Letters

I’m an elder millennial with a communication degree. We basically invented email newsletters. Which is exactly why I resisted starting one of my own. Notes from Emily isn’t about flooding inboxes with content. It’s about occasional correspondence—small, thoughtful letters about books, stories, and the writing life.

Every once in a while, the internet does a quiet, kind thing. Recently, a fellow writer shared my page in a post that said something like: If you follow E. E. Lawson, she might tell you what the E. E. stands for. And suddenly—gently—a hundred new faces wandered in.

Winter has a way of softening the world if we let it. Mornings arrive wrapped in gray light. The air feels hushed. Steam curls up from mugs of tea like a small ritual of comfort. Everything seems to move a little more slowly as the world itself is taking a breath and turning inward. We’re taught to resist this. We’re told to push harder. Stay loud. Stay visible. Stay productive. Keep proving that we are moving forward even when our bodies and hearts are quietly asking for r

If you’re reading this, you’ve wandered onto the freshly painted front porch of my author website—watch your step, the varnish is still drying. I’m E. E. Lawson, wanderer of Ohio cornfields, Fargo prairies, Seattle rain, and—currently—Rhode Island’s salt‑stung coastline. I write women’s fiction for readers who like their hope earned and their prose immersive. For months this corner of the internet has existed only in my mind: part craft journal, part cozy book‑club parlor, pa