Writing about myself is hard, which is why I make people up and write about them…

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Rather than wax poetic (that’s what “About Lynn” is for), I thought I’d share a few of my favorite things instead:

I like coffee with my oxygen. I blame it on the Gilmore Girls, whom I also love…like, really love. We’re kindred spirits, allergic to sweating, shucking societal expectations of what to eat for breakfast (takeout is amazing on a Saturday morning with a mimosa). I own every season on DVD, for the same reason I still buy hard copies of my favorite books:

a) I like to smell them.

b) In the event of the apocalypse, I don’t think Netflix would survive.

Speaking of dialogue porn (Gilmore Girls, stay with me), I adore writers who can dish out incredible words in quotation marks. Jane Austen holds the gold medal for wit and sass, so naturally I own every adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, whether film or novel. A personal goal of mine is to improve my dialogue every time I hit that ” button on my keyboard.

I like paper things. Planners, notebooks, stationary, cute notes stuck to mirrors…

I want to print everything Ava DuVernay says and tack it to my walls.

I have a pretty impressive candle collection.

Chocolate. Alllll the chocolate.

Wine is good at any time of day.

Rain makes me happy. Is that weird? I dunno.

I write because it makes me Creator…of worlds, people, ideas…I can decide fate with my fingers, breathe life into my dreams.

I have VERY curly hair. I mean, really, if I didn’t slap product in there, I’d probably float away…human. air. balloon.

I love vintage clothing, especially the red polka-dotted dress I bought at a consignment shop in New York a few years ago. It makes me feel pretty.

No matter how many articles discourage “boring” dates, dinner and a movie will never get old if your date has good taste in food and film.

Were I not a writer, I’d travel the world as a professional tester of tastes…and then write about it.

I love research. I’m addicted to it. I feel empowered to write anything my heart desires because everything I need to know can be learned in a few clicks, or read from something I ordered in a few clicks.