Not going to get technical about it at this hour of the evening (for Threadie will soon be going to beddie), but if your hand can do it:
Thumb 1st Fret over A & E.
Your 3rd, 4th and 5th fingers in that cute little E major shape.
And your 1st finger over E and B, 1st Fret.

Of course, the 'secret' to anything like this is that there is no 'proper' way to do it. You have to feel comfortable, especially on your chording hand. So, position of your fingers in relation to each other, and what function they have to perform at that moment in time, whatever else it must be, it must be comfortable.

Unfortunately, of course, certain fingers have to be in certain places and there is no way out of that; get a small squash ball or something, get your fingers - especially the tips used to bending backwards over themselves. Whenever you're pissed off with me or anybody else in life, start drumming your fingers on the desk. Limber up those fingers and hands.

If your creativity is going to show on the instrument, the only bottle-neck is your hand.