Current Projects

Here are some current projects I’m working on:

January: 

 

Posted thought-provoking questions in: 

• Accountabuddies
• Global Writing Community 

Answered thought-provoking questions in:  

• Accountabuddies
• A Question a Day
• Write Warriors 

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page

Prompt:

• A Question a Day

The Fierce Mermaid:

• Worked on 
• Researched 
• Edit
• Filed:
  • 2 research notes
  • 1 misc notes
  • 1 story notes 
• Answered thought-provoking questions in: 
  • Accountabuddies
  • Write Warriors 
• External chats folder:
  • Designed cover
  • Created Table of Content
  • Filed 3 

Office:

• Filing cabinet:
  • Filed docs in 4 folders
  • Reorganized drawers 
  • Created 2 folders 
  • Pulled file out
• Desk:
  • Organized drawers
  • Organized shelves
  • Restocked with new supplies 
  • Typed up and printed 2 docs for desk 

Goodreads:

• Set this year’s reading challenge at 15 books
• Read: 10/15
• Once I reached 10 books I upped my goal to 25
• Read 15/25

Updated… Albums:

• My Styles
• My Office 🥰 (just created)
• Drawrings
• Attire for my Characters Part IV 

Studied:

• French
• Magic:
  • Herbal
  • House
  • Moon
• Sleep Hygiene 
• Wise Women in History and Speeches They Gave
• Medical pertaining to my own health

Artistics:

• Scratch art:
  • Drew 7
  • Followed 2 designs to a T
• Meditation sketch: 12

Scrapbooks:

• Quotes:
  • Filed backlog
• Created 9 pages
• Researched:
  • 2 books
  • 1 magazines
• Designed cover
• Filed all pages

Grateful Dragon Egg Treasures of 2022:

• Designed cover
• Read original assignment
• Started
• Organized all cards and extras in chronological order 

Paying for the Past:

• Updated:
  • Protective gemstones 
• Collected 2 story notes 
• Filed 2 story notes 

Journaling:

• Meditation:
  • Researching
  • Wrote notes for 1 subject
• Rebel Girls:
  • Did 3 assignments
• Conscious Dreamer:
  • Read what I’ll need
  • Prepared notebook
  • Did 20 assignments
  • Kept dream journal
• Medical Meditation:
  • Did 2 after sessions
• Daily journal:
  • Kept track of how well I do in my daily habits
  • Kept track of my eating habits

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group: Sprints:

• First Meeting of the Month:
  • Wrote goals
  • Attended
  • Discussed:
    • New Year’s and our plans involving
    • Plant Light:
      • Member shared link for it
    • Year’s Grateful Challenge:
      • Shared it in detail at member’s request
    • Thriller/horror recommendations for a member
    • Five Below for books
    • 12 months of book recommendations
  • Discussed plans for the sprint
  • Worked on goals
  • Discussed progresses
  • Made sure I was signed up for all Wednesday sprints for the month
• Second Meeting of the Month:
  • Emailed a member
  • Wrote goals
  • Started on goals
  • Attended
  • Wrote notes
  • Discussed:
    • How we are
    • How the new year is going
    • Cheaper book locations:
      • Five Below
      • Thriftbooks.com
    • Great Words from Wise Women by Anna Russell
  • Discussed our goals
  • Worked on our projects
  • Discussed our progresses
• Third Meeting of the Month:
  • Wrote goals
  • Attended
  • Wrote notes
  • Discussed our goals
  • Worked on our projects
  • Discussed our progresses
• Fourth Meeting of the Month:
  • Told a friend aboutInvited her to as a guest
  • Wrote questions down to ask
  • Signed up for all Feb. Meetings
  • Wrote goals
  • Attended
  • Wrote notes
  • Asked and found out my answers for my questions
  • Privately chatted with a guest and a member
  • Discussed our goals
  • Worked on our projects
  • Discussed our progresses
  • Discussed Wattpad

Accountabuddies:

