Is your social media feed split between masked and un-masked faces? Mine is and I’m fascinated. That’s why I wrote a meditation on loneliness and choice during the pandemic. Read my lyric essay Earthworms & Champagne in the NYU SPS’s Dovetail. It’s my first piece in a literary magazine.
Category Archives: creativity & writing
My Debut In The New York Times!
I cannot believe I get to type this: Today, for the first time, I have a piece The New York Times! When I decided to take a crack at being a writer, I imagined someday, perhaps, maybe getting published in The Times. I thought a good reach goal was to do this by the timeContinue reading “My Debut In The New York Times!”
2020 Publishing Round-Up
Early last year, before the pandemic hit, I made a secret goal that felt like a huge reach: To try to get published in one new publication per month. At the time, this equaled about 9 publications. I really didn’t think I could do it. When the pandemic hit, I really, really didn’t think I could do it. Read on to see whether I was right.
I’m Joining Pregnancy After Loss Support!
I feel so lucky to get to tell you that I have joined the team at Pregnancy After Loss Support as a magazine contributor. They asked if I would be willing to write about my experience trying to conceive after my miscarriage last year. I’m honored that my writing will have the opportunity to connect with parents looking for help processing the complexity of life after loss.
The Most Consistent Person I Know
Hi! I’m Emily, and I’m a writer. That’s still a new thing for me to say. Honestly, it feels like a lie. But, after what I uncovered in my parent’s house this winter, I’ve come to think it might just be deeply true.
A Small Essay Victory
What submitting essays to publications taught me about connection, rejection, and vulnerability.
On Claiming Creativity
This is the story of a website, but to tell it I have to get vulnerable with you. I have to tell you what I’m most afraid of.
Mothers & Makers
Most people who know me know that I am a mother. I’d like if if more of them knew that I am also a writer. I feel embarrassed typing that last part. The first sentence seems true because I can point to my children. The fact of their bodies is my proof. The second sentenceContinue reading “Mothers & Makers”
An Ode To Writing By Fingers
Flinging my hands over this keyboard makes me delightedly happy. So many writers talk about the benefits of writing by hand, but let this be an ode to writing by fingers. It is a pleasure, this sound. Tap-a, tap-a, tap-a, tap-a. The competence I am immediately, generously reminded of. The freedom to end sentences inContinue reading “An Ode To Writing By Fingers”
The Entire Sum of Existence
This is a piece that someone in my life I’ll call G commissioned to honor the deep and once-in-a-lifetime love that she and her husband shared. I took my time with this piece to honor that love. It also gave me the opportunity to do something I have been meaning to do: I documented myContinue reading “The Entire Sum of Existence”