November 6: My interview in Marie Claire UK came out in the December issue.
- November 19: My interview in Review Fix was posted.
- November 23: Finished a new short story: "Everyone's Gay in Space."
- November 24: I was featured in the Washington Post.
- November 29 December 1: Went to Disney World with Meghan's family and Victor.
- December 9: An interview with me was published in Maclean's.
- December 12: Hit 500 issues of updating my Negative One webcomic.
- December 20 January 2: Patricia, Yusuke, and Ash came to visit.
2015
- January 5: Published my first blog in Psychology Today.
- January 16 20: Had a birthday vacation with Meghan in Cape Coral.
- February 4: Finished a new short story: "Aquarius."
- February 9: Interview with me was published in The Varsity.
- February 23: I had my first trip to the emergency room.
- February 25: New short piece on asexuality published in Drunk Monkeys.
- March 4: Lambda Literary named my book as a finalist for the Lambda Award in the LGBT Nonfiction category.
- March 12: Foreword Reviews named my book as a finalist for the INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award in the Family and Relationships category.
- March 24: Started watching Steven Universe and got hooked on it.
- April 3: Went to the Welcome to Night Vale live show with Jeaux.
- April 13: Gave a presentation about asexuality at the University of Minnesota.
- April 17: Accepted an offer of publication for my short story "On the Inside."
- April 27 30: Mike visited from Gainesville.
- May 4: Interview with me was published in US News and World Report.
- May 6: My book The Invisible Orientation was awarded the silver medal in the IPPY Awards in the Sexuality/Relationships category.
- May 9: My book The Invisible Orientation won the Next Generation Indie Book Award in the LGBT category.
- May 20: Webcomic Negative One made it to ten years of weekly updates.
- May 26 June 2: Took a trip to New York City to attend several book awards ceremonies and visit with family and friends.
- June 19 22: Took a trip to Toronto to participate in the annual Asexuality Conference.
- June 22: An interview with me was published in A Plus.
- June 29: My short story "Her Mother's Child" was published in Kaleidotrope.
- July 12: Completed first draft of Bad Fairy 2.
- July 14: My sister Lindsay moved to North Carolina.
- August 14: I began participating as a mentor in Pitch Wars for the third year.
- September 13 15: Mike visited from Gainesville.
- September 21: An interview with me was published in Tech Insider.
- October 13: My book The Invisible Orientation was released in paperback.
- October 31: Had a big Halloween party.
- November 1: Began writing my new novel Ace of Arts.
- November 19: My short story "On the Inside" was published in James Gunn's Ad Astra.
- December 16 January 3: Patricia, Yusuke, and Ash visited from San Francisco.
2016
- March 17: Drunk Monkeys Anthology Volume 3 was published with a piece by me in it.
- April 22 24: Celebrated my grandfather's 95th birthday in Sarasota.
- June 3 5: Mike visited from Gainesville.
- July 7: Saw the live show of Welcome to Night Vale in Tampa.
- July 26: Celebrated 10 years at my job at DKS.
- July 30 August 6: Beach house vacation with friends.
- September 3: Bought a ukulele and started learning to play.
- October 29: Had a big Halloween party.
- December 14: Was notified of the closing of my office, requiring me to look for a new job.
- December 15: Family from California arrived in Tampa for the holidays.
2017
- January 31: Last day of work at DKS.
- February 16: Accepted a new job at BES.
- March 1: Drove a car for the first time in 20 years during a driving lesson.
- March 6: Started my new job at BES.
- July 8: Went to the Welcome to Night Vale show in Tampa with friends.
- August 4 6: Attended Metrocon 2017 with friends.
- September 10 11: Weathered Hurricane Irma.
- September 25: Moved into a new three-bedroom house.
- October 28: Had a big Halloween party.
- December 18: Family arrived from California for a visit.
2018
- January 13 17: Meghan's birthday visit.
- January 17: Turned 40.
- January 27: Went to a They Might Be Giants concert with Jeaux.
- February 25: My paternal grandfather passed away.
- May 19: Went to Detroit for Jessie's wedding.
- July 20 21: Attended Metrocon 2018.
- August 15: Went to Universal Studios with Victor's family.
- October 16: Spoke at Wellesley College on asexuality and the LGBTQ+ community.
- October 29: Had a big Halloween party.
- November 1: Began participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time.
- November 3: Went to Phoenix for Fred's wedding.
- November 30: Successfully completed NaNoWriMo at 50,615 words.
- December 1: My paternal grandmother passed away.
- December 17: Family arrived from California for a visit.
2019
- January 15 22: Meghan stayed for a birthday and Disney visit.
- January 19: My friend Steve passed away.
- February 28: Went to Welcome to Night Vale with friends.
- March 23: Met my new friend Steve in person for the first time.
- April 27: Attended a book event via Skype.
- May 12: My book The Invisible Orientation was published in Japanese.
- June 25: Spoke to a group about traditional publication.
- July 12 14: Attended Metrocon 2019.
- August 3: Attended Tampa Bay Comic Con.
- September 2: Had a viewing party for the Steven Universe movie.
- October 18: Threw a Halloween party.
- October 25: Ran my first livestream on YouTube for Asexuality Awareness Week.
- October 29: Got a cavity filled for the first time.
- October 31: Completed Inktober for the first time.
- November 9: Began recording podcast "Not-So-Giant Women" with partner Daria.
- November 25: My dad got married to Connie.
- November 30: Completed NaNoWriMo successfully at 50,768 words.
- December 18: Got in a minor car crash.
- December 23: Family came to stay with me from San Francisco for the holidays.
