Welcome to Kylie Jay's Journals!

Believe it or not, I used to hate reading, so much so that when we drove past billboard signs I would squeeze my eyes shut because I didn’t want to ‘accidently’ read them. Fast forward to today where I own over 200 books and have published two books, and on my way to go study publishing in 2024. Who ever said the world doesn’t have a good sense of humour?

So welcome to Kylie Jay’s Journals, following my journey through life as a daydreamer with an over active imagination. But before we do anything, its best you know a little about me. I grew up in South Africa all my life, but after I get my publishing degree I plan to go to London. Mostly because of career opportunities in the publishing and writing industry is far more expansive there. And it doesn’t hurt that I have my British citizenship (my mom being Scottish).. Like almost everyone, during Covid 19 I had to find a way to fill all time stuck in my house, and BAM, that’s when I started writing Elementals. It wasn’t the first time I started writing a book. But it definitely was the first story I wrote that I followed through with. (that’s if we are excluding those really bad picture books I made in grade 3). I published my first novel, Elementals and the Tide Tamer, in 2021 at age 15. And wrote a short story for a writing contest my school had which I won, and decided to publish it that same year in 2022. Fun fact, until the beginning of last year, I was convinced I was going to go study Occupational Therapy.

I decided to start a blog to document my journey as a young adult trying to navigate her life, and my journey as a young writer. And being able to post book reviews on a platform where people will actually red them.

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