Leigh Victoria Phan

It's been a dog's age since I posted anything on Medium, but here's a little story about how I went from slogging through pages to reading tons of books every year. link.medium.com/wM3jfysDmOb

I read too many psychology books and mental health memories. So I wrote an essay about learning where I hit internal resistance in my writing process. #writerslife #writingprocess medium.com/p/unraveling-i…

I'm late to join the party, but there we go, my first pitch event!

@LifeWithBea That sounds so fun! I love your premise.

🥀THE THREE LIVES OF PERSEPHONE 🌹 What if the Olympians had social media? Oh… they do. 🌹 Hidden-identity FMC 💀 Immortal MMC ❤️Second chances 👁️Political intrigue 🌈Queer history 🏥Mental health rep 😈Hidden danger #ProfilePit #A #WIP #R #F

@elizanane That is quite the list of comps! 😍

Frankenstein x Hannibal x Jennifer’s Body 🪱1 bloodthirsty genderfluid monster desperate to become human 🥀1 hallucination-tormented stalker hunting it, obsessed with revenge + their aesthetic! #profilepit #A #C #F #horror #psychological

@ProfilePitEvent Thank you for coordinating this! ☺️

Calling all #writers, we are so happy to announce that #ProfilePit has officially begun! Feel free to support your friends' posts by liking, reposting, and/or commenting. Remember: have fun and do your best! Literary agents will be perusing your posts! ✨ #WritingCommunity

We are thrilled to announce that #ProfilePit will have its spring season 2026 event for the #WritingCommunity on Saturday, April 11th at 12 AM EST! Rules and hashtags are below!🌷🌿🦌

Once inseparable, identical twins Kiara and Chloe are no longer the same age. Kiara's determined to make a name for herself as a freighter pilot. Chloe wants a new life on Earth, trying to forget the Montréal Dome's fall. But time is getting between them. #ProfilePit #Q #A #SF

Mr. Melkonian, are you trying to pick up ladies with the name of your wifi? (One of my hobbies is indeed looking at nearby wifi networks for funny ones.)

Give me some gems, bird man. #Duolingo365

Husband: I have this extra paper that I can’t use for the project I wanted to… Me: Extra paper? Say no more.

@NYCASP On Jennette McCurdy’s birthday?!

#NYCASP rules will be in effect tomorrow, Thursday, June 26.

Time to be one of the cool kids and start a Substack. open.substack.com/pub/litlifewit…

I haven't been posting many personal essays, but I sat down to finish a piece with musings on moving, finding stability, and processing old pains. How Do You Stop Caring About the Home You Never Had? link.medium.com/l4vZ6DHsIQb

Happy October the twenty-fourth to all who observe!

Video editing achievement unlocked: I can recognize what an "umm" looks like in waveform! (Most of the time, at least.)

Not gonna lie, I am always down to read a good dystopian book. The New Dystopia in Fiction by Emily Hope link.medium.com/2WcozrqrSNb

Do you ever read a book that is so to your taste and so phenomenally written that you feel like you just had a literary feast? That was Iron Widow by @XiranJayZhao for me and it's definitely one of my top reads of the year. (And I read a lot.) goodreads.com/user_challenge…

if someone were burying me alive in the catacombs while I was wine drunk, dressed like a jester and chained to the wall, I would simply escape. it's not hard

This summer, I'm doing a full rewrite of the novel I'm working on for my MFA. This is putting most of the book in fourth draft territory. My soul is dying a little, but I'm happy with the results, it's inching along and getting better.