2020
- January 17 19: Meghan visited for our birthdays.
- February 18: Completed my Steven Universe trading card collection.
- March 4: Got asked to blurb another author's book for the first time.
- March 16: Began working from home because of Covid-19.
- March 27: My favorite show Steven Universe ended its run.
- April 26: Won Best of Crafts 2020 on Steven Universe Amino.
- May 19: Participated in the first socially distant team interview at my job.
- May 20: Celebrated 15 years of running my webcomic Negative One.
- June 9: Got invited to play test and promote a Steven Universe card battling game.
- July 6: Joined an app-based diet program to try to lose some weight.
- July 28: Started playing weekly online games with Meghan and some friends.
- September 1: My job moved to a new office location in Tampa.
- September 27: Joined a postcard-writing campaign to encourage votes for Democrats in the Senate.
- October 27: Did a three-hour livestream on YouTube for Ace Week.
- October 31: Gave out candy alone from my garage for Halloween because of plague.
- November 1: My short story "Everyone's Gay in Space" was published in After Dinner Conversation.
- November 9: Began querying agents for novel Stupid Questions.
- December 25: My friend Brendon passed away from Covid-19.
- December 25: Hosted a small Christmas dinner with my mom and two friends.
2021
- February 14: My friend Victor began a lengthy hospital stay.
- March 9: Found out my book The Invisible Orientation will be published in French.
- March 12: Started work on a rock band with my dad.
- April 23: Met my friend Fen in person for the first time.
- May 12: Became fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (after getting Moderna shots on March 31 and April 28).
- May 14 16: Had my first post-pandemic visit with Meghan.
- May 23: My first band practice with Dad's band.
- June 9: Helped my mom get cataract surgery.
- July 2: I was interviewed on Graying Rainbows podcast.
- July 23 24: Attended Metrocon.
- September 15: I was interviewed in Geeks OUT.
- September 17: Finished short story "Her Experiment."
- October 15: Attended Cara's wedding in Michigan.
- October 31: Gave out candy alone from my garage for Halloween because of plague.
- November 5: I was interviewed in SELF.
- November 9: I participated in an asexuality/aromanticism panel at University of Massachusetts.
- November 11: I was interviewed in San Josι State University News.
- November 25: Hosted Thanksgiving.
- December 24: Hosted a Christmas Eve dinner with family.
2022
- January 1416: Meg visited for birthdays.
- March 11 & 12: Fen visited.
- May 3 8: Visited Charlotte with Patricia to see Lindsay.
- June 3 5: Weekend vacation with Meghan.
- June 28: First performance with Tides of Time band.
- July 15 16: Attended Metrocon.
- July 16 August 1: Patricia and Ash visited me.
- August 26: Short story "Her Experiment" was accepted for publication.
- September 911: Meg visited me for the weekend.
- September 28 & 29: Weathered Hurricane Ian.
- September 29: My short story "Aquarius" was accepted for publication.
- October 1217: Vacationed in New York with Jeaux to celebrate 22 years of friendship.
- October 22: Threw a Halloween party.
- November 24: Hosted Thanksgiving.
- December 1618: Weekend visit with Meg.
- December 24: Threw a Christmas Eve party.
2023
- January 1: Threw a New Year's Day Breakfast Party.
- January 1922: Meg visited and we had a combined birthday party.
- January 31: First three-hour gig with the band at a Harley dealership.
- February 8: Had a minor operation on my toe.
- February 21: Interviewed in USA Today.
- March 6: Appeared on a book panel at A Room of One's Own with Cody Daigle-Orians and Ashabi Owagboriaye.
- March 12March 18: Rented a vacation house in Davenport with 10 friends.
- March 15: Short story "Her Experiment" published.
- June 30: Interviewed in The Knot.
- July 5: My mother died.
- July 24August 4: Patricia's family visited me in Tampa.
- September 512: Family visited for Mom's memorial at Eternal Reefs.
- September 16: Put on a three-hour performance with the band at Music Compound.
- October 11: Interviewed on the podcastFlow.
- October 15: Met my new friend Ben in person for the first time.
- October 21: Threw a Halloween party.
- November 7: Interviewed on the podcast Spinsterhood Reimagined.
- November 15: Interviewed on the podcast Modern Pleasure.
- November 20: Finally received important paperwork designating me the official administrator of my mother's estate.
- November 23: Jeaux and I spent Thanksgiving with Dad and Connie in Sarasota.
- November 29: Sold my mom's car.
- December 23: Performed a two-hour concert with my band Tides of Time.
- December 24: Threw a Christmas Eve party with Jeaux and me cooking for Dad and Connie.
- December 26: Threw a cookie party.
2024
- January 18January 21: Birthday visit with Meg.
- February 14 February 20: Sisters visited to help with Mom's house.
- May 2:Got a haircut and had my first hair dye treatment.
- March 6 March 10: Visited Charlotte for family birthdays.
- June 14: Sold Mom's house.
- June 19: Went to an Alanis Morissette concert.
- July 6: Attended Metrocon.
- July 23: Wrote new short story "Heard."
- October 2 - October 7: Went to New York City on a vacation with Jeaux.
- October 8 - October 13: Evacuated for Hurricane Milton.
- October 26: Threw a Halloween party.
- November 19: Wrote new short story "The Witch Next Door."
- November 28: Attended Thanksgiving at my dad's.
- December 24: Wrote new short story "Karma Is Dead."
- December 26: Had family over for a home-cooked holiday feast.
- December 27: Got my first voice-acting role on a comedy podcast.
- December 28: Threw a cookie party for my friends.
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