Writings of Emily Boswell
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Hello readers, My name is Emily and I've decided it's time for a change. But first, a little background on me. I'm a 26 year old woman living in Michigan with my husband, mother, and two pet rats Pepper and Petunia. We moved back home after I graduated college and we were struggling to make ends meet. Thankfully for my gracious mom, my husband, Charles Boswell (check out his website here: https://boswellarted.weebly.com/) will be able to finish his last two semesters at Grand Valley where he's studying to become an art teacher! We're not sure where we'll end up after that, but we hope it's somewhere sunny and warm. I like video games, binging sessions on Netflix, reading and feeling guilty for not reading enough, and I've been falling back in love with writing short stories. Someday in the near future I hope to be enrolled in a Master of Fine Arts program in Fiction so I can begin working towards a career as a professor of creative writing. Now what about this website? This is my new writers portfolio, and also a new blog. I tried my hand at this blogging thing in high-school once, and it was full of strange, teenagery, probably trying too hard to be cool, stuff. For this blog, I'll try to keep it more honest and coherent. My plans are for a sort of writers diary that is open to the public. It took me about two years after graduating college with a degree in writing to write anything new. I went back and edited old stories, I even submitted an application to the University of Michigan's MFA program. (I didn't get in.) But I hadn't written anything new. Looking back, I'm relieved I wasn't accepted. I needed more time to find my passion in writing again. I was rushing into submitting a portfolio because I felt like I was losing a race to adulthood. Also, Ann Arbor is crazy expensive and there's no way we could have afforded that anyways. It took me some time, but I started writing a new short story inspired by my time working at a sub shop. I went back to basics with pen and paper. Progress was slow, but eventually I had a finished draft. Several months later I'm finally working on a draft that I will feel confident enough to share for feedback. There's much more I could say here, but I'm going to stop the ramblings there and save more thoughts and stories for later. My goal is weekly blog posts, so if you thought this was interesting tune in next week!
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AuthorEmily Boswell is a Michigan writer and digital marketing manager. She enjoys writing short stories and flash, and is currently working on her debut novel. Archives
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