Kaylyn's World

Yesterday, Richard and I went to a Full Sail University NYC Networking Event for the second time. This was the first time going as an alumni though. It was great. I thought I was going to be nervous because it was the first time I was meeting potential employers without a safety net.  I wasn't as nervous as I thought I'd be. I met two featured alumni there and we had a nice talk. I got to meet a student that recently graduated in person, Andrea. Andrea came all the way up from Florida. It was so nice to put a face to the name. We had been in similar writing groups on Facebook before meeting in person at the event. We shared resources that help us and everything. It was really cool. We used the buddy system and I think that it helped both of us stay confident. I gave my resume to two companies. I looked up another two. I like that everyone was so friendly and the staff was resourceful and so kind. Every conversation yesterday and last night was so natural and helpful. We all go...

I know I haven't posted in a while, and that's because I haven't had a lot to say till now. I've been working with my Accountabilibuddies a lot. I'm on a gaming team, and I've guest blogged on a friend's blog. First, Accountabilibuddies are accountability partners that keep each other writing, on our goals, and on our deadlines. I have four of them, and we try to meet at least once a week mostly by phone. If we're struck with inspirations or have questions throughout the week we talk through Facebook. Right now I'm so proud of all of them. BB is writing again, and JJ has a book coming out soon. Ash has a book coming out soon as well and has been working with guest bloggers like myself. Adrienne is working on her website a lot lately. JJ's great at marketing. She's having giveaways and everything. In JJ's book Lotus  She awakes in an unfamiliar room in an unfamiliar house with books with somewhat familiar writing only to be chased out of ...

While looking through a book of 400 writing prompts I came across this. I spoke to a lot of friends about this like Richard, Jane, and my Accountabilibuddies. I grew up raised by a young superhero generation, so I couldn't write about just one. That would be disrespectful to the others. I watched Teen Titans, Xiaolin Showdown, and Static Shock on Kids WB on the weekday afternoons and Saturday morning. Teen Titans and Xiaolin Showdown also aired on Cartoon Network. A few years later I started reading the Maximum Ride series. A couple great things about all these casts were a diverse cast members and unique skill sets among the teams. Teen Titans was one of my favorite shows. I even rewatched it recently. There was a bit of a debate in my head about if I should add Robin or not. He was my least favorite character and he has no powers. I noticed how important he is to the team while rewatching it. He's helped every teammate with personal demons they faced, and the team fell ap...

Jane and I have getting along better this year. At the beginning of this month Richard and I saw Coco. It's a great movie about how a boy ends up going to the spirit world on Dia de les Muertos (the Day of the Dead). The movie made Richard and I cry a lot. The movie highlights the importance of family and passing on stories about those who have passed on. The movie had me wondering about my Grandpa Gabbert, who passed away before I was born. I also thought about Dad and my Uncle Harold. My Aunt Rita loves to tell stories about her husband. They had a wonderful marriage. One of her favorite stories to tell me was how they'd talk every night with no distractions. It made both Richard and I were both curious about our relatives. The next day I emailed the most knowledgeable people in my family; Grandma Sally, Aunt Rita, and Jane. I also put up a status asking for memories tagging Uncey Jeff, Jason, Aunt Rita, and Jess. I've also reconnected a bit with Uncy Jeff and Jason this...

Almost a week a ago, I was surprised when some of my friends, Andrea, out of the blue asked me about about my favorite writing accomplishment was. I answered publishing Drag Me to Hell and learning more about marketing myself. I also love being about to talk to people about writing. I asked why she was asking about it and she said it was Full Sail University class. I don't remember an assignment like that. I felt weird about how the conversation went from there. So I'll write it here. What I love about my writing so far is that how ever since I wrote my first story on my way back from a winter church camp when I was eleven story writing has come naturally to me. I tested the waters in writing poetry, scripts, and fan fictions. Dad, Tim, and my moms, Jane and April were supportive and gave me feedback. I probably still own every notebook they bought and more I was given by others and I bought myself. Dad told me that, at one point that I should try to make my own characters and...

It's been about a month since I've been out of school. I've had phone meetings with a mentor, marketing people, a life coach, and my career counselor from Full Sail. I'm now in three writing groups. I've worked on and finished one of my personal projects. It's Treasured Memories, the post under this. It was the first project I wanted to make available to everyone mentioned. I shared it on both my personal and professional pages, LinkedIn, my website, and CareerSync, a website that Full Sail University provides their graduates that works a bit like LinkedIn, but our counselors can help from there. After meetings with a writing mentor and the life coach I've realized that I'm in a good place writing-wise. I'm confident and have written almost every day since school let out. The writing groups I'm in help a lot with different things.  Passionate Writers Community  is for serious writers who get stuck or have questions for each other. We share advic...

WARNING: THIS WILL BE MY LONGEST BLOG ENTRY. Worked on this through August 6 through September 4. Started this post August 10th. Life, as we know it, is a complicated storybook for humanity as a whole. Some lives end before they can begin while others experience a lengthy lifetime of bizarre moments that form character development and plot twists. Some stories tell of sacrifice of a parent or child while some stories tell of a victorious march that turned the tides for a nation. Your life is your story and it's scary knowing how much control over it you actually have. Are you the courageous protagonist  or the disillusioned antagonist? Are you a doctor living wealthy or are you scraping change and living paycheck to paycheck? How much of your story have you shared with others, and how much have you kept away? Life doesn't end after the book is finished. Each of us impact someone else in an amazing or terrible way. But it's up to you how your story coincides with someon...