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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Today’s newsletter is about my decision to hire a freelance editor for my next novel and how much it helped. Special shout out to Chantelle Aimée Osman, whose editing help feels like finding the right pair of glasses and suddenly you can see everything clearly. buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Today’s newsletter is about the DC Bouchercon anthology, POWER CORRUPTS. I’m the managing editor, and I’m so excited to work with the guest editor, @almakatsu.bsky.social ! Interested in submitting a story? Check out the guidelines. We’re excited to read your work! buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Make sure you come out to Jackie Lee’s this Sunday night at 6 PM for DC for Noir at the Bar! The only thing staged is the spot where the writers will be reading!

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

From an article in the New Yorker, just after Wrestlemania, about Linda McMahon and her running the Department of Education.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Hallo. Today’s newsletter is all about the onslaught (onslop?) of AI news in publishing, and how it seems inevitable that LLMs will become part of the publishing process: buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Happily continuing my obsession with everything Janeway, Star Trek’s greatest captain I SAID WHAT I SAID.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

My most recent newsletter is four reflections on writers who have written about war. Also I promoted events with David Swinson and Aggie Blum Thompson and Carrie Callaghan, so that's cheerful! Unless Carrie gets you lost in the woods during her writing retreat. buttondown.com/.../arc.../t...

Four writers who have written about war.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I am obsessed with Danhausen,

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Hallo! Today's newsletter, "The Washington Post: 0 Out of 5 Stars" is my goodbye letter to my reviewing gig at the Post, thoughts on their decision, and the changes in traditional media: buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Why am I in this relationship?

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I am decidedly NOT excited about the inevitable Bills/Pats AFC Championship.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The prophecy is complete.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

So within a year, we’re going to have AI-run publishing houses reviewing AI-written manuscripts. This doesn’t seem like a good thing?

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

“And if you look out your windows on the right, you’ll see the intersection of stupidity and surprise.”

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

“Gluttony is a hell of a drug.” ICYMI, I wrote about the Riyadh comedy festival, the comedians who chose to attend, and the lessons writers can take from it. I STERNLY WAGGED MY FINGER. buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Reviewed the new Slow Horses novel for the Washington Post by an up-and-coming writer named Mick Herron. I think this kid will do well for himself! wapo.st/3JRl5we

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thanks @wcp.bsky.social for letting me interview rapper Ruby Ibarra (winner of the @npr.org 2025 Tiny Desk Contest! It was life to talk to with someone I've admired for so long, who represents the immigrant experience fearlessly. I didn’t come off as cool. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7677...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

This album is insanely good.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Ron Charles bringing the heat about the AI discussion in his weekly newsletter:

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

This is from the guy who “wrote” that best book list that ran in the Chicago Sun Times and other papers yesterday. I actually feel a bit sorry for him, although he did cheat and was caught and should summarily be punished. Like he said, his writing career is over. It should be.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Hey girl, new issue of Crime Fiction Revolution dropped! All about the "male writers first" thing that Conduit Books is doing and thanks to Emily Carpenter for writing about her best moment in publishing: buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

A new issue of Crime Fiction Revolution is OUT, asking if publishers will stand up against the new world order. And I included tips on how YOU can save money on egg prices!* *It's using leftover Cadbury Easter eggs. They're not as nutritious, but they are cheaper. buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

And you questioned if God exists.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I think it’s hyperbolic to say that ChatGPT is going to destroy the worl…

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Today's the last day in the Crime Writers for Trans Rights auction, and everyone in the organizing committee is listing the items we would bid on if we could (we prohibited ourselves from bidding). Here's mine:

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I can’t believe that, in just one day, our auction Crime Writers for Trans Rights has already raised $18,000! Crime fiction can truly be such a wonderfully supportive community.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I will a personalized letter from your ex, apologizing for everything they did wrong in your relationship with them. You just tell me their name, and I’ll take care of everything else. This letter won’t be entirely accurate, but it will make you feel better. www.32auctions.com/organization...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Would you like an apology from your ex? Would you like them to grovel to have you back? I can help! Today’s the start of the auction for crime writers for trans lives! Check out all the awesome prizes available. Including mine: www.32auctions.com/organization...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is just one of the many reasons I love One More Page Books & More. If you’re a fed worker based in the DC area, come to the store this Friday. They got something for you, and you deserve it.* * I know that sounds threatening, but that’s how I always sound. But it actually is something nice!

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out last night for my presentation on DC crime fiction. And I’m really glad nobody was upset thst I switched topics at the last minute and spent an hour discussing Air Supply.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

New issue of Crime Fiction Revolution is O-U-T, with recs for @alisongaylin.bsky.social @alafairburke.bsky.social John McMahon and Isabella Maldonado. Check it out: buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Cool new name and logo, same nerdy content. A new issue of Crime Fiction Revolution is out, with the REASONS for the name change and the second part in my long-running series, "I Appreciate You." LET'S GET AWKWARD, GIRL. buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Roxane Gay doesn’t play and I love her for it:

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Good advice, as always, from @verakurian.bsky.social verakurian.substack.com/p/if-this-wi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

These two turkey-trotted this morning. The Boy dressed as the grim reaper to jog behind slower, struggling runners. Happy Thanksgiving!

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

It may not be “healthy,” but I would gargle with this sauce.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hanging out with @catrionamcp.bsky.social last night. Look how excited I am! Look how vaguely uninterested she is!

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

As true today as it was when it was first written

A good way out of conversation is to take off one of your socks and hand it to the person talking.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Democracy lives in sickly fluorescent lights.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Look who’s beside himself with excitement that I received my finished copies of WHEN SHE LEFT! It’s me! Mojo, not so much. Preorder it here and I’ll let you dogsit Mojo for a night: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1662...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

This piece in the Columbia Journalism Review is a great analysis of the threat of AI to the business of journalism. Although it’s definitely a battle (my cynical heart believes) journalists will lose. www.cjr.org/business_of_...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 20/08/2023

I should have mentioned this yesterday and didn’t because I’m bad at social media, but a new edition of Crime Fiction Works is out! I’m not saying it’ll make all your dreams come true…but I’m not not saying that either. open.substack.com/pub/eaymar/p/im-g…

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