Emiline Opines

I don’t like to share a lot of details about myself. I tend to be a very private person, and while I’m sure no one is reading this blog...

Fall is officially upon us. The trees have erupted into starbursts of reds and oranges. There’s a crisp in the air. The days scream for...

This probably goes without saying, but I was a bookish child. I loved the written word. Sure, that meant I loved reading, but it also...

I was sitting in a coffee shop, looking to kill time, when I pulled out In a Narrow Grave by Larry McMurtry. Grave was an impulse...

Reading is Magic. The ability to convey thoughts, ideas, worlds, characters through the medium of black ink on white paper is magic. The...

There are a few immutable truths about myself, keystones of my identity. I need my time alone. The smell of nicotine makes me sick. Birds...

So this is…not what I expected to be writing. I fully intended for this site to be a place focused on my fiction addiction – books,...