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This cot by the heater was where I worked if I stayed in my room to write more after dinner. Steve’s friend designed that lap desk and sent him one, so Steve lent it to me for writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228833478-PGNMVF30PRCKPSNFBFRU/IMG_0204+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Steve's house Steve’s house after the snowstorm at the end of January, just before I headed to Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228671031-DHWRBYAWH57J5EMR9J1H/IMG_0142+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Lake Willoughby An hour or so north of Montpelier, Lake Willoughby is framed by Mount Pisgah and Mount Hor and is the setting of several scenes in my book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228672020-6TLLD566WMP5O3ICQZ2K/IMG_0144+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Mount Pisgah Mount Pisgah in November, after a overnight snowfall. Another setting in my book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664229114863-R0EHVHC647C7NA55UER3/IMG_0140%2B%25281%2529.jpg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Hubbard Tower A view of autumn leaves from inside Hubbard Tower, an observation tower built sometime between 1915 and 1930. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664233425359-T2JOQ2D4AYE2PJ8AO0ZE/IMG_8545.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Hubbard Park This is the kind of thing that makes me want to write. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664233422598-362RFEPDWG4PT352DEEQ/IMG_8532.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Rabble-Rouser Rabble-Rouser Chocolate & Craft is actually first a chocolate shop and second a coffee shop, so they make some seriously good hot chocolate. This one was peppermint flavored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228669822-P954TME0HG2H4QBB2SH9/IMG_0141+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - North Branch North Branch Tea and Wine was my favorite place in Montpelier to work. I tried to always claim this window seat, with a great view of downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664233420398-K333OTBXQ66S6Y9UCBYA/IMG_8539.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Wilaiwan's I usually got food to go, but if the weather wasn’t terrible you could sit at the metal table out on the sidewalk and eat from a real bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228359333-2B5U9MRP7UGM5UIDX71V/IMG_0139+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - by Peter Schumann This art in the coffee-shop Rabble-Rouser is by Peter Schumann. It inspired the monsters in my book called hoplitai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228672435-0OEBDC5LHEP8OBPC501N/IMG_0150+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Stowe Stowe is a ski town I visited one weekend in November. It was still off season, but fun to see the town preparing for snow and for Christmas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664234232604-RJW99Z0JANCKYWBSO7I5/IMG_0151+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - weekend adventure I drove up to Stowe Mountain Resort near Mount Mansfield before I left in November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228710773-G715V7GT6HQ694PF6PEE/IMG_0039+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - flight into VT My first view of Vermont under snow cover, as I flew back in January. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228355668-T2HR53IEWBO3VPZIXJT3/IMG_0045+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - the Volvo This was the state of the Volvo upon my return at the end of January. I had to pay for a snow plow to remove the bank, and then my friend and I spent a few hours digging the car out. He towed me out with his truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228356960-08VPNFVCKG9R3HVBY45S/IMG_0049+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - downtown The corner of State and Main in January. Charlie O’s is to the left of the big brick building, on main. Wilaiwan’s is to the right of it, down State. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228357302-AVLK907KHPVR2HQE14OW/IMG_0101.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - sunset after mass The sunset outside St. Augustine’s at 4:58 pm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664232761139-BSUX8C5O3UWPWXUIJQ3O/IMG_0177+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - January Bundled up by Lake Champlain and repping Tulane! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228830596-W9TISIAXYCGP86TZ7XHJ/IMG_0166+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Lake Champlain This lost Great Lake, Lake Champlain, is in Burlington, the biggest town in Vermont. It was only an official great lake for 18 days, in 1998. I visited when I picked my dad up from the airport. Supposedly there is a dinosaur still living in the lake, which is home to the oldest known fossil reef in the world. His name is Champ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664232761275-GXSU74XRNCQ9IFJPCL4A/IMG_1617.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Langdon Street My daily walk downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228894408-FUZ0LEHPTHXEHAN7Q86K/IMG_1634.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Trapp Family Lodge The real family who inspired the Sound of Music escaped Austria and settled in Vermont. I visited the lodge with my mum when she visited for a few days. They brew great beer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664228833064-L3KWN1F1YKPU3TJUH7XK/IMG_0202+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Dad My dad came up with vastly more snow experience than me, but I still had to take a turn shoveling. 