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Me am swankivy. Among other things, I am a writer, a daughter, a sister, an editor, a webmistress, an artist, and a singer. I like corn. I'm a graduate of a four-year college. Degree is elementary education. Not too happy about it as I never wanted to be a teacher. Too selfish. Teaching requires that you become your job. Writing is the only job I want as part of my identity.
I am a writer, not just a person who writes. There is a difference. A big one.

To get to know me better, try experiencing my creative efforts:

I write stories. Maybe check out one of my short stories at my Web page.
I draw a webcomic. It's called Negative One. It's a fantasy/speculative fiction comic drawn in attempted realistic pencil style, updated every Friday. Read it.

I write rants and essays. You might find them educational or amusing.

I bake a lot. Recipes, anyone?

Once in a while, I write a song, and I sing pretty good. Experience the music.

I'm a practicing Pagan and I have a Web page that teaches curious parties and beginners about the Craft. See my online Book of Shadows, Ivy's Pentacles, or just read about my beliefs.

You can find out more about me at my Web site (swankivy.com ), on Everything2.com (see swankivy), on 43 Things, on DeviantART (see swankivy), on Amazon.com, and on Yahoo!

I enjoy the following hobbies:

Writing annoyingly long character-oriented fantasy novels.
Using my soprano voice to its fullest.
Playing ridiculous pranks.
Working on my personal Web page, which is threatening at this moment to take over the Internet.
Reading books that don't insult my intelligence.
Doodling in the margins, occasionally fairly well.
Beating other people at their own games.

I am talented in the following:

Imitating the voices of several cartoon characters.
Identifying grammatical errors, typos, and things in language that are just WRONG.
Playing musical instruments; I play eight instruments with varying degrees of incompetence.
Memorizing useless things and finding odd times to recite them.
Surprising people with my unbalancing honesty.
Typing. Approximately 100 wpm.

Check me out, yo.