Current Projects

Here are some current projects I’m working on:

Posted thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• Global Writing Community
• Word Herders

Answered thought-provoking questions in:

• A Question a Day (will be in two locations)
• Accountabuddies
• Write Warriors
• Heroes Fairies and Scholars
• JL Casten Reader Group
• Global Writing Community

Prompts:

• A Question a Day: 31
• Test Marriage:
  • Worked on
  • Edited
  • Collected:
    • 2 story notes
    • 1 misc notes
  • Filed:
    • 2 story notes
    • 1 misc notes
  • Answered thought-provoking questions in:
    • Accountabuddies
    • Write Warriors
• Thoughts Before Bed: 2

Neck Bites and Risen Hairs:

• Worked on
• Researched
• Answered thought-provoking questions in:
  • Write Warriors
  • Accountabuddies
• Collected:
  • 2 story notes
  • 1 misc notes
  • 1 research notes
• Filed:
  • 4 story notes
  • 4 misc notes
  • 7 research notes
• Read past scenes to check for consistency
• Shared part of a scene on social media
• Updated… profiles:
  • Alice Graves
  • Mrs. Riley Stone
  • Leila Tague
  • Nyx Letters
  • Reighlyn A. Stiles
• Designed second folder for notes
• Reorganized both folders
• Wrote what Reighlyn would be studying in The Complete Book of Dreams by Stephanie Gailing along with the story notes
• Took notes from:
  • Entire book of The Complete Book of Dreams by Stephanie Gailing
  • Bits and pieces of Basic Witches by Jaya Saxena and Jess Zimmerman
  • Three chapters of The Elements Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols by Adele Nozedar
• Wrote 2 story notes
• Discussed scenes and the book overall with another author and friend
• Read Reader’s Digest
  • Found a few notes to help characters
• Created profiles for and filed:
  • Harper
  • Emily Wheatley
  • Adele Atkinson
  • The ‘Leech’
• Reached out to the host of Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group to get her feedback and we set up a meeting

Updated… Albums:

• Attires for My Characters Part III:
  • Tagged designer I personally know
  • Friended another designer
• My Styles
• New Years Adventures
• Favorite Word Game Hints

Studied:

• French
• Literary Devices Study Session:
  • Met with an Accountabuddy who tutors children
  • Took notes
  • She helped me with definitions and examples for 4 terms
  • She said she’ll check with her sister on 2 terms neither of us have heard of
  • Asked husband for examples of 1 term
  • Adult Literacy Tutoring Advisor helped me with 1 term for definition and example
• Nature’s Treasures (by: Ben Hoare)
• Lore: Monstrous Creatures
• Complete Book of Dreams (by: Stephanie Gailing)
• The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols (by: Adele Nozedar)

Accountabuddies:

• Discussed beta reading with two members (one female and a male)
• Another member asked for help:
  • With having more writing sprints
  • Going over part of her manuscript with her like she used to with someone else:
    • She emailed what that entailed
    • We went over her first chapter and went over a few sentences that needed to be reworded
    • I was able to be a sensitivity reader for a sexual assault scene:
      • Gave her my thoughts
      • Gave her examples of books that have scenes like the one she was describing

Imaginary and Not:

• Women’s Empowerment Month Collection: Slight Retraction
  • Started final draft
  • Read first draft
  • Took pieces of first draft for final draft
  • Edited final Researched for final
  • Printed emails with notes to do further research
  • Sent out 3 emails
  • Made 4 phone calls
  • Published
  • Shared in 8 locations
  • Shared link with an Accountabilibuddy and got his feedback

Inspiration Dossier:

• Moved 3 subjects to a new binder
• Designed new binder
• Updated Updates Needed
• People I Admire:
  • Filed From Booksellers to Owners
  • Collected 1
• Best Male Role Models:
  • Collected 1
• Strong Females:
  • Collected 5
• Assignments from my Past:
  • Collected 11
  • Filed 11
• Letters:
  • Filed 2
• Best Memories:
  • Iggy:
    • Worked on and filed Iggy Moves In
    • Collected:
      • Made Tag
      • Nicknames (also worked on)
  • Worked on and filed 1 with Richard
• Women’s History Month:
  • Collected 3
  • Worked on:
    • Daily Notes
    • Extra Shares
  • Filed 18