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Rotated between here and the right corner of the couch all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664237058332-6CT5CH5VUJXD7ZU7GDRN/IMG_0396.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Lars Lars becomes Flat Stanley in the snowbank of the yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664237505898-VJMSHR3LHDDYHFHWZDBI/IMG_0781.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - the daily view Auntie on her side of the room, me on mine. Not pictured: big ole pine tree out the right window that I stared at for many hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664237054712-YBAU0XQHAW13INK5JYVI/IMG_0309+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - frozen waterfalls Hiking with Leif and Lars and Maizie and Frankie to see some frozen falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664237060153-W53HA27ZGVK1A2RPTX9H/IMG_0457.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - Mont Ripley First time skiing, and probably the last time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664237056567-H6Y2NKHX3GPGPR4KUOMY/IMG_0399.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - snowshoeing Snowshoeing with Leif by Lake Superior. If your snowshoe falls off you’re going waist deep in the snow. Couldn’t even walk one step outside the cabin without them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664237060045-NKXM8QG3PL83PG4IYVQF/IMG_0445.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - lake cabin The Odegards’ family friend let Leif and I stay in their cabin on Lake Superior. Maizie came too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664237056052-D5GEZ1G4D8U25ICNTF88/IMG_0368.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - ice chapel Students of the MTU catholic center built this chapel out of snow and ice. The steeple cross was cut from Lake Superior and they held two ice masses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664237055746-SFUL2Q0R611DHCLGYQM0/IMG_0342+%281%29.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - ice sculptures One of the epic ice sculptures built by MTU frats for the winter carnival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664237058645-PM5907V4W1PLSDU7XHUE/IMG_0428.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - fresh snow Untouched snow before Leif, Lars and I snowshoed through the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664239875910-MA0NSNAQL9QCURGPV6D9/IMG_0407.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - frozen Lake Superior Lars with a stick on ice cliffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664302089454-5CUFFO420CX949J99F4Q/IMG_0846.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - driving south https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664246632870-WUB3PFGSV8CS0QUQQH3C/IMG_0019.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - my parents' When I returned to Baton Rouge, I lived with my parents for next three months before the wedding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664255679335-Z2AS99YH1QYCLN340KQL/IMG_0289.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - my room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664246626676-S4LHI8U3WDZ1A30TJKJE/IMG_2861.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - pre-wedding There was both fun and stress in the pre-wedding months. This couples shower was definitely in the fun category. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664301741112-CEP77YQRU4WWIPFZ20FZ/IMG_1468.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - my desk I missed my desk setup while I was away, but the productivity increase was negated by all the distractions in BR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664301742188-FQ6AR0O3IFYS0CWPJ0YT/IMG_1950.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - workflow The ultrawide monitor is great for having my plot outline on the left of the screen and the draft on the right. I use a notebook for brainstorming, and I don’t have to flip back and forth between windows as much as when I’m on my laptop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664255685830-PUEMCGV6PH495X9FKYVB/IMG_0233.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - queen Nova Perched on the top of her cat tree like the perfect princess she is. Truly the hardest thing to leave at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664255677514-U3YXNRQ94VNE2FINGJ3B/IMG_0157.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - post thunderstorm Louisiana definitely has its own beauty, but since my book is set in Vermont winter, LA doesn’t inspire me in the same way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664302089453-22WRRV3CZ4H583U2PIA5/IMG_1172.JPG Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - LA sunset Funny how sunsets are different wherever you go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664246644777-ZB7EFUY7RR2ONMIBNM1P/IMG_1576.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - wedding! Mr. and Mrs. Mueller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664255868253-ZDF1SL8TTAIY9AZS72JQ/IMG_1946.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - our Springhill house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664255996798-7FO8UAT1MDA9R3KIC98V/IMG_1026.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - my office My office is Springhill made me so happy. My desk had a nice view out the window and everything was set up just the way I wanted. If I knew anything about feng shui, I’d say it was good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664255867010-JP4YS2OM74QDU27R4KQR/IMG_1948.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - chai tea Every morning I made chai tea before I sat down at my desk to write. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664255999824-EEKHF0TN5A4CF3ODZU92/IMG_0891.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - the daily view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664307084528-I02SA5OXH5F9J15G0UJ1/IMG_1944.jpg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - workflow The ultrawide monitor makes it so much easier to go between plot notes, outline, thesaurus, and draft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664306981860-3BJAW1HHSWFS7C42VZ9M/IMG_1943.jpg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - the end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664255998130-OBYNWFVOIDCH2QW2W0DR/IMG_0952.jpeg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - July 16th The beautiful sunset after I finished the book. It felt like a symbol; a beautiful ending. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1664307164929-EZSQ8MYHSK9A8K903T1Z/IMG_0973.jpg Blog - Portrait of a well-fed Artist - the manuscript My first book, in my hands! Nick printed it for me at work. The pink stapler was a wedding gift. https://emilythompsonmueller.com/blog/letters-from-montpelier monthly 0.5 2021-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636232440586-HTL4XO5AI2W9023BAEAD/IMG_0111.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636232445280-NZ8OARXQ35ZBIVMO8IQX/DSC01728.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636230406070-61Q6X2FWETAA454F8ND7/IMG_0121.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - VT Interstate 89 I stopped for this photo while driving from Burlington to Montpelier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636230404593-79G5U8NHA2BP9A3V0F4Y/IMG_0115.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - Kellogg-Hubbard Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636230404729-N9D0N0ZGCJCG8N538OO1/IMG_0116.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - Rabble-Rouser This is the café I write in during the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636230413183-A0R0713I002YE1MXDDID/IMG_0138.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - near Hubbard Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636230410066-22V16WJQ0I49FX83K1JS/IMG_0133.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - Downtown Montpelier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636230408177-N8670VHTFLFTB4EAPE08/IMG_0122.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - Rabble-Rouser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636230765130-K249T2LNZTWA4C4V02XE/IMG_0125.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - my room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636230408629-MTBZM25Y1D3KHLF9R95U/IMG_0131.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - a cold morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636231164210-4U4W7LLO9FKE5HFWJW72/IMG_0134.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - a maple heart Rabble-Rouser has a chocolate company called Delicious Dissent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636231162765-454FS05H9BHCL2799DUI/IMG_0124.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - Elm Street This is the street I’m staying on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636232444690-0NVTQ9BFHS106R3GK545/IMG_0123.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - corner of Elm and Langdon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636231163504-48SP27LV221Q4DLZT9ET/IMG_0126.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - John Lackard Blues Jam at Bent Nails Bistro Thursday night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1636231161988-3E7MO3HSP56CUBATOV54/IMG_0118.JPG Blog - letters from Montpelier - ice on the Volvo This is closest thing I’ve seen to snow so far. https://emilythompsonmueller.com/blog/if-you-dont-have-magic-use-clay monthly 0.5 2021-11-06 https://emilythompsonmueller.com/blog/live-from-a-studio-in-the-woods monthly 0.5 2021-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1625248083996-G1B8DKVVEWXIZGGHJK82/IMG_0080.JPG Blog - Live from A Studio in the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1625248087359-ADJYH31HC3UA4VH6EOFR/IMG_0085.JPG Blog - Live from A Studio in the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1625248086167-WK2WZC0GOBA0NQS27FOO/IMG_0083.JPG Blog - Live from A Studio in the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1625248086246-7XHUCQL66U446TPUOT5H/IMG_0084.JPG Blog - Live from A Studio in the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1625248083548-995PEE11QN4DW6BS1KH6/IMG_0081.JPG Blog - Live from A Studio in the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1625248084696-MKDVGAM9SRY4RMH4GZZ7/IMG_0082.JPG Blog - Live from A Studio in the Woods https://emilythompsonmueller.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d8dae9242f80398df8441e/1624837170434-GKYBFIM8FJP9Z4FWZQDX/IMG_0063+%281%29.JPG About - Hi, I’m Emily. I’m 27 years old. I live in Baton Rouge with my husband, Nicholas, and my cat, Nova. I graduated from Tulane University in 2021 with a BA in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. Currently, I’m pursuing an MFA at Bennington Writing Seminars. My work includes a short story collection called Ugly Good, which won A Studio in the Woods Residency. Also, an astrological fantasy trilogy and two literary fictions that wish they were published. Sam Watts is Fine is about a washed-up equestrian who moves back to the family farm to relive past mistakes and uncovers insidious family secrets. In Lightningblood, a bewildered college freshman becomes obsessed with her Gatsby-esque teammate and pursues a boundary-blurring friendship through liquor and fire, which will either teach her the difference between love and possession, or destroy her. I’m currently writing short stories, and will begin drafting my sixth novel in November. https://emilythompsonmueller.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-06-29