Lyn Phillips

Writer, editor, tea & whiskey drinker. I'm funnier in person than on paper; there are worse flaws

[Lyn Phillips @LynthePen]

At the #marchforscience in #atlanta
#englishteacher for #science
#peerreview @ Atlanta, Georgia https://t.co/DtEz97I06K

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What the fuck am I doing? #latenightthoughts #writerslife #doubt

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Sipping cheap wine, listening to blues, and making myself write. You know, just being the stereotype #writerslife #typical #WhateverItTakes

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Booing an Xmas movie w/ mom & sister like "Why should she do the work & give the promotion 2 that guy?!" #hallmarkchristmasmovies

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"Ur x-mas present was supposed to have another gift in there but I haven't finished reading it yet." #BFF #bookwormproblems

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Tmw u start a color coded system on a new project & get stuck in a waiting room for 2 hrs only to realize ur missing 1 pen #writerproblems

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The more I read of my own journals, the more I wonder if real #memoir writers are emotional s&m junkies #writerslife #writingheals

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It's like 3AM & I'm up reading my own journals like "Ooooo what happens next?" #writerslife #nonfiction #memories

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AND when it's not about homework it's all about this boy! Why was I still talking to him?! Hadn't I left already? #nonfiction #writerslife

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College me was horrible at journaling about important things. 3 entries on reading Sappho?! Avoiding real life much? #EnglishMajorProblems

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Going thru old journals & the most traumatic moment of my life (pre-2012) is just skipped over...? Really?! #nonfiction #writerslife

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And after a foolish drive in the North Carolina mountains in the dark (no one to blame but… https://t.co/s1Pb3nTdBJ

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"Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going." Up late #dreaming and… https://t.co/SQucnr4OZ4

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Holding this pen & this glass of #whiskey & wondering how deep this rabbit hole might be...and how painful #writerslife #nonfiction

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@ArtfulTea Thanks! Except I like the little pressed cakes vs loose leaf for pu'erh

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Wish I could live off pu'erh #tea &Irish #whiskey And finger sandwiches. And whoever makes finger sandwiches #writerslife #latenightthoughts

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"A rainy night in GA..."& the only sounds are ringing windchimes& my pen; fo real if a raven taps on my window Im going to bed #writerslife

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"Write hard and clear about what hurts." Yeah eff you too Hemingway. You say that like it's… https://t.co/0eh03BGhuf

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Tmw you start #writing something at 1AM & immediately realize you're actually afraid to keep going. Dammit. #writerslife #latenightthoughts

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Slept on it & no idea how to cut like 40pgs from this script #writerslife #revision