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Adult Literacy Tutoring:

• Got and replied to emails about:
  • Remote or in-person tutoring
  • Possible interviews
• Tried to prepare for a class but was unable to find the page
  • Asked my advisor who couldn’t get there either
• Spoke to advisor about:
  • Studying what my students were studying on my own time and what I needed help with and he helped me
  • We discussed my lesson plans
  • We discussed what my students need
• Outside of class:
  • Started planning possible homework assignments as they fell in my lap
  • Reached out and checked on another tutor
• First class of the month:
  • Read a chapter of A Wrinkle of Time together:
    • Helped students with terms they needed help with
    • Emailed one student lessons and assignment they missed last class
• Second class of the month:
  • Student wanted us to switch gears, so we read aloud and she told us what the stories were about
    • Also went over her homework from previous week
    • Helped with terms they needed help with
    • Sent her, her new assignment after we briefly discussed it
• Third class of the month:
  • Got two new students
  • Got their goals and contact information
  • Learned their weaknesses and adapted the lesson plans
  • Emailed them their homework
  • Reached out to my advisor on their behalf about a book they’re interested in
• Fourth class:
  • Covered for a tutor of a different reading level
  • Got to know what the current students needed
  • Helped them with their goals
  • Gave my advisor a report how everything went
  • Emailed helpful videos to one of the other tutor’s student

StrideStar:

• Read notes
• Checked on coworker

Project Poseidon:

• Answered thought-provoking questions in Accountabuddies
• Found inspiration
• Reached out to coauthor
• Updated:
  • 1 character profile
  • 1 outline notes

Reviews/surveys:

• Reviews:
  • Reviewed Bubble Witch Saga 3
• Surveys:
  • Took GoDaddy survey
  • Took a survey on the medical care I received at one of my appointments

Escort Recon:

Answered thought-provoking questions in Accountabuddies

Music Nymphs:

• Answered thought-provoking questions in Accountabuddies

Mayday:

• Answered thought-provoking questions in Accountabuddies

Heart on Her Sleeve:

• Answered thought-provoking questions in Accountabuddies

The Pain of the Silenced:

• Answered thought-provoking questions in Accountabuddies

An Unnatural Pull to Death:

• Answered thought-provoking questions in Accountabuddies

Sin Eater:

• Answered thought-provoking questions in Accountabuddies

Portfolio Part II

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group:

• First Meeting of the Month:
  • Checked what I was told about the group on Meetup
  • Attended a virtual meeting
  • Took notes
  • Discussed what I was working on for the day
    • Worked on it
    • Found out some research I needed to do and made a note of it
    • Discussed progress after hour long writing sprint
• Second Meeting of the Month:
  • Attended a virtual meeting
  • Took notes
  • Discussed what I was working on for the day
    • Worked on it
    • Read a few prior scenes to protect consistency
    • Checked out my research
    • Discussed progress after hour long writing sprint
    • Surprised everyone by the fact I still handwrite my stories
• Third Meeting of the Month:
  • Attended a virtual meeting
  • Took notes
  • Discussed what I was working on for the day
    • Worked on it
    • Read a few prior scenes to protect consistency
    • Checked out my research
    • Discussed progress after hour long writing sprints
• Reached out to the host to get her feedback and we set up a meeting
• Fourth Meeting of the Month:
  • Attended a virtual meeting
  • Took notes
  • Discussed what I was working on for the day
    • Worked on a requested story I was commissioned to do
    • Checked out my research
    • Did live research while at the writing sprint by exchanging texts with the client
    • Discussed progress after hour long writing sprint:
      • Surprised the other participants with my tactics

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Accountabuddies:

• Beta reader/editor:
  • Session one of the month:
    • Met with
    • Worked on edits
    • Talked about rewording sentences
    • Discussed an article from Poets and Writers magazine ‘When an Agent Says No (or Maybe!)’ and what that means to both of us and her book
  • Session two of the month:
    • Edited
    • We worked on changing sentences around
    • Discussed:
      • Different drafts of the stories
      • What the agent says she needs to work on and why that’s her weakness
      • Characters’ backgrounds
  • Session three of the month:
    • Met
    • Wrote notes
    • Worked on wording
    • She told me her goals:
      • Showing emotion
      • Dropping dialogue tags with a conversation with 2 people
    • She told our plans for the next chapter chunks and how that would work out
  • She sent me her next chunk we’ll work on
• Private member: character profile:
  • Read what she had
  • Asked question to get her mind running
  • Gave her examples of everything she needed help with
  • Helped her build her character profile
• Found a possible sensitivity reader for other Accountabilibuddies
• Feedback on excerpt for private male member:
  • Gave him my honest feedback
  • Asked questions where I was confused
  • He explained some worldbuilding
  • Told me I got him back into writing

Reviews/Surveys:

• Reviews:
  • GoDaddy review on TruePilot about billing
  • Mr. Beta
  • Angelic Attraction
• Surveys:
  • OMH (Office of Mental Health) Mental Health Messaging: Feedback Survey 2022
  • AAR (Access-a-ride from MTA) survey

Head Hunters’ Spinoffs:

• Filed:
  • 2 story notes
  • 2 research notes

Heart on Her Sleeve:

• Filed:
  • 2 story notes
  • 2 research notes

Filing cabinet:

• Set up
• Organized
• Decorated
• Had husband fix
• Designed a sticker for the filing cabinet

Adult Literacy Tutoring:

• First class of month:
  • Took notes
  • Attended
  • Troubleshooted Zoom’s short classes rule
  • Made sure all students read:
    • Helped them with difficult pronunciations
    • Helped them with definitions
  • Went over one students’ homework
  • Set up private class with student who has no internet right now to go over her homework from last month
  • Emailed the 3 students their next assignment
• First Private Class:
  • Went over the homework and wrote comments and edits in my notebook
  • Met with student by phone
  • Gave my notes and why it’s easy to get confused
  • Texted her the homework since she has no internet right now
• Second class of month:
  • Had to troubleshoot several problems
  • Called boss when one problem was making me late to work
  • Took notes
  • Attended
  • Taught my students and covered for another tutor
  • Collected contact info for 2 new students
  • Went over terms students struggled with
  • Emailed my students their homework

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group:

• Invited a woman to the virtual group
• First Writing Sprint of the Month:
  • Wrote goals
  • Attended meeting
  • Wrote notes
  • Worked on my goals
  • Texted my brother to help me with 1/2 goals
  • Went over our progresses
  • Offered two members my help outside meetings
  • Emailed them
• Second Writing Sprint of the Month:
  • Wrote goals
  • Attended meeting
  • Wrote notes
  • Worked on my goals
  • Went over our progresses
• Third Writing Sprint of the Month:
  • Wrote goals
  • Attended meeting
  • Wrote notes
  • Worked on my goals
  • Went over our progresses

 

August:

 

Posted thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• Global Writing Community

Answered thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• A Question a Day
• Write Warriors
• Heroes Fairies and Scholars
• Global Writing Community

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page

Sin Eater:

• Worked on
• Talked to a few fans about the book:
  • They loved the idea
  • One fan loved the concept that I may put her in my book as a character
  • Researched
  • Created 4 new character profiles
• Updated notes in beginning of notebook:
  • Cast
  • Species
• Answered thought-provoking questions in:
  • Accountabuddies
  • Write Warriors
• Briefly spoke to a writer from Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group about
• Worked on
• External Scenes:
  • Catching Grant Up:
    • Wrote
    • Researched
    • Worked on during sprint with brother [another writer]
    • Edited
    • Read to brother [another writer]
    • Printed
    • Noted where scene goes in notebook
  • Tagging In Help:
    • Wrote
    • Researched
    • Read to brother [another writer]
    • Edited
    • Printed
    • Noted where scene goes in notebook
• Worked with Accountabuddy beta reader:
  • Met with her
  • Told her all:
    • About the religions
    • About the species
    • All info she needed
  • Read scenes where Nadia’s abilities are being shown and possibly what scenes led to them
  • She:
    • Asked questions
    • Gave feedback
    • Helped me reword a sentence and rework the scene
• External Scenes folder:
  • Decorated
  • Organized
  • Filed 5
• French:
  • Got a French tutor: Edited French I had in: Story Notes Found old French notes I took
  • Decided to collect what may be needed for the story
  • French Lessons folder:
    • Decorated
    • Organized
    • Filed 34
• Notes folder:
  • Filed:
    • 2 story notes
    • 2 misc notes
• Read a few scenes to a potential fan and she liked it

Prompts:

• A Question a Day: 21
• Spellcraft:
  • 1 3 part prompt
• Girls’ Day Out:
  • Was assigned to me
  • Talked to a partner in crime for setting and plot
  • Wrote notes in doc

Studied:

• Multicultural ancient religions
• French
• Self-care

Updated… Albums:

• Attires for My Characters Part III
  • Tagged a designer I know
• Story Time
• My Styles
• New Year Adventures
• Favorite Word Game Hints

An Unnatural Pull to Death:

• Edited
• Worked on
• Read notes at beginning of notebook
• Answered thought-provoking questions in:
  • Accountabuddies
  • Write Warriors
• Filed 1 misc notes

The Pain of the Silenced:

• Edited
• Worked on
• Answered thought-provoking questions in:
  • Accountabuddies
  • Write Warriors
• External Scenes folder:
  • Decorated
  • Researched a file to update it
  • Found and made a copy of another file needed
  • Organized files
  • Filed 9
• Notes folder:
  • Filed 1 misc notes
  • 1 research notes
  • Taped important notes inside the first notes folder

Obey Me 18+:

• Obey Me Fic:
  • Second client’s:
    • Answered thought-provoking questions in:
      • Accountabuddies
      • Write Warriors
    • Briefly spoke to a writer from Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group about
    • Updated notes for:
      • Asmo’s Inspirations
      • Xandra Summers’ Inspirations
      • Daniya Atwater’s Inspirations
      • Malik Rivers’ Inspirations
    • Cropped pics
    • Spoke with client to:
      • Gave her update on what I had
      • Wanted to check what she’d want me to deliver (notes, story, footnotes, ect.) when I was done
    • Edited
    • Worked on
    • Updated notes
    • Researched
• Birthdays:
  • Wished one character a happy birthday

Adult Literacy Tutoring:

• First Class of the Month:
  • Checked student’s homework from last month
  • Had to call in because I never got the email invite; turned out there was a miscommunication and no emails went out this week
• Second Class of the Month:
  • There was no email blast but I logged in
  • Was informed the other tutor wouldn’t here
  • Let them know email blast never went out, and they said they’ll fix it
  • A student showed up
  • Had to troubleshoot:
    • Google Drive
    • Zoom
  • We went over:
    • 3 books
    • The pictures in the books
    • The terms they had problems with
    • A real man who was mentioned in one of the books
    • Discussed writing assignments
    • Emailed her homework assignment
• Third Class of the Month:
  • Updated my student list and their educational needs
  • Got my new student’s contact info.
  • Student read 7 books
  • We went over:
    • Goals we have
    • Terms they needed help with
    • Definitions of the terms they needed help with
    • Homework
    • What she wanted in the email
  • Emailed student

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Head Hunters fanpage

Inspiration Dossier:

• Set up files to print
• Noted which pages need to be printed twice
• Assignment from my Past:
  • Collected 8
• Best Memories:
  • Memories with Dad:
    • Worked on and collected 1
  • Memories with Adam:
    • Collected and tilted 5
• Worst Nightmares:
  • Worked on and collected 1
• Obey Me Fanfics Requests:
  • Collected 3