• Beta Reader 2 (I read chapters and email feedback and edits):
  • Gave them an update on my progress and what’s going on 
  • Started reading chapter
  • Added edits and notes
  • Created pages for both
  • Researched the spelling of words I was unsure aboutLet client know I started

Inspiration Dossier:

• Assignments from my Past:
  • Collected 7
  • Filed 16
• Best Writing:
  • Collected 1
  • Noted The Last Soldiers by Connor Makar
• Letters:
  • Collected 2
  • Filed 13
• Best Memories:
  • With Adam:
    • Collected 1
    • Noted 1
    • Filed 3
• Best Memories:
  • Filed 3

Reviews/Surveys: 

• Reviews:
  • Hot Topic:
    • Musical Note Lace-Up Arm Warmers
    • Safety Pin Grommet Arm Warmers 
    • Olive Green Lace-Up Arm Warmers
  • Surgical Consult appointment 
  • In-home nurse appointment via phone call from my insurance company
• Surveys:
  • Access-a-ride (personal cab-like service provided by the city bus system for the elderly and disabled)

Girls Day Out:

• Designed cover
• Filed:
  • 1 story note
  • 1 misc notes

Sin Eater:

• Collected 2 story notes 
• Filed 2 story notes

Neck Bites and Risen Hairs:

• Collected 1 story notes 
• Filed 1 story notes

Adult Literacy Tutoring:

• First Class of the Month:
  • Told my boss my hectic schedule next week
  • Covered for other tutor as well as taught my own student
  • The other tutor’s students told me what they had been working on and remembered what I had them working on last time they were in my class
  • Read Aesop’s Fables: 
    • We stwitched who read with each story
  • We went over:
    • How to pronounce words
    • UK vs. US spellings
    • Misspellings
    • Definitions
    • What each student wanted emailed to them
    • We had to troubleshoot a few times 
  • Emailed them different things but every email had the:
    • UK vs. US spellings
    • Misspellings and correct spellings
    • Definitions
• Outside class:
  • Cleaned up and filed last year’s notes in filing cabinet
    • Keeping relevant notes available
  • Updated:
    • My student and goals list
    • Student list for tutor I cover for
    • Writing prompts
• Second Class of the Month:
  • Checked to see how it went last week
  • Told students about certain books they may like
  • Went over student’s homework
  • Had extra students so we read Aesop’s Fables:
  • Went over:
    • How to pronounce words
    • UK vs. US spellings
  • After a couple students went with their tutor we moved onto writing
  • We talked about apps that could help them:
    • Lumosity
    • Dictionary.com
    • Memrise
    • Wattpad
    • Goodreads
  • Emailed 3 students

Music Nymphs:

• Filed 1 research notes 

Pandora Welch page (admin)

An Unnatural Pull to Death:

• Filed 2 research notes 

The Pain of the Silenced:

• Edited
• Added note for second draft 

International Women’s Day 2023:

• Collection:
  • Reached out to 12 women
    • got 10 yeses
  • Asked one if she had preferred topics or topics I should stay away from
  • One woman asked for more interview time, so I told her how I plan to accommodate 
  • Asked another woman her preferred identity 
  • Looked at two interviews from last year

Kaylyn’s World Imaginary and Not:

• Looked at my last two tributes to International Women’s Day

 

February:

 

Posted thought-provoking questions in: 

• Accountabuddies
• Global Writing Community 

Answered thought-provoking questions in:  

• Spellcraft
• A Question a Day
• Write Warriors 
• Accountabuddies 
• Global Writing Community 

The Fierce Mermaid:

• Worked on
• Filed: 
  • 3 misc notes
  • 4 outline notes
  • 4 research notes 
  • 2 story notes
  • 5 character notes
• Edited
• Researched 
• Answered thought-provoking questions in: 
  • Accountabuddies
  • Write Warriors 
• Read notes I wrote
• Updated:
  • Cast List
  • Name Game for:
    • Casmara
    • Driscoll
    • Jael
    • Casmira
    • Valerie 
    • Amelia 
• Folder Part III:
  • Designed cover 
• Met with and discussed story notes with mentor
• Read Reader’s Digest and found helpful articles for characters

