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@SeeLyonsWrite

Analyst for sticky problems | USAF | Writer & logophile | LitFic enthusiast | Powered by espresso & tortilla chips | Wahoowa 🧡⚔️💙

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Joined January 2012
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Sometimes it's hard to stay a soft cinnamon roll in an industry that really wants you to become a stale bitter baguette left out on the countertop for several days.
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She hadn't made a milkshake in years for fear that they would return. She starts the blender reluctantly. In the distance, screams. The boys had returned. They were coming to her yard.
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my work ethic has far more to do with my anxiety and fear of failure than it does with a healthy work drive.
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It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man who drops a rose petal down the Grand Canyon of Arizona and listens for the echo.
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the tour guide who said “looks like that guest got the upgraded tour that includes a tour of the inside of a t rex“ when a guest was being eaten has been fired
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Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll be off of this fucking planet
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QUARANTINE DIARY Day 1: I have stocked up on enough non-perishable food and supplies to last me for months, maybe years, so that I can remain in isolation for as long as it takes to see out this pandemic Day 1 + 45 minutes: I am in the supermarket because I wanted a Twix
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You can just start calling yourself an olympic hopeful. You don't have to fill out a form or anything.
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Boomers: the Coronavirus is important, because it kills people over 60, let's close the borders Millennials/Gen Z: It is called COVID-19 and its spread shows how connected the world is, how health is a social justice issue. Gen X: Too ra loo ra too ra loo rye aye. COVID-EILEEN
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Me: I love this scene. 10 minutes later: oh god what if I’ve pulled myself into a false sense of security and it’s actually bad. 20 minutes later: no, this is good. 30 min later: THAT IS WHAT IT WANTS YOU TO THINK.
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Read everything―trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window. William Faulkner #Writers
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The Mandalorian would make a great GPS Mando: this is the way Me: b-but traffic- Mando: this is the way Me: but there’s an empire parade- Mando: THIS IS THE WAY
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Why you SHOULDN'T be afraid to query your story: -The market ISN'T oversaturated -There is NO SUCH THING as a bad idea. Sharknado has 6 sequels! -Someone needs to write the next Harry Potter -Someone will LOVE your story -Your story deserves to be read -Because it's your dream
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KILROY WAS HERE follows a disenchanted Army officer through a year deployment in AFGHANISTAN, as he contends with a tyrannical commander, a suave local militant, a porn-doodling, crippled Afghan boy, a drunk Russian contract pilot, and a dimwitted AWOL soldier. #pitmad #A #LF #HA
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KILROY WAS HERE: Over regulation meets complacency in the aging war in AFGHANISTAN. Battling pompous superiors, an inter-Army mafia, and a slick warlord, LT Rye struggles to leave his mark among an array of odd characters, while befriending a local interpreter. #PitMad #A #LF #HA
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A crowded train: India in a nutshell. Religion, class, and ethnicity jammed together. When that train is the site of a terrible accident, the city explodes. James McVerry photographs the violence and becomes THE ACCIDENTAL JOURNALIST. #pitmad #LF #AC
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The Order has taken over the kingdoms and branded all people from birth with a realm's sigil. Borders cannot be crossed and those without a mark are hunted and killed. But Thea has no mark. She has no scar from its removal. She is a seraph, the first to survive. #PitMad #F #A
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TRUE GRIT X WW1 Anger is Robert's coping mechanism when his father dies in combat. Told he can find release in revenge, he eagerly goes to find it on the battlefield. He must balance his desire for vengeance with the survival of those who depend on him. #PitDark #A #Histfic
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CSI + ZODIAC Gabriel, a brainy homicide detective, is given an important task: Stop a meticulous serial killer who abducts people related to NYC's elite and influential, videotapes as he murders them in creative ways, and emails horrible clips to the NYPD. #PitDark #A #T #MM
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