Hey I'm Emily and I write sometimes.

Thought I should add a little something more to this profile :) (July 22, 2020)

I write to tell the important people in my life things I could never admit out loud.

My writing is very tied to music. Here are some artist recommendations, for folk/rock/indie/alternative: Wilco, Bob Dylan, Father John Misty, Twin Peaks, the Avett Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, the Clash, the Decemberists, Joni Mitchell, the Beatles, the Cranberries, Mitski, King Princess, the Smiths, Weyes Blood, Ramones, Houndmouth, and Hiss Golden Messenger. Some artists from genres I don't listen to quite as much are Harry Styles, Tyler the Creator, Kevin Abstract, Frank Ocean, ABBA, the Talking Heads, and Steve Lacy.

Incomplete playlist for When There's Nothing, as of ch. 24:

Dreams by the Cranberries
Good to You by the Avett Brothers
I'm So Tired by the Beatles
Nobody by Mitski
Ill With Want by the Avett Brothers
Masterpiece by Big Thief
Old Friend by Mitski
Disappointing Diamonds are the Rarest of Them All by Father John Misty
Say You Miss Me by Wilco
Bright Direction by Hiss Golden Messenger
Honey Slider by Houndmouth
Walls by the Lumineers
Lookout Low by Twin Peaks
Fireworks by First Aid Kit
Misunderstood by Wilco
Needles and Pins by the Ramones
Till There Was You by the Beatles
Running Out of Time by Tyler the Creator
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2
Andromeda by Weyes Blood
Sunday Morning by the Velvet Underground and Nico
Something to Believe by Weyes Blood
Prom Queen by Beach Bunny
Telescope by Cage the Elephant
I Wanna Get Better by Bleachers

Additionally, I think that reading is absolutely essential to writing. Below is a short list of my personal favorite fanfictions I've found, but more importantly is a list of my favorite published books.

Favorite Books (an incomplete and always changing list)

The World According to Garp by John Irving
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (essays)
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Palm Sunday by Kurt Vonnegut
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Happy reading! My PMs are always open.