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group: Sprint:

• First Meeting of the Month:
  • Wrote goals
  • Attended
  • Took notes
  • Discussed: 
    • Surgery
    • Audio troubleshooting
    • The Nook
    • Cats and their behavior
    • Bookshelves
  • Discussed our goals
  • Worked on our projects
  • Discussed our progresses
• Second Meeting of the Month:
  • Wrote goals
  • Attended
  • Took notes
  • Discussed our goals
  • Worked on our projects
  • Discussed our progresses
• Third Meeting of the Month:
  • Wrote goals
  • Attended
  • Took notes
  • Discussed:
    • Weather
    • Publishing
    • Wild Garlic
  • Discussed our goals
  • Worked on our projects
  • Discussed our progresses
  • Were kind to ourselves

International Women’s Day Projects:

• For Kaylyn’s World Imaginary and Not:
• Interview Collection 2023:
  • Asked 3 new women if they were interested and they confirmed
    • 1 is uncomfortable being featured on blog 
    • 3 never got back to me
  • Updated table of contents 
  • Wrote questions for 13 women
  • Emailed 3 women their interviews
  • Interviewed 7 women via video chat
  • Interviewed 1 women via phone
  • Sent 2 women follow-up questions
  • Put 3 interviews together from interview 
  • Asked 11 women if they had any questions for me to answer
    • 2 people sent me questions
    • 4 are thinking of questions
    • 1 person has no questions for me
    • 3 have not gotten back to me
• International Women’s Day from Kaylyn’s Universes Volume III:
  • • • Researched
      • Wrote notes for

Prompts:

• Spellcraft:
  • 1 3 part assignment 
• A Question a Day

Studied:

• Meditation
• French
• Brain Training:
  • Language
  • Attention
  • Speed
  • Problem-solving
  • Flexibility
• Vocabulary (from):
  • Brain Training:Word Snatchers Taking Root
  • Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day
  • My sibling’s book

Updated… Albums:

• Attire for my Characters Part IV
• My Styles
• Memories I Want to Keep III

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page

Neck Bites and Risen Hairs:

• Took notes for
• Filed 3 research notes
• Organized folder part II 
• Read The Unofficial Harry Potter Bestiary for notes
• Answered thought-provoking questions in Write Warriors

The Pain of the Silenced:

• Read and highlighted notes from personal experience
• Answered thought-provoking questions in Write Warriors

Idea book:

• Added idea

An Unnatural Pull to Death:

• Read and took notes from The Unofficial Harry Potter Bestiary for notes

Filing cabinet:

• Filed docs in 4 folders
• Created 1 new folder
• Had to fish something out of 1 folder

Surveys/Reviews:

• Surveys:
  • Brooklyn Hospital Center: 
    • About the care during my gallbladder surgery 
    • Follow-up with surgeon
  • Access-a-ride 

Adulting Literacy Tutoring:

• Outside class:
  • Kept my boss updated on my recovery
  • Updated my notes
  • A student emailed me and I replied 

Obey Me 18+:

• Read a member’s fanfiction:
  • Gave them feedback
  • Gave them possible ideasVoted for their story 
  • Commented on their story
• Wished:
  • 1 happy birthday to a character
  • 2 happy birthdays for members
• Talked to owner of group about how to get more people talking again
• Started a new fanfic for self
  • Told my sibling

Inspiration Dossier:

• Assignments from my Past:
• Worked on:
  • Writer’s Digest:
    • Promotions
    • Goals and Intentions (asked one of my older brothers for help)
• Collected 9
• Letters: Collected 1
• Best Memories:Worked on Nicknames 2023

Accountabuddies:

Beta Reader 1 (We read each others’ work to each other for edits and feedback):

• First Meeting of the Month:
• Checked in with beta reader:
  • Found where we were in: 
    • Sin Eater
    • Their story
• Her story:
  • We worked on minor edits
• Sin Eater:
  • Read and edited Repent for Your Jealousy
  • She suggested rewording
  • Commented on Google Docs

Beta Reader 2 (I read chapters and email feedback and edits):

• Read a chapter
• Edited
• Wrote notes on a separate piece of paper and manuscript copy
• Emailed author
• Messaged her through Facebook messenger as she requested

Sin Eater:

• First Meeting with Beta Reader: 
  • Read and edited Repent for Your Jealousy
  • She suggested rewording
  • Commented on Google Docs

Heart of Her Sleeve:

• Read some chapters to one of my siblings
• Edited
• Sibling gave me feedback that I saved

Reviews of my WIPs

 

I had a breakdown between here and May. Going based on one of my older brother’s advice and my husband’s advice I’ll be editing this page differently and monthly. 

May:

Posted thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• Global Writing Community

Answered thought-provoking questions in:

• A Question a Day
• Accountabuddies
• Global Writing Community
• Write Warriors

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page

Checked-in with members’ mental health in (weekly thing):

• Accountabuddies
• Global Writing Community
• Obey Me 18+
• Minutes for Mental Health Challenge in May

Updated… Albums:

• My Styles
• Memories I Want to Keep III
• Attires for My Characters Part IV

Adult Literacy Tutoring:

• Planned out lesson plans
• Student emailed me and I replied
• Attended class
• Went over homework
• Taught students
• Emailed students lessons from previous homework assignment, lesson we completed today, and homework
• Gave them a Xeroxed copy Beasts and Beauty’s The Little Mermaid
• Spoke to boss about:
  • Events sponsored by the library
  • Asked about a copy of Grimm Cinderella
  • Work
• Met with head boss:
  • Learned lessons
  • Took notes
  • Asked for help

Obey Me 18+:

• Fanfics:
  • To Second Chances (with a coauthor)
  • How to Save the Human
  • Tsunami (for a client)
  • Does Anyone Know the Real Me? (For a client)
• Wished members happy birthday

Updated Goodreads yearly reading challenge list

Idea book

My stories:

• Heart on Her Sleeve
• The Fierce Mermaid
• Neck Bites and Risen Hairs
• Paying for the Past
• An Unnatural Pull to Death
• The Pain of the Silenced
• Sin Eater

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group:

• Had technical issues
• Attended
• Emailed a member

Sent out:

• 9 thoughtful Mothers’ Day cards
• Charm bracelet with card
• Book and charm bracelet with cards

June:

Posted thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies

Answered thought-provoking questions in:

• A Question a Day
• Accountabuddies
• Write Warriors

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page

Office:

• Cleaned up and organized:
  • Pictures on my phone
  • Shelves and drawers of desk
  • Filing cabinet
  • Full office
  • Clipboard
• Decorated room

Inspiration Dossier

Updated… Albums:

• Attire for My Characters Part IV
• Memories I Want to Keep III
• My Styles

My Stories:

• Project Poseidon
• Heart on Her Sleeve
• The Pain of the Silenced
• An Unnatural Pull to Death
• Sin Eater
• Neck Bites and Risen Hairs
• The Fierce Mermaid
• Shuffling the Deck

Adult Literacy Tutoring:

• Head bosses:
  • Signed up for meeting
• Spoke to boss and head bosses about:
  • What my students want/ what I want for my students
  • What my plans are
  • Materials I’m in need of
  • Head boss emailed me reading materials
• Class:
  • Went over students homework
  • Prepared for class
• Classwork:
  • Went over:
    • Definitions
    • Prefixes/suffixes
    • Creative writing
    • Prompts and what they mean in-depth

Portfolio Part II

Obey Me 18+:

• Fanfics:
  • To Second Chances (with coauthor)
  • Does Anyone Know the Real Me? (for client)
  • How to Save the Human
  • Tsunami (for client)
• Talked to group creator about concerns
• Deleted members
• Wished character and members happy birthdays
• Went over ways to help creative writing in students

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group: Sprint:

• Used this to work on projects
• This helped me stay inspired during the times I couldn’t write fiction
• Shared:
  • Book recommendations
  • A perfectionist self-assessment

Pandora Welch page (admin)

Accountabilibuddies:

• Beta reader 1 (we read each others’ work to one another for edits and feedback):
  • Her work:
    • I read her first chapter and took notes on what she may want to look at before we could meet up
    • We went over her first chapter to get it prepared for a contest
    • We went over two different versions of the opening paragraph
  • Shared articles I thought she may like
  • My work:
    • I read her part of a scene of a new story and she gave me feedback
    • I read her the next chapter of my current project with her ad she told me what she liked

July:

 

Posted thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• Lucas Institute of High Nerdery (through Kaylyn Gabbert page)
• Obey Me 18+ (through Kaylyn Gabbert page)

Answered thought-provoking questions in:

• A Question a Day
• Accountabuddies
• Write Warriors
• Global Writing Warriors

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page

Obey Me 18+:

• Did mod/admin duties and let bosses know my progress
• Fanfics:
  • To Second Chances (with co-author)
  • Does Anyone Know the Real Me? (client’s story)
  • How to Save the Human
• Wished members and a character happy birthdays

My Stories:

• Shuffling the Deck
• An Unnatural Pull to Death
• The Fierce Mermaid
• Project Poseidon
• The Pain of the Silenced
• Sin Eater
• Neck Bites and Risen Hairs
• Paying for the Past
• Heart on Her Sleeve

My Projects:

• Idea Book
• Grateful Dragon Egg Treasures of 2022
• Inspiration Dossier
• The Crime Book Notes
• Forensic Files II Part IV

Updated… Albums:

• My Styles
• Memories I Want to Keep III
• Attire for My Characters Part IV
• 2023 Adventures

Office:

• Filing cabinet:
  • Reorganized
  • Created new folder
• Desk far away:
  • Reorganized
  • Cleaned up
• Desk close by:
  • Reorganized
  • Cleaned up

Adult Literacy Tutoring:

• Classes:
  • Let them know I may not be there for a date, and they cancelled for me
  • Prepared lessons for class
• Head bosses:
  • Signed up for meeting with head bosses
  • Met with
  • Requested an emergency lesson plan system now that I’m the only tutor on my day of the week
• Bosses:
  • Asked about if there’s another tutor on my rotation

Reviews:

• Hard Rock Café after a dinner there
• The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group: Sprint:

• Attended weekly
• Let them know when the writing workshops were

Accountabuddies:

• Helped an Accountabilibuddy with her latest story

August:

Posted thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• Lucas Institute of High Nerdery (through Kaylyn Gabbert page)

Answered thought-provoking questions in:

• A Question a Day
• Accountabuddies
• Write Warriors
• Global Writing Community

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page

My Stories:

• Heart on Her Sleeve
• Shuffling the Deck
• The Fierce Mermaid
• Paying for the Past
• An Unnatural Pull to Death
• Sin Eater
• Music Nymphs

My Projects:

• Crime Book Notes (completed)
• Meditation Writing
• Writing Prompts Folder

Studied:

• Crimes throughout history
• French
• Brain training games

Updated… Albums:

• Attires of my Characters Part IV
• Memories I Want to Keep III
• My Styles
• 2023 Adventures

Adult Literacy Tutoring:

• Head boss:
  • Reached out to me to meet with me personally and we scheduled a time
  • Privately met with head boss twice
  • We spoke on:
    • My lesson plans
    • How the students are doing with examples
    • How to make longer-term goals
    • The head boss sent me writing prompts
    • If there are reading challenges through the library; there currently aren’t
    • A new writing prompt book I have for myself and students and how it works; 1-Minute Writer by Leigh Medeiros
    • Long-term projects and how to set them up
    • When the notes from the end-of-the-month meeting and September’s writing prompts will go out
• Class:
  • Went over a few assignments when students got confused over what assignments I assigned the week before
  • Did writing assignments together
  • Talked to them about:
    • Writing prompts
    • Apps and resources that could help them
    • What they were reading
    • Upcoming reading challenge in the world around them
  • Helped students with:
    • Editing (spelling and grammar)
    • Research
    • Identifying flowers
    • Explained prompts and what they meant
  • Emailed students homework
• Outside of class:
  • Marked when another student was coming back
  • Reorganized my notes folder
  • Researched and set up my lesson plans

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group: Sprint:

• Emailed mentor and we chose private meeting time (During one meeting)
• Got all of my reading goals done
• Privately met with my mentor via Zoom
• Showed them book recommendations
• Privately met mentor in the real world
  • Sold mentor a copy of Drag Me to Hell and Head Hunters
• Shared a reading challenge in September that I heard about with them

Office:

• Decorated laptop
• Organized stickers:
  • Found more stickers and organized them
• Organized backpack
• Organized giant filing cabinet

Reviews/surveys:

• Reviews:
  • The Crime Book by DK Penguin Random House
  • What’s Inside a Flower by Rachel Ignotofsky
  • Don’t Read This Book by Evil Hat Productions
• Surveys:
  • Access-a-Rides (MTA taxi like rides for the disabled and elderly)

Obey Me 18:

• Fanfics:
  • Does Anyone Know the Real Me? (For client)
  • How to Save the Human
  • To Second Chances (Coauthoring)
• Helped handle member grievances
• Wished members and character happy birthday

Accountabuddies:

• Asked one of my beta readers for help with Sin Eater and Reviews of my WIPs
• During a meeting we worked on the review together

Website:

Pictures with Other Authors

Reviews of my WIPs

September:

Posted thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• Lucas Institute of High Nerdery (through Kaylyn Gabbert page)
• Write Warriors (through Kaylyn Gabbert page)

Answered thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• A Question a Day
• Global Writing Community
• Write Warriors

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page

The Trevor Project Reading Challenge:

• Reading: 40
• Finished: 6

My Stories:

• Music Nymphs
• Heart on Her Sleeve
• Shuffling the Deck
• The Fierce Mermaid

My Projects:

• Writing Prompts:
  • Worked on:
    • 1-Minute Writer by Leigh Medeiros: 1
    • Adult Literacy Tutoring: 2
    • Inspired by Family and Friends: 3
    • Misc.: 3
  • Filed:
    • 1-Minute Writer by Leigh Medeiros: 2
    • Adult Literacy Tutoring: 2
    • Inspired by Family and Friends: 2
    • Misc.: 3
  • Read:
    • Inspired by Family and Friends: 2
    • Misc.: 3
      • – to a family member
  • Noted:
    • Inspired by Family and Friends: 3
    • Misc.: 3
  • Talked to the family member who inspires ideas about the latest idea they inspired
• Inspiration Dossier
• Idea Book

Studied:

• French (with Memrise and with tutor)
• Brain games (with Lumosity)
• Vocabulary (with Lumosity, movies, dictionary. Com, conversations, reading)

Updated… Albums:

• Attires for my Characters Part IV
• My Styles
• Memories I Want to Keep III

Adult Literacy Tutoring:

• Class:
  • Planned lesson plan
  • Went over homework from last we
  • Helped students with:
    • Edits:
      • French to English
      • Capitalization
      • Spacing
      • Showed them pictures they requested
  • Worked on 3 writing prompts
  • Gave them homework for their break including a small reading challenge
• Boss:
  • Mentioned what I’m missing
• Outside of class:
  • Replied to student’s emailed homework with what I thought about it, and asked if they’d like the homework I sent the others after sending them the vacation schedule; emailed them the homework at their request
  • Replied to student’s emailed request on break

Obey Me 18:

• Wished a character a happy birthday
• Started collecting birthdays for next year

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group:

• Attended meetings
• Gave recommendations

My Office:

• My To-Go Desk:
  • Filled it with more:
    • Fidget toys
    • Miscellaneous bookmarks
  • Decorated inside and out
• Filing cabinet:
  • Completely reorganized both drawers

Accountabuddies:

• Wished members happy birthday
• Met with a potential new private member
• Made 2 gifts for members to make them feel appreciated
• Started collecting birthdays for next year

October:

Posted thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• Lucas Institutue (via Kaylyn Gabbert page)

Answered thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• A Question a Day
• Write Warriors
• Global Writing Community

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page