Writing Sprints:

• Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group:
  • Kept in touch with one member and helped her with editing and feedback on an article she’s working on
  • First Sprint of the Month:
    • The member who I was helping with her article emailed me about my feedback
    • Took notes
    • Wrote goals
    • Attended
    • Told each other our goals
    • Worked on our goals
    • Talked about our progress
    • Shared my recent beta reader success
    • They talked about workshops coming up, more info to come
  • Second Writing Sprint of the Month:
    • Took notes
    • Wrote goals
    • Attended
    • Talked briefly about:
      • Bad reviews and their effects (on bestsellers/adaptions)
      • Having people who let you talk about your WIPs (Works In Progresses)
      • The group site and job opportunities group members can add to it
    • Discussed our goals
    • Worked on our goals
    • Discussed our progress
  • Third Sprint of the Month:
    • Wrote goals
    • Attended
    • Wrote notes
    • Worked on goals
    • Shared progresses
    • Discussed/shared:
    • Hypnosis and how it helps with writing; the link that the member used for their session
    • Creative writing podcast: Creative Penn
    • How we write memoirs (I also shared my experiences)
    • A member shared part of her poem
  • Fourth Sprint of the Month:
    • Wrote goals
    • Attended
    • Discussed:
      • My Accountabuddies group: I dropped the link
        • A new member joined
      • A member mentioned a book that helped them with their self-confidence
      • A member read a snippet of their book
    • Worked on goals
    • Shared progresses
• Writing sprint makeups for when I can’t attend the Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group sprints: Did writing sprint with youngest brother (21) (8/5):
  • Ate during it
  • He had an idea of his own
  • I didn’t touch my phone from 4-7
  • He told me about his idea
  • I asked and he thought about doing it again and he was cool with it
  • Wasn’t able to finish external scene I was working on

Neck Bites and Risen Hairs:

• Briefly spoke to a writer from Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group about
• Neck Bites and Risen Hairs Bonus Material:
  • Organized files
  • Decorated
  • Filed 6
• Notes folder:
  • Filed:
  • 2 story notes
  • 1 misc notes

Desk:

• Organized

Filing cabinet:

• Decorated
• Filed docs

Journals:

• Mental Health:
  • Written:
    • Grateful Journal with Reflections of the Day: 31
    • Good Healthy Habits: 21
    • Food Journal: 21
    • Choosing You: 2
  • Drawing:
    • The Scribble Diary: 1

Accountabuddies:

• AJ Skelly:
  • Looking for review for novella, Dark Shift:
  • Sent me PDF I downloaded it
• Beta Reader Client 1 (meet weekly):
  • First Meeting of the Month:
    • Met with
    • Went over scheduled chapter:
      • Discussed wording of sentences
    • Discussed another beta reader’s notes:
      • Went back to three chapters where I read aloud to see if we could see where the other reader was coming from
      • Gave my two cents Worked with their (other beta reader’s) notes
      • Worked on rewording a couple sentences
  • Second Meeting of the Month:
    • She sent me revised and noted chapters 1-6
    • I could see edits and notes from author and other beta reader
    • Found and went over body language notes for certain emotions
    • Went over chapters 1-2
  • Not during a meeting: wrote a note about how I used something we discussed in my own writing because I was also doing a lot of telling and not showing in my own writing
    • Wrote a note about possibly finding her another beta reader and how it would work out
  • Third Meeting of the Month:
    • Reached out to her on Beta Reader Client 2’s behalf sort of saying that since Beta Reader Client 1 wanted an Accountabilibuddy as a beta reader and Beta Reader Client 2 is looking for another beta reader
      • Sent her what Beta Reader Client 2 was looking for
      • Facilitated them talking on their own
    • We didn’t go over chaters 3-6
    • We went over overwhelmed body language in a far off chapter
      • Discussed the paragraph(s) we worked on
    • Chapter 8:
      • We restructured sentences
      • We worked on missing punctuation
      • We discussed slightly different drafts
• Beta Reader Client 2 (sent chapters):
  • Was sent chapters
  • Downloaded
  • Printed them
  • Told client the plan
  • Started beta reading:
    • Made edit marks
    • Added questions
  • Started email about edits and feedback
  • Spoke to client about how I’m writing the feedback out
  • Might have found her another beta reader
  • Checked spelling of words I was unsure of (it was correct)

