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Attempts at Optimism by Emma Vivian

Emma Vivian

Words to make you feel something in a fractured world. Optimism optional, honesty guaranteed.

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Latest Issues

I was terrified to stop posting on Substack. Then I disappeared.

1. Girl meets Substack

It started out innocently enough.

In a classic new writer blunder, I’d spent years polishing a memoir manuscript, only to discover that getting it published was a whole other challenge. The writing had legs—I...

7 days ago
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Getting published in The Sun Magazine

Hi friends,

I’m thrilled to share that my writing is included in The Sun Magazine this month—a little piece of flash nonfiction responding to their Readers Write September prompt, ‘Lines.’

The acceptance email arrived in my inbox when...

20 days ago
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I had a baby!

I’m somebody’s Mother now…

Elowen Rose was born at the end of June, one day after her due date.

Labour was a brutal yet wonderful experience for which surviving cancer had somehow prepared me and also hadn’t prepared me at all. I’d...

2 months ago
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I thought I got hacked (I actually got published)


Monday morning, I opened my inbox to find a flood of submission requests through my website.

Like any paranoia-prone neurotic, I immediately assumed I was the victim of some sort of cyberattack. My mind flashed back to the recent...

8 months ago
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Chappell Roan got me pregnant (a working theory on happiness)

In early October, I went to see Chappell Roan with my friend Lauren.

I’m not much of a concert person these days. I used to be, but now the siren call of my sofa usually wins out.

This was Chappell, though. THE pop sensation of 2025....

9 months ago
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    Natural catastrophiser in search of life’s silver linings. Writing about cancer, identity, and the strange business of being alive. Also: dogs \ud83d\udc3a\ud83d\udc15

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