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

Kaylyn Gabbert fan page

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
• 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