StrideStar:

• Old boss hit me up to see if he could still mention my name in game I worked on
• He needed help with promotional material

Surveys/reviews:

• Surveys:
  • CVS pharmacy about recent Covid booster
  • MTA AAR Recent Experience
• Reviews:
  • The Long Road by Rod Smith

Idea book:

• Added 2 quotes to book

 

September:

 

Posted thought-provoking questions in:

• Accountabuddies
• Global Writing Community

Answered thought-provoking questions in:

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

Prompts:

• A Question a Day:
• Girls’ Day Out:
  • Started
  • Talked to partner in crime
  • Updated notes
  • Listened to playlist
  • Researched
  • Collected and saved reference art
  • Asked partner in crime important questions
  • Answered thought-provoking questions in:
    • Write Warriors
    • Accountabuddies
• Camping Weekend:
  • (Sequel for Girls’ Day Out)
  • Wrote notes for:
    • Location
    • Conversations
    • Researched

Sin Eater:

• Filed 2 misc notes
• Met with beta reader:
  • First meeting of the month:
    • I explained what led up to the external scenes and any information they may need
    • Read the three external scenes to them
    • They gave me great feedback and scheduled me next week
• Answered thought-provoking questions in:
  • Accountabuddies
  • Write Warriors
• External Scenes:
  • Having to Relive the Past:
    • Started
    • Researched
    • Edited
    • Printed
    • Filed
• Found and noted where important notes are in a book called Why? By National Geographic Kids Read notes
• Created character profile for:
  • Miles Cadwell
  • Nadine DeSanto
• Worked on

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Obey Me Fic:

• Second client’s:
  • Edited
  • Worked on
  • Gave client update
  • Asked to meet with client via voice chat or video chat
  • Answered thought-provoking questions in: Write Warriors Accountabuddies
  • Updated… Inspirations: Malik Rivers
  • Cropped pics
  • Met with client via video chat:
    • Told her:
      • How I embellished the characters based on what we know about them
      • The conflict
      • Who has the main character’s back and how they have it
    • Asked her
    • Wrote notes
• Birthdays:
  • Wished a character a happy birthday with pictures

Updated… Albums:

• Attires for My Characters Part III
• New Year Adventures
• My Styles

Studied:

• French
• The Moon’s History
• The History of Witchcraft
• The Gods and Goddesses of Multiple Cultures
• The Archangels

Journals:

• Healthy Habits
• Food Journal

Accountabuddies:

• Beta Reader Client 1 (meet weekly):
  • Went through the filing cabinet to find notes from a meeting last month
• Beta Reader Client 2 (sent chapters):
  • Read through
  • Made edit marks
  • Noted where edits were and wrote extra notes on a page of loose leaf
  • Worked on email with feedback to client
  • Updated client

Reviews/surveys:

• Reviews:
  • Panera visit (thoroughly reviewed)

Filing cabinet:

• Filing

Music Nymphs:

• Found and noted where important notes are in a book called Why? By National Geographic Kids

Neck Bites and Risen Hairs:

• Found and noted where important notes are in a book called The Unofficial Harry Potter Bestiary by Mugglenet
• Answered thought-provoking questions in: Write Warriors

An Unnatural Pull to Death:

• Found and noted where important notes are in a book called The Unofficial Harry Potter Bestiary by Mugglenet

Desk:

• Reorganized

Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group:

• First Meeting of the Month:
  • Attended
  • Shared goals:
    • I spoke up for and tried to help a member troubleshoot
  • Worked on goals
  • Shared progresses
  • Exchanged email addresses with a few members
    • Saved them in my contacts
    • A member emailed me
    • I read what she sent me and